# Generate an executive summary of an Amazon Quick Sight dashboard
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Dashboard readers can generate executive summaries that provide a summary of all insights that Quick Sight has generated for the dashboard. Executive summaries make it easier for readers to find key insights and information about a dashboard at a glance.

When readers are viewing a dashboard that uses executive summaries, the **Executive summary** option is available in the **Build** dropdown list that is located in the top right of the Dashboard's page. Use the procedure below to generate an exeutive summary. If a dashboard doesn't use executive summaries, the **Executive summary** option does not appear in the **Build** dropdown list.

**To generate an executive summary**

1. In the dashboard that you want to work in, choose **Build**, and then choose **Executive summary**.

1. Choose **Summarize**. The executive summary is generated and the appears on the left.

Executive summaries use the data of the current dashboard sheet and visual settings. If the dashboard or visual settings are updated, a warning appears at the top of an executive summary. To refresh the executive summary of an updated dashboard, generate a new executive summary.

After an executive summary is generated, Amazon Quick readers can copy the summary to their clipboard in order to share with others, or include in a Quick Sight story. For more information about Quick Sight stories, see [Working with data stories in Amazon Quick Sight](working-with-stories.md).