Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a way to improve the user experience when using drill-downs in Amazon QuickSight visuals.
Specifically, I’d like to create a breadcrumb trail or dynamically update the visual title to reflect what group or category the user has drilled into. For example, if I right-click on a group in a bar chart and drill down to a lower level, I’d like the visual’s title to automatically update to include the group name I drilled into (e.g., “Sales by Product Category > Electronics”).
Is there a way to achieve this behavior—either using parameters, calculated fields, or another approach?
Appreciate any help or suggestions!
Hi @sorchas,
This is achievable but only with the use of parameters as parameter values are the only thing you can add to your title that’s dynamic.
To set this up, you’ll want to start by creating a parameter for the field that will be changing your title (in your example I believe it would be category).
Next, you’ll want to setup an action on your first visual (which you’ll be selecting the category option from). Make sure to setup as a ‘Navigation Action’, that way you can utilize your parameter:
Thank you Brett! I will give it a go! Do you know if breadcrumbing is a potential feature that Quicksight might include? I know other people who are after a similar functionality
Hi @sorchas,
While AWS does not disclose their road map on upcoming features, I can mark this as a feature request so that the support team will take it in to consideration.
Hi @sorchas,
Following up here as it’s been awhile since last communication took place on this thread; did you have any additional questions regarding your initial post?
If we do not hear back within the next 3 business days, I’ll close out this topic.
