Title

AWS re:Invent 2023 - Enhance your applications with Amazon QuickSight embedded analytics (BSI203)

Summary

Amazon QuickSight is a BI service that enhances applications with embedded analytics.
Joes Kanakaljohn, the product team lead for Amazon QuickSight, introduced the session.
Brian Sevey from Extensive and Ankit Singh from Honeywell shared their experiences with QuickSight.
The session covered the importance of analytics in applications, the challenges of adding analytics, and how QuickSight addresses these challenges.
QuickSight offers interactive dashboards, paginated reports, natural language queries, and dashboard authoring within applications.
QuickSight's embedding options include one-click and API-based models, with support for multi-tenancy and a JavaScript SDK for integration.
QuickSight's scalability and serverless model allow for cost optimization and ease of use.
The session included demonstrations of QuickSight in action within customer applications.
QuickSight's roadmap is customer-driven, with a focus on generative BI and continuous innovation.
Attendees were encouraged to join the QuickSight community and explore further sessions and resources.

QuickSight's embedded analytics can differentiate applications in a crowded marketplace by enhancing user experience and providing valuable insights.
The service addresses common challenges such as budget constraints, long lead times, and scalability issues that developers face when adding analytics to applications.
QuickSight's serverless architecture and pay-as-you-go pricing model make it an attractive option for ISVs and developers who want to focus on their core product rather than infrastructure management.
The service's integration with AWS services and its ability to support complex multi-tenancy scenarios make it suitable for a wide range of industries, including those with stringent security and compliance requirements like life sciences.
QuickSight's customer-driven roadmap and commitment to innovation suggest that it will continue to evolve and offer new features that align with user needs and industry trends.
The session highlighted the importance of community engagement and feedback in shaping QuickSight's development, emphasizing the value of customer input in product evolution.