Subscribing to and accessing an AWS Data Exchange product containing Amazon Redshift data sets
Overview for recipients
An Amazon Redshift data set is a data set that contains AWS Data Exchange datashares for Amazon Redshift. Datashares give you read-only access to the tables, views, schemas, and user-defined functions that a data provider adds to the datashare.
As a data subscriber, you can find and subscribe to products containing Amazon Redshift data sets. After your subscription starts, you get access to query the data in Amazon Redshift without extracting, transforming, and loading data. You lose access to a product's datashares after your subscription expires.
Consider the following:
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It might take a few minutes to access the datashares after your subscription starts.
The following sections describe the complete process of becoming an Amazon Redshift datashare product subscriber on AWS Data Exchange by using the AWS Data Exchange console.
For information about how to evaluate a product before subscribing, see Evaluate products containing data dictionaries and samples.
The process has the following steps:
Steps
To practice subscribing to and accessing a product containing Amazon Redshift data sets, see the Worldwide Event Attendance (Test Product) on AWS Data Exchange.
Step 1: Subscribing to products containing Amazon Redshift data sets
If you subscribe to a paid product, you're billed on your AWS bill. You get access to all data sets included in the product. For more information, see Subscribing to AWS Data Exchange data products on AWS Data Exchange.
To subscribe to a product containing Amazon Redshift data sets
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Open and sign in to the AWS Data Exchange console
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In the left side navigation pane, under Discover data products, choose Browse catalog.
For more information, see Browse the catalog.
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Under Refine results, use the Data set type filter and select Amazon Redshift to find products containing Amazon Redshift datashares.
For more information, see Browse the catalog.
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Select a product and view its product detail page.
The information on the product detail page includes a product description, the provider's contact information, and the details of the product's public offer. The public offer information includes price and duration, the data subscription agreement (DSA), and the refund policy. You can view the names of the data sets included in the product and the AWS Regions in which they are available. You can also continue to browse other product detail pages by choosing a product under Similar products.
If the provider has issued a custom offer to your account (for example, a private offer or Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) offer), you see those details, too.
Important
Be sure to review the date, time, and duration of the cluster’s maintenance window. During the maintenance window, you do not have access to the datashare.
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In the top right corner, choose Continue to subscribe.
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Review the Product offer, the Subscription terms, the Data sets that are included in the offer, and the Support information.
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Choose whether to enable Offer auto-renewal for the subscription
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Some products require subscription verification. For more information, see Subscription verification for subscribers in AWS Data Exchange.
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Choose Subscribe.
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If you subscribe to a paid product, you're prompted to confirm your decision to subscribe.
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Under Data sets included with your subscription, view the listed Data sets.
After the subscription finishes processing, you can choose a data set to access your entitled data or choose View subscription to view your subscription.
Step 2: Accessing the AWS Data Exchange datashares for Amazon Redshift
You have access to the product's data sets according to the terms of the data subscription agreement (DSA). As a subscriber, your subscription to a product that includes AWS Data Exchange datashares for Amazon Redshift gives you read-only access to the tables, views, schemas, and functions within the datashare.
With a subscription, you can do the following:
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Query data without having to extract, transform, or load data.
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Access the latest provider data as soon as the provider updates it.
For more information, see Working with AWS Data Exchange datashares in the Amazon Redshift Database Developer Guide.
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You lose access to a product's datashares after your subscription expires.
For more information about how to subscribe to an Amazon Redshift data set, see Worldwide Event Attendance (Test Product) on AWS Data Exchange.
