To access your saved analyses, click on the Analyses icon from the menu at the bottom of your mobile device; you will then see a list of analyses, as shown in this screenshot:
Figure 6.6: Analysis list
In the next few sections, we will review how to navigate other analysis features.
From the listing of analyses, select the AWS Usage Metrics analysis, which will then redirect you to the detailed analysis view. In the detailed view, you will see all visuals that are part of that analysis. You can click on the arrow to the extreme top right of each visual to open the specific chart in full screen mode. The visuals also come with the date slider to change the date range shown in the chart. To change the chart type for the visual, click on the bar-like icon on the bottom left, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 6.7: Analysis details
For the area line chart shown in the preceding screenshot, after you click to change the visuals type, you will get a popup in the bottom with all the chart types. From the list, select the line chart as shown in the following screenshot to see the chart type change:
Figure 6.8: Analysis visual type change
With the mobile app, you can share your analysis with your peers using the share button in the top-right corner:
Figure 6.9: Analysis sharing
After you click on the share option, QuickSight will redirect you to the Invite User page, where you can enable sharing with existing users, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 6.10: Analysis sharing add users
I will now detail the steps for inviting users:
- If you see the user you want to grant access to, click on the check mark till it converts to a green sign.
- If you do not see the user, you can search users by name or e-mail address.
- Once you have selected all the users, click on Next Step.
- You will then be redirected to a confirmation screen; click on Confirm and Share.
This makes sharing analysis really easy using your mobile device.
With the mobile app, you can view stories related to your analysis using the stories button on the top-right corner, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 6.11: Analysis stories
Search for analysis works similarly to search for dashboards. Follow these steps to search for an analysis:
- First ensure you are in the Analyses tab by clicking on the Analyses icon from the bottom menu.
- Next click on the search icon seen in the top-right corner.
- Next type the partial name. In the following example, I have typed
Aws. - QuickSight now searches for all analyses that have the word
Awsin them and lists them out. - You can now click on the analysis to get details about that specific analysis, as shown in this screenshot:
Figure 6.12: Analysis search
Similar to dashboards, you can also favorite your analysis for ease of access. To use this feature, first identify which analysis you use often and click on the star icon to its right. Next, to access all of your favorites, click on the Favorites tab and the list is then refined to only those analysis you had previously identified as favorites, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 6.13: Analysis favorites
The following are the key limitations compared to the standard browser version:
- You cannot create a new analysis using the mobile app
- While you can temporarily change the visual type for existing charts in an analysis, you cannot change the fields nor can you add new visuals to the analysis
- You cannot zoom in/out from the visual, which would be really good in scenarios where the charts are dense
- Chart legends are not shown