Importing Amazon QuickSight visuals to an analysis - Amazon QuickSight
ConsiderationsImport a visual

Importing Amazon QuickSight visuals to an analysis

This feature for Amazon QuickSight is a public preview release and is subject to change. We recommend that you use this tool only for testing, and not in production environments.

QuickSight authors can import QuickSight visuals from one analysis or dashboard to a new analysis that has access privileges. When you import a visual from a QuickSight analysis to another QuickSight analysis, the following dependencies are imported along with the visual.

  • Datasets associated with the visual

  • All parameters that are configured to the visual

  • Calculated fields that are configured to the visual

  • Filter definitions

  • Visual properties

  • Conditional formatting rules

Use the following sections to learn more about importing QuickSight visuals.

Considerations

Before you import a visual, review the following limitations.

  • The QuickSight author that wants to import a visual must have ownership privileges to the analysis that they want to import the visual to

  • The following visual types can't be imported:

    • Custom visual content

    • Highcharts visuals

    • Image component visuals

    • Insight visuals

    • Layered map visuals

    • Text box visuals

  • Visuals that are members of a restricted folder can't be imported

  • Visuals that belong to an analysis or a dashboard that is a member of a restricted folder can't be imported

  • Filter controls can't be imported

  • Certain chart features indlucing reference lines and conditional rendering rules based on parameter and calculated fields are not respected in the destination analysis.

  • Importing visuals from multiple sheets at a time is not supported

  • Some user configurations including filter configurations that are maintained against bookmarks and alerts are not supported

  • Folders can't be searched for in the Asset explorer modal.

Import a visual

Use the following procedure to import a visual from a source dashboard or analysis to a different analysis.

  1. Open the QuickSight console.

  2. Open the analysis that you want to imort a visual to.

  3. Choose File, and then choose Import. Alternatively, you can choose the Import icon in the ADD toolbar.

    The Import icon in the ADD toolbar of the QuickSight analysis workspace.

  4. The Asset explorer modal opens. A list of all eligible source analyses and dashboards that you can access are displayed. Choose the artifact that you want to import a visual from, and then choose LOAD. Alternatively, enter the name of the source artifact that contains the visual that you want to import in the Find source to insert search bar. You can't search for folders in the Find source to insert from search bar. Choose the artifact that you want, and then choose LOAD.

  5. In the Select visuals to import page that opens, choose the sheet that contains the visuals that you want to import, and then choose the visuals that you want to import. You can only import visuals from one sheet at a time. When you have chosen all visuals that you want to import, choose IMPORT.

After a successful import job, the imported visuals are added to the destination analysis. The imported visuals retain the original properties that were configured to them in the source dashboard or analysis. Imported visuals inherit the theme-level properties from the theme that is applied to the destination analysis.