Calculated fields, level-aware aggregations, and evaluation order in Amazon QuickSight

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedCalculated fields, level-aware aggregations, and evaluation order in Amazon QuickSight Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-native, serverless, business intelligence service that makes it easy to deliver insights to everyone. QuickSight has carefully designed concepts and features that enable analysis builders, such as QuickSight authors, to design content-rich, interactive, and dynamic dashboards to share with…

Improving Retail Forecast Accuracy with Machine Learning

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedImproving Retail Forecast Accuracy with Machine Learning The global retail market continues to grow larger and the influx of consumer data increases daily. The rise in volume, variety, and velocity of data poses challenges with demand forecasting and inventory planning. Outdated systems generate inaccurate demand forecasts. This results in multiple challenges for retailers. They…

Choosing a Well-Architected CI/CD approach: Open Source on AWS

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedChoosing a Well-Architected CI/CD approach: Open Source on AWS Introduction When building a CI/CD platform, it is important to make an informed decision regarding every underlying tool. This post explores evaluating the criteria for selecting each tool focusing on a balance between meeting functional and non-functional requirements, and maximizing value. Your first decision: source…