REWIND: Amazon QuickSight’s key launches you should know about leading up to AWS re:Invent 2024
This post explores QuickSight’s key launches in the past year, showcasing why QuickSight has become an indispensable tool for data-driven decision-making. Learn all you need to know about QuickSight’s most important updates in 2024.
Key Improvements and New Features in 2024 leading up to re:Invent
Economic Benefits (March 2024)
According to TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group Economic Validation report from March 2024:
- Cost: Up to 74% lower costs over 3 years, with 275% ROI
- Efficiency: 28% time saved on management tasks
- Speed: Dashboard creation reduced from weeks to days or hours
- Adoption: 157-300% increase in BI tool usage across organizations
- Performance: Near-instantaneous dashboard updates, compared to previous wait times of up to 30 minutes
AWS announces Amazon Q in QuickSight (April 2024)
- Key features: Natural language prompts for insights, multi-visual Q&A, and dashboard authoring
- Benefits: Accelerates data analysis for business users and analysts
Recent QuickSight Launches
Make sure to brush up on our most recent launches before you go to re:Invent 2024!
October 2024
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October 17 – QuickSight now supports subfolders in restricted folders to enable governed data sharing
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October 18 – Amazon QuickSight expands integration with Amazon EventBridge
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October 18 – QuickSight Reporting now supports triggering scheduled reports via API
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October 18 – Amazon QuickSight now supports programmatic export and import of shared folders
November 2024
In November, Amazon QuickSight saw over 10 new launches. Check them out and get familiar for re:Invent 2024!
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November 8 – Amazon QuickSight now supports Client Credentials OAuth for Snowflake through API/CLI
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November 8 – Amazon QuickSight now supports Client Credentials OAuth for Starburst through API/CLI
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November 14 – Amazon QuickSight launches self serve Brand Customization
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November 20 – Amazon QuickSight supports fine grained permissions for capabilities with APIs for IAM Identity Center users
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November 22 – Amazon QuickSight now supports font customization for visuals
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November 22 – Amazon QuickSight launches Image component
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November 26 – Amazon QuickSight now supports prompted reports and reader scheduling for pixel-perfect reports
Scroll to learn more and see demos of our key improvements and updates from November.
November 22 – Amazon QuickSight launches Layer Map
Custom boundaries
Upload shapes in GeoJSON files to display custom polygons, lines, and points
Visual filters
Create user interactivity with filter actions for polygon selection
November 22 – Amazon QuickSight now supports import visual capability (preview)
Assets
Seamlessly import visuals from source to destination, along with associated data components
Speed up development
Increases author efficiency, and supports collaborative authoring
![VisualImportv1.gif [optimize output image]](https://d1wl4jav5dp96l.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/2/52b553492dc6ffd25f7beefbd1cf4eae919e4b4e.gif)
November 22 – Amazon QuickSight launches Highcharts visual (preview)
Vast possibilities
Leverage the Highcharts core library to create your own custom visualizations
Customization
Advanced formatting and design options
… and more launches coming every week! Stay tuned.