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Training Videos

This section contains a series of short videos covering the use of Dashboard Author. The videos build upon one another starting with a simple example and getting more complex. The technology behind Dashboard Author is Amazon Quicksight and there is excellent documentation online (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/welcome.html).

  1. Intro to Dashboard Author (13:54 minutes) - this video demonstrates basic navigation, dataset descriptions and builds a simple pivot table report.

  2. Adding Dimensions and Filtering (15:55 minutes) - adding additional information and filters to the pivot table, including formatting of filters.

  3. Parameters and Calculated Fields (17:43 minutes) - using parameters to allow end users to select between Net Fiscal and Net cash and entering a calculated field.

  4. Month over Month with conditional formatting (10:07 minutes) - creating a month over month comparison report and adding conditional formatting.

  5. Publishing Dashboards (9:37 minutes) - How to publish and share dashboards.