Chapter 5: Building Interactive Dashboards

In this chapter, we will learn how to develop interactive dashboards with Amazon QuickSight. You will learn how to add custom controls to your dashboards and add interactivity to your BI application using parameters. We will also look at advanced filtering options with point and click actions, as well as URL actions.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Using filters and parameters
  • Working with QuickSight Actions

Technical requirements

For this chapter, you will need the following:

  • An AWS account
  • A QuickSight account with the Author and Reader users configured
  • The dashboard we created in Chapter 4, Developing Visuals and Dashboards

Using filters and parameters

Users can interact ...

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