Starting an analysis in Amazon QuickSight - Amazon QuickSight

Starting an analysis in Amazon QuickSight

In Amazon QuickSight, you analyze and visualize your data in analyses. When you're finished, you can publish your analysis as a dashboard to share with others in your organization.

Use the following procedure to create a new analysis.

To create a new analysis

  1. On the QuickSight start page, choose Analyses, and then choose New analysis.

  2. Choose the dataset that you want to include in your new analysis, and then choose USE IN ANALYSIS in the top right.

  3. In the New sheet pop-up that appears, choose the sheet type that you want. You can choose between an Interactive sheet and a Paginated report. To create a paginated report, you need the paginated reports add-on for your account. For more information about paginated reports, see Working with paginated reports in Amazon QuickSight. For more information on sheets, see Adding sheets.

  4. (Optional) If you choose Interactive sheet, follow these steps:

    • (Optional): Choose the type layout that you want for your interactive sheet. You can choose one of the following options:

      • Free-form

      • Tiled

      The default option is Free-form.

      For more information about interactive sheet layouts, see Types of layout.

    • Choose the canvas size that you want your sheet optimized for. You can choose one of the following options:

      • 1024px

      • 1280px

      • 1366px

      • 1600px

      • 1920px

      For more information on formatting interactive sheets, see Working with interactive sheets in Amazon QuickSight.

    Dialog for creating a new sheet with options for interactive or paginated report types.

  5. (Optional) If you choose Paginated report, follow these steps:

    • (Optional) Choose the paper size that you want for your paginated report. You can choose from the following options:

      • US letter (8.5 x 11 in.)

      • US legal (8.5 x 14 in.)

      • A0 (841 x 1189 mm)

      • A1 (594 x 841 mm)

      • A2 (420 x 594 mm)

      • A3 (297 x 420 mm)

      • A4 (210 x 297 mm)

      • A5 (148 x 210 mm)

      • Japan B4 (257 x 364 mm)

      • Japan B5 (182 x 257 mm)

      The default paper size is US letter (8.5 x 11 in.)

    • (Optional) Choose the orientation of the sheet. You can choose between Portrait or Landscape. The default option is portrait.

      Before you can create Amazon QuickSight paginated reports, first get the paginated reporting add-on for your QuickSight account. For more information on getting the paginated reporting add-on, see Get the QuickSight paginated reports add-on.

      For more information on formatting paginated reports, see Working with paginated reports in Amazon QuickSight.

    New sheet options for interactive sheet or paginated report with layout and paper size settings.

  6. Choose Add.

  7. Create a visual. For more information about creating visuals, see Adding visuals to Amazon QuickSight analyses.

After you are done creating the analysis, you can iterate on it by modifying the visual, adding more visuals, adding scenes to the default story, or adding more stories.