Others · November 29, 2022

AWS now supports natural language forecasting queries in QuickSight Q

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced some notable new natural language querying capabilities that enable non-analysts to forecast future business outcomes.

By way of a quick recap, AWS first introduced its QuickSight business intelligence service toptechtrends.com/2015/10/07/amazon-launches-quicksight-business-intelligence-service-for-aws/”>back in 2015, allowing customers to visualize their data through dashboards and reports without requiring the technical prowess of a developer. Fast-forward to 2020, and toptechtrends.com/2020/12/01/aws-adds-natural-language-search-service-for-business-intelligence-from-its-data-sets/”>AWS introduced natural language queries to the mix via QuickSight Q, enabling users to find answers simply by typing plain-English questions into a search bar, such as “show me this month’s sales by segment.”

Todays’ announcement builds on that, by serving answers to future-gazing questions.

ML-powered forecasting with Q, as AWS CEO Adam Selipsky referred to the new feature on stage at AWS re:Invent today, allows users to view business performance forecasts without involving any analysts or data scientists. All they have to do is enter “forecast” or “show me a forecast” into the search bar, followed by up to three metrics (e.g. “sales”), and Q will deliver the appropriate visualizations for that query.

On top of that, users can include filters, for example if they want to see sales for a specific region over a specific timeframe.

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QuickSight Q: Forecasts with filters

Additionally, QuickSight Q will also now support natural language “why” questions, allowing non-analysts to drill down into the data and figure out what factors led to a particular outcome.

For example, if a graph shows that enrolment in a course dropped, the user might also want to know why it dropped. So they would start such a query with the word “why,” and then follow it up with a metric and a timeframe. In this case, the question could be: “Why did enrollment drop in 2021“?

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QuickSight Q: “Why” questions

Both forecasting and “why” questions are available to users from today.

toptechtrends.com/2022/11/29/aws-brings-natural-language-forecasting-queries-to-quicksight-q/”>AWS now supports natural language forecasting queries in QuickSight Q by toptechtrends.com/author/paul-sawers/”>Paul Sawers originally published on toptechtrends.com/”>TechCrunch

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