Amazon Redshift will no longer support the creation of new Python UDFs starting Patch 198. Existing Python UDFs will continue to function until June 30, 2026. For more information, see the [ blog post ](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-redshift-python-user-defined-functions-will-reach-end-of-support-after-june-30-2026/). 

# Usage notes
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**Topics**
+ [Permissions to access other AWS Resources](copy-usage_notes-access-permissions.md)
+ [Using COPY with Amazon S3 access point aliases](copy-usage_notes-s3-access-point-alias.md)
+ [Loading multibyte data from Amazon S3](copy-usage_notes-multi-byte.md)
+ [Loading a column of the GEOMETRY or GEOGRAPHY data type](copy-usage_notes-spatial-data.md)
+ [Loading the HLLSKETCH data type](copy-usage_notes-hll.md)
+ [Loading a column of the VARBYTE data type](copy-usage-varbyte.md)
+ [Errors when reading multiple files](copy-usage_notes-multiple-files.md)
+ [COPY from JSON format](copy-usage_notes-copy-from-json.md)
+ [COPY from columnar data formats](copy-usage_notes-copy-from-columnar.md)
+ [DATEFORMAT and TIMEFORMAT strings](r_DATEFORMAT_and_TIMEFORMAT_strings.md)
+ [Using automatic recognition with DATEFORMAT and TIMEFORMAT](automatic-recognition.md)