I have a few questions following the recent webinar titled “Analyze Usage Metrics with the Administrative Console in Amazon QuickSight,” held on May 20th:
Does this functionality support embedded dashboards?
What would be the estimated cost of implementing this setup if I have 500 users with reader role accessing embedded dashboards on my platform?
Am I correct in assuming that this feature is only available for registered user embedding and anonymous embedding??
If I use anonymous embedding, what kind of usage metrics would be available in the Administrative Console? For example, would it provide aggregated insights such as percentage of users who accessed a particular dashboard, etc.?
Hello @nazma, I can try to follow-up with some of these questions. I didn’t participate in the webinar, so maybe @Ying_Wang could follow up with some more information. It may also be worth reaching out to your company’s AWS Rep to set up a meeting to learn more about limitations and cost of implementation.
The dashboard should be able to function in the embedded context and the user metrics should still be tracked here. I’d imagine that if you are embedding anonymously that the metrics you receive will be limited in the information they provide, but still would be trackable.
In regards to this question:
Am I correct in assuming that this feature is only available for registered user embedding and anonymous embedding?
What would be the alternative to registered user embedding and anonymous embedding that you would like to gain insight about? Both of those options should be tracked with the current functionality.
In regards to the last question, you may need to set up some custom aggregations and visuals to return the data exactly as you are expecting. I am not certain how the anonymous user data is returned, but those calculations could be created in QuickSight.
sorry typo in # 3
I meant the granularity shown in the dashboards in the webinar, if I am using embedded dashboards, this type of granularity would be available for registered user embedding not anonymous user embedding.
Q: Does this functionality support embedded dashboards?
Yes. In CloudTrail, you can track embedded dashboard access by filtering the eventName as either:
GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser
GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser
This will allow you to monitor embedded events in your environment.
Q: What would be the estimated cost of implementing this setup for 500 users with Reader role accessing embedded dashboards?
If you’re referring to the cost of embedding for 500 Reader users, we recommend connecting with your AWS account team to get a precise quote tailored to your usage pattern.
If you’re asking about the cost of implementing the Admin Console monitoring solution, it does not incur additional costs beyond what you already pay for AWS services. The only added charges would be:
AWS Glue job execution cost (based on frequency)
Amazon S3 storage for CloudTrail logs
Amazon Athena query charges
Optional: SPICE session usage if users access the Admin Console dashboard in QuickSight
You can estimate the total cost using the AWS Pricing Calculator based on how frequently the Glue job runs and the size of the ingested CSV files.
Q: Am I correct in assuming that this feature is only available for registered and anonymous embedding?
Could you clarify what you mean here? If you’re asking whether the Admin Console can monitor only embedded use cases:
No, the Admin Console can monitor any QuickSight usage events captured in CloudTrail. The sample code provided includes filtering by GetDashboard, which applies to dashboard access (not limited to console usage). You can modify the filter conditions to include embedded access events, as mentioned in the first answer.
Q: If I use anonymous embedding, what kind of usage metrics would be available in the Admin Console? Can it show things like the percentage of users who accessed a particular dashboard?
Yes. You can build custom metrics on top of the CloudTrail logs to show aggregated insights such as:
Percentage of anonymous users who accessed a given dashboard
Most frequently accessed dashboards
Access frequency over time
The Admin Console dashboard is flexible—you can define the metrics that align with your business needs using Athena queries and calculated fields in QuickSight.