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AWS::Athena::NamedQuery

The AWS::Athena::NamedQuery resource creates an Amazon Athena query. For more information, see CreateNamedQuery in the Amazon Athena Documentation.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::Athena::NamedQuery",
  "Properties" : {
    "Description" : String,
    "QueryString" : String,
    "Database" : String,
    "Name" : String
  }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::Athena::NamedQuery
Properties:
  Description: String
  QueryString: String
  Database: String
  Name: String

Properties

For constraints, see NamedQuery in the Amazon Athena API Reference.

Description

A brief description of the query.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

QueryString

The SQL query statements that comprise the query.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

Database

The database to which the query belongs.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Name

The plain-language name of the query.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

Return Values

Ref

When the logical ID of this resource is provided to the Ref intrinsic function, Ref returns the resource name.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Examples

The following example creates a named query.

JSON

{
  "Resources": {
    "AthenaNamedQuery": {
      "Type": "AWS::Athena::NamedQuery",
      "Properties": {
        "Database": "swfnetadata",
        "Description": "A query that selects all aggregated data",
        "Name": "MostExpensiveWorkflow",
        "QueryString": "SELECT workflowname, AVG(activitytaskstarted) AS AverageWorkflow FROM swfmetadata WHERE year='17' AND GROUP BY workflowname ORDER BY AverageWorkflow DESC LIMIT 10"
      }
    }
  }
}

YAML

Resources:
  AthenaNamedQuery:
    Type: AWS::Athena::NamedQuery
    Properties:
      Database: "swfnetadata"
      Description: "A query that selects all aggregated data"
      Name: "MostExpensiveWorkflow"
      QueryString: >
                    SELECT workflowname, AVG(activitytaskstarted) AS AverageWorkflow
                    FROM swfmetadata
                    WHERE year='17' AND GROUP BY workflowname
                    ORDER BY AverageWorkflow DESC LIMIT 10