ToolJet/docs/versioned_docs/version-2.50.0-LTS/data-sources/athena.md

id	title
athena	Athena

ToolJet can connect to Amazon Athena which is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL.

Connection

To establish a connection with the Amazon Athena data source, you can either click on the + Add new Data source button located on the query panel or navigate to the Data Sources page from the ToolJet dashboard and choose Amazon Athena as the data source.

ToolJet requires the following to connect to your Athena.

• Database
• S3 output location
• Access key
• Secret key
• Region

:::info You can also configure for additional optional parameters. :::

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Querying Amazon Athena

1. Click on + Add button of the query manager at the bottom panel of the editor.
2. Select the Amazon Athena datasource added in previous step.
3. Select the SQL Query from the dropdown and enter the query.
4. Click on the Preview button to preview the output or Click on the Run button to trigger the query.

:::tip Refer amazon athena docs here for more info: link :::

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Basic Queries

Creating Table

This query is used to create an external table within the database. The data for this table is stored in an S3 bucket at the provided URL (s3://athena-express-akiatfa53s-2022/ in this example).

CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE student (
    name STRING,
    age INT
)  LOCATION 's3://athena-express-akiatfa53s-2022/';

<img style={{ border:'0', marginBottom:'15px'}} className="screenshot-full" src="/img/datasource-reference/athena/createTable.png" alt="Athena connection" />

Inserting to Table

This query is attempting to insert a new record into the student table in a database.

INSERT INTO student
VALUES ('Lansing',1)

<img style={{ border:'0', marginBottom:'15px'}} className="screenshot-full" src="/img/datasource-reference/athena/insertTable.png" alt="Athena connection" />

Select Operation

This query retrieves all records from the student table where the age of the student is exactly 1 year.

SELECT * from student WHERE AGE=1

<img style={{ border:'0', marginBottom:'15px'}} className="screenshot-full" src="/img/datasource-reference/athena/selectOperation.png" alt="Athena connection" />

List Tables

This query is used to display a list of all tables in the current database.

SHOW TABLES

<img style={{ border:'0', marginBottom:'15px'}} className="screenshot-full" src="/img/datasource-reference/athena/listTables.png" alt="Athena connection" />