🔌Add an AWS Athena connector

This data connector is supported by our new Data Execution system!

This data connector is compatible with NativeSQL with our current and new data execution system

Configuring an AWS Athena connection

Fill connection parameters:

Field
Format / Type
Description
Example

Name (mandatory)

String

Use it to identify your connection

MyAthenaConnection

S3 Output Bucket (mandatory)

String

the S3 bucket and prefix where results from your queries will be saved

s3://mybucket/athena-queries

AWS Access Key Id (mandatory)

String

the ID of the the AWS access key that will be used to connect to Athena.

AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE

AWS Secret Access Key (mandatory)

String

the AWS secret access key that will be used to connect to Athena. (will be stored as a secret)

wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

Region Name (mandatory)

String

the name of the AWS region you need to query.

eu-west-3

Retry Policy (optional)

Boolean

Boolean allows to configure a retry policy if the connection is flaky.

  • max attempts: maximum number of retries before giving up

  • max_delay: in seconds, above the connection is dropped

  • wait_time: time in seconds between each retry

Slow Queries' Cache Expiration Time (optional)

Integer

Slow queries' cache expiration time in seconds

Click on the TEST CONNECTION button then SAVE the connection

Depending on your rights, you will have the “Can list databases” checked or not, but note that this doesn’t prevent you to be able to use the connector itself.

Create a dataset from an AWS Athena connection

This data connector is supported in simple and code/SQL mode for our current Data Execution system and new Data Execution systems

To create a dataset from AWS Athena, click on the "create from icon", you will then be able to:

  • Select the Database

  • Select a table

  • Add a Query (optional): you can query using the SQL syntax accepted by Athena

For more info, see the dedicated section Create a new dataset from a dataset

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