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Manage your data sources

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Manage your data sources - Amazon Athena

You can use the Data sources and catalogs page of the Athena console to manage the data sources that you create.

To view a data source

  1. Open the Athena console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/athena/.

  2. If the console navigation pane is not visible, choose the expansion menu on the left.

    Choose the expansion menu.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Data sources and catalogs.

  4. From the list of data sources, choose the name of the data source that you want to view.

    Note

    The items in the Data source name column correspond to the output of the ListDataCatalogs API action and the list-data-catalogs CLI command.

To edit a data source

  1. On the Data sources and catalogs page, do one of the following:

    • Select the button next to the catalog name, and then choose Actions, Edit.

    • Choose the name of the data source. Then on the details page, choose Actions, Edit.

  2. On the Edit page, you can choose a different Lambda function for the data source, change the description, or add custom tags. For more information about tags, see Tag Athena resources.

  3. Choose Save.

  4. To edit your AwsDataCatalog data source, choose the AwsDataCatalog link to open its details page. Then, on the details page, choose the link to the AWS Glue console where you can edit your catalog.

To share a data source

For information about sharing data sources, visit the following links.

To delete a data source

  1. On the Data sources and catalogs page, do one of the following:

    • Select the button next to the catalog name, and then choose Actions, Delete.

    • Choose the name of the data source, and then, on the details page, choose Actions, Delete.

    Note

    The AwsDataCatalog is the default data source in your account and cannot be deleted.

    You are warned that when you delete a data source, its corresponding data catalog, tables, and views are removed from the query editor. Saved queries that used the data source will no longer run in Athena.

  2. To confirm the deletion, type the name of the data source, and then choose Delete.

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