DVA-C02 Question 338
Single answerYou are developing a serverless application on AWS that processes large amounts of user behavior data in real-time. You need to create data visualizations for business stakeholders to monitor key metrics, such as user activity trends and error rates, in near real-time. Which AWS service is the most suitable for creating and managing these visualizations?
- A
Amazon QuickSight
- B
Amazon CloudWatch
- C
AWS Glue
- D
Amazon Athena
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Amazon QuickSight is the most appropriate service for creating and managing data visualizations for business stakeholders. It enables the creation of interactive dashboards with data sourced from various AWS services, such as Amazon S3, DynamoDB, and Redshift. While other options like CloudWatch, Glue, and Athena serve different purposes in the data processing and monitoring pipeline, they do not offer the rich visualization capabilities required for stakeholder insights.
- A. Correct.
Amazon QuickSight is the correct choice for creating interactive dashboards and visualizations. It is a fully managed business intelligence service that integrates with various AWS data sources, making it suitable for monitoring metrics.
- B. Incorrect.
Amazon CloudWatch is primarily used for monitoring and logging applications and infrastructure. While it can display metrics, it is not designed for creating rich, interactive visualizations for business stakeholders.
- C. Incorrect.
AWS Glue is an ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) service used for preparing and cataloging data for analytics. It does not provide visualization capabilities.
- D. Incorrect.
Amazon Athena is a query service for analyzing data in S3 using SQL. While it can retrieve data, it does not provide visualization features.