Connecting your data sources

Every dashboard is only as good as the data behind it. Before you can build a single chart, your information needs to be connected and ready — and getting this step right means your numbers stay accurate, current, and trustworthy. The video below walks through how Amazon Quick Suite links to your data, so it's worth a careful watch before you start building.

As you watch, keep an eye out for a few practical things rather than trying to memorise every click. Notice how the video shows connecting to a data source and the difference between pulling data live versus importing a snapshot into memory — this affects how fresh your figures are. Watch for any mention of refresh schedules (how often your data updates), how fields get prepared or cleaned before use, and how Amazon Q lets you ask questions of your data in plain language.

You don't need to follow along step by step. Just aim to come away understanding the overall flow: where your data lives, how it gets in, and how it stays up to date.

With Intellova, the heavy lifting in this video is largely handled for you — your business information is already unified into one database on AWS, so there's no scattered spreadsheets or disconnected systems to wrangle. The concepts you'll see here simply help you understand what's happening behind your dashboards, so when you ask Amazon Q a question or notice a figure refresh, you'll know exactly where it's coming from.