Questions about Quick Sight reports

[eliorf]

Hi everyone, I have couple of questions related to Quick Sight reports, couldn’t find the answer in the documentation.
Any assistance would be appreciated

1. Can the email list be automatically updated from a dataset? (to change the list dynamically)
2. From which email address are reports sent? Can we connect a custom email? company email for example?
3. Can reports be generated through API?
4. Can the dashboard be automatically filtered by email (for example by user ID)? Meaning, I create one report and each email recipient automatically gets the data that is relevant to them?

[Xclipse]

Hi @eliorf

Welcome to the Quick Sight community!

Please find the answers below.

1. No. Scheduled email reports in Quick Sight require you to specify recipients as Quick Sight users or groups (or “all users with access”) at schedule creation. There’s no built-in feature to pull email addresses directly from a data field or dataset—they must be managed in the Quick Sight console to the schedule’s recipient list. Refer this link

2. By default, Quick Sight sends from no-reply@quicksight.aws. You can override this by creating a custom email template under Manage Quick Sight → Account customization → Email report template. There you choose either the Quick Sight default or a custom SES-verified email address (including a friendly display name), then authorize Quick Sight via an SES sending policy. Refer to the following documentations this might be helpful for you.

   • Edit the email template - Amazon QuickSight
   • Customizing report and alert emails - Amazon QuickSight

3. Yes. Quick Sight provides APIs, such as StartDashboardSnapshotJobSchedule (for scheduled snapshots) and StartDashboardSnapshotJob (for on-demand jobs) that you can call via AWS CLI, or Boto3 to trigger report delivery according to the dashboard’s configured schedule and settings. Refer to the following documentations this might be helpful for you.

   • StartDashboardSnapshotJobSchedule - Amazon QuickSight
   • start_dashboard_snapshot_job_schedule - Boto3 1.40.47 documentation
   • StartDashboardSnapshotJob - Amazon QuickSight
   • start_dashboard_snapshot_job - Boto3 1.40.46 documentation

4. Yes. By implementing Row-Level Security (RLS) and Column-Level Security (CLS) on the Quick Sight username or email, each scheduled email report delivers a personalized snapshot containing only the data the user is permitted to see. The same security and dynamic defaults you apply in the interactive dashboard carry over into the emailed report.

[eliorf]

Thank you! Appreciate the informative, professional and prompt response.