Streaming SQL Concepts - Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL Applications Developer Guide

After careful consideration, we have decided to discontinue Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL applications in two steps:

1. From October 15, 2025, you will not be able to create new Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL applications.

2. We will delete your applications starting January 27, 2026. You will not be able to start or operate your Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL applications. Support will no longer be available for Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL from that time. For more information, see Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL Applications discontinuation.

Streaming SQL Concepts

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics implements the ANSI 2008 SQL standard with extensions. These extensions enable you to process streaming data. The following topics cover key streaming SQL concepts.