Getting started - Amazon QuickSight

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Getting started

To get started working with Amazon QuickSight paginated reports, first get the paginated reporting add-on for your QuickSight account. Pricing for the add-on applies to your entire QuickSight account and isn't specific to a Region. After you subscribe to QuickSight reporting, authors can begin creating, scheduling, and sending paginated reports.

For more information about pricing for paginated reporting in Amazon QuickSight, see Amazon QuickSight Pricing.

Get the QuickSight paginated reports add-on

Before you can work with paginated reports in Amazon QuickSight, you must add the Paginated Reports add-on to your QuickSight subscription.

To get the paginated reporting add-on in Amazon QuickSight
  1. On the QuickSight start page, choose your user name at the upper right, and then choose Manage QuickSight.

  2. Choose Your subscriptions on the left.

  3. On the Manage subscriptions that opens, choose Get Paginated Reports add-on.

  4. Choose the subscription plan that you want. You can choose between a monthly plan and an annual plan.

  5. On the next page, review the Paginated Reports add-on pricing information and then choose Confirm subscription.

After you get the paginated reports add-on, it may take several minutes for your subscription to take effect. When your subscription takes effect, you will be able to begin creating paginated reports in Amazon QuickSight.

Unsubscribe from paginated reporting in QuickSight

You can unsubscribe from QuickSight paginated reporting at any time. Once you unsubscribe from paginated reporting, you will lose the ability to create and schedule paginated reports in QuickSight. You are still able to access your existing paginated reports, but you won't be able to make changes or schedule new reports.

To unsubscribe from paginated reporting Amazon QuickSight
  1. From any page in Amazon QuickSight, choose your user name in the upper right, and choose Manage QuickSight.

  2. Choose Your subscriptions on the left.

  3. On the Your subscriptions page, scroll down to the QuickSight Paginated Reports add-on section and choose Manage.

  4. Scroll down to your chosen subscription plan and choose Cancel subscription.