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How will I query and analyze my [service]'s data with Amazon Athena?

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1. Access Amazon Athena​

🖱 In your web browser, log in to your AWS account, navigate to the AWS Management Console, and open Amazon Athena.

👉 First time Amazon Athena users should start here ► DAP⇨flow📚Amazon Athena

2. Select your [service workgroup]​

🖱 Ensure you have selected your [service workgroup] from the list box next to “Workgroup”.

3. Explore your database​

🖱 Ensure you have selected your [service raw zone] database from the list box under "Database" on the left side of the Athena interface, before expanding the lists under "► Tables" and/or "► Views. Expanding further should reveal column names and data types, as follows:

4. Familiarize yourself with SQL queries​

🕮 You will need to understand the concepts and basic requirements of writing SQL queries. This includes knowing how to select columns, filter data, join tables, etc.

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5. Run SQL queries​

🖱 Use the SQL query editor in Amazon Athena to write and run queries involving tables and columns equivalent to the your original [service database].

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6. Analyze your data​

👁 Review the results of your SQL queries to find answers to your questions about your [service database].

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🖱 You can copy results to the clipboard.

🖱 You can download the results into a CSV file.


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ABILITY
  • AWS Management Console user
  • Amazon Athena user
  • Hackney [service] Data Analyst
  • Hackney [service database] user
BEHAVIOR

How will I query and analyze my [service]'s data with Amazon Athena?​

Measures the behavior of Amazon Athena when users' run working SQL queries:

Given in my web browser, I have accessed Amazon Athena
~and I have selected my [service workgroup]
~and Amazon Athena shows my [service raw zone] with my [service database] equivalent tables and columns
~and I am familiar with the concepts and basic requirements of writing an Amazon Athena SQL query

When I run my SQL query containing given those tables and columns

Then I should be able to find answers to my questions about my [service database]
~and I can copy results to the clipboard
~and I can download the results into a CSV file

Scale of 2 to 5 ~and flow features.