AWS::Athena::Session

Athena Session

An Athena session is a Spark-based interactive environment for running calculations within a workgroup.

Properties

3 configurable properties. 2 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:

Property	Type	Flags
`EngineConfiguration`	`EngineConfiguration`	RequiredCreate-only
`WorkGroup`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`ExecutionRole`	`string`	Create-only

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

Attribute	Type	Description
`Arn`	`string`	The ARN of the session.
`EngineVersion`	`string`	The engine version used by the session.
`SessionId`	`string`	The session ID.

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::Athena::Session

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::Athena::Session
    Properties:
      WorkGroup: "value"
      EngineConfiguration: "value"

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

read

athena:GetSession

list

athena:ListSessions

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Quick Facts

ServiceAthena

Properties6

Required2

TaggingNot supported

Primary IDArn

Supported Operations

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Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

EngineConfigurationExecutionRoleWorkGroup

Related Resources

External Links

AWS Documentation