QuickSight: Ability to download lists

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Hello Experts,

I am doing an impact analysis related to a dataset that requires a major change. So, I wanted to get the details of the usage of this dataset in the various dashboards.

The usage tab displays the list of analysis/dashboards but does not have a download option. I find this same situation in a lot of the admin pages (User List, Manage Assets list etc). If there is a list there should be an option for an easy download/export as well.

Going to CLI for each small thing is not a good idea.

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@Brett , @duncan, @DylanM can we mark this as a feature request?

Regards,
Giri

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Hello Giri,

Currently, there is no direct download or export option for the dataset usage information in Amazon QuickSight. You can view which dashboards and analyses use a dataset by navigating to the Datasets page, selecting your dataset, clicking Edit dataset, then choosing Manage > Usage.

This manual process shows the list of analyses and dashboards using the dataset, but lacks an export functionality. Link

For programmatic access to this information, there is no single API that provides dataset usage details. Combining multiple API calls such as ‘list_data_sets’, ‘list_analyses’, and ‘list_dashboards’ could be helpful

Another recommended approach is deploying the Admin Console dashboard, which provides insights into dataset relationships with analyses and dashboards. [Link]

This solution includes a Data Dictionary sheet that details asset relationships between datasets, analyses, and dashboards.

Nevertheless, i will tag this as feature request.

hope this helps.
Cheers,
Deep

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Hi @Deep

Thanks for your response.

I am aware of the manual approach to look at the usage. But maintenance requires the ability to quickly get to what you want.

AWS QuickSight should provide the means for that in an easy out of the box fashion.

Thanks for tagging it as a feature request.

Regards,
Giri

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