Connecting to Amazon DynamoDB

In order for Spectrum™ Technology Platform to access data in Amazon DynamoDB you must define a connection to Amazon DynamoDB using Management Console. Once you do this, you can create flows in Enterprise Designer that can read data from, and write data to, Amazon DynamoDB.
Note: This connection is for use in the Metadata Insights module.
  1. Open Management Console.
  2. Go to Resources > Data Sources.
  3. Click the Add button .
  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the connection. The name can be anything you choose.
    Note: Once you save a connection you cannot change the name.
  5. In the Type field, choose Amazon DynamoDB.
  6. In the Access Key ID field, enter the 20-character alpha-numeric sequence provided to you to access your Amazon AWS account.
  7. In the Secret Access Key field, enter the 40-character key needed to authenticate the connection.
  8. In the Region field, select the region of the Amazon AWS account.
  9. To test the connection, click Test.
  10. Click Save.