AWS Data Exchange product details
The following topics provide best practices for the details of a product in AWS Data Exchange.
Product name
Subscribers will search for the names of products in AWS Data Exchange, so make your product name something meaningful.
Product logo
The product logo appears in the AWS Data Exchange product catalog on the console and on AWS Marketplace. The supported formats for the logo are .png, .jpg, and .jpeg.
Support contact
As a provider, you must include valid contact information in AWS Data Exchange. This can be a managed email alias or case management system link for customers to use to get help when they have questions about your product. We strongly recommend that you don't use a personal email address because the address is publicly visible.
Product categories
All products fit into one or more categories in AWS Data Exchange. By specifying up to two categories for your product, you help subscribers filter and find your products in AWS Data Exchange and AWS Marketplace.
Short description for products
The product short description text appears on the tiles in the product catalog portion of the AWS Data Exchange console. We recommend that you provide a concise description of your product for this field.
Long description for products
Subscribers see the product long description in the product detail page after the product is published in AWS Data Exchange. We recommend that you list the product's features, benefits, usage, and other information specific to the product.
Product information in the description must accurately represent the data being provided to subscribers. This includes data coverage (for example, 30,000 financial instruments or 10,000 location coordinates) and data set update frequency (for example, daily updates or weekly updates).
Note
You can use Markdown templates as a starting point for the long description of a number of popular product types. For more information, see Product description templates in AWS Data Exchange.
Product description additional information
In order to make your product description compelling to prospective subscribers, we recommend you add the following information to your product description:
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Data due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) – Typically includes responses to questions regarding the firm selling a data set. Examples of the information in a DDQ includes the process that a provider goes through to collect the data, or quality control procedures and questions regarding regulatory compliance.
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Data set schemas – Provide prospective users with detailed descriptions of the structure and format of your data sets. Examples of the information in a data set schema include the identification of a primary key, field names, field definitions, expected output types for each field (for example, string, integer), and acceptable enumerations for each field (for example, 0%–100%).
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Trial product listings – Many prospective subscribers request trials of data sets before paying for a subscription. Trial products can be published on AWS Data Exchange for subscribers to subscribe to like regular paid products.
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Sample files – Sample files are typically smaller versions, or older, out-of-date versions of full production data sets. These sample files give prospective users insights into the outputs they can expect before purchasing a subscription.
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Product fact sheets – These can be documents, web links, or both to provide subscribers with more granular statistics on the coverage of your data sets, typical use cases for your data sets, and any other factors that differentiate your data sets.
For information about adding links in the description, see Include links in your product description.
Include links in your product description
The long description for an AWS Data Exchange product supports Markdown, which allows you to include links in your product's details page. The following procedure shows you how to add links to websites in your AWS Data Exchange product description.
To include embedded links in your product listing
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Log into the AWS console and navigate to an Amazon S3 bucket
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Upload the files (for example, documents such as PDF files or Microsoft Excel files) that you want to include in your product listing into the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket. After the upload is complete, make sure you set the file or files to have public read access permissions.
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Choose one of the uploaded files. In the Overview tab, you will see a URL for the file. Copy the URL to your clipboard.
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Open the AWS Data Exchange console
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Choose the product you want to update, and then choose Edit.
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From Product Description, use the following Markdown formats to link to relevant files (using the URL link you copied previously) or to another URL, like your website.
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To link to a file stored in an S3 bucket:
**_[
File name](Object URL from Amazon S3)_**Description of the object. -
To link to a trial product listing on AWS Data Exchange:
**_[
Website Title](URL)_**Description of the website.
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Choose Save Changes. After a few minutes your AWS Data Exchange product listing page should be updated with the new links.
