⚠️ The DataGalaxy Amazon Athena connector will be removed from the list of supported connectors end of June 2026. It won't be available in your platform anymore.
If you're already using the Amazon Athena connector plugin of the Desktop connector, you can continue using it at your own risk. But it will not be updated anymore (including regarding vulnerabilities) and the support team won't be able to help you if you encounter issues.
If you want a secure solution for gathering metadata from Amazon Athena, consider using the Amazon Glue connector which can retrieve the objects from the Glue catalog, or use the advanced JDBC mode of the Desktop connector with the Amazon Athena JDBC driver.
This article describes how DataGalaxy Amazon AWS Athena connector works.
Ce connecteur est disponible dans les modes suivants :
| Mode Desktop ✅ | Mode SaaS Online ✅ |
Connector scope
The connector allows you to import the following metadata from Amazon Athena into a Database source:
- All Amazon Athena databases
- The content of the database : tables and columns
The extracted objects and their correspondences are detailed in the following table:
AWS Athena Object | DataGalaxy Object |
| Database | Model (Container) |
| Table | Table (Structure) |
| Column | Column (Field) |
Configuration of a connection
AWS Athena connector uses the JDBC driver provided by Amazon. The procedure for generating an access key and a secret associated with a user is available here.
The following information is required to set up a connection:
Parameter | Mandatory | Description |
| Region | Yes | AWS region identifier |
| Access Key | Yes | Access Key AWS |
| Secret Key | Yes | Secret Key AWS |
| Advanced mode (Desktop connector option) | No | Option to customize the JDBC URL used to connect |
Execution of the connector
To create a connection to Amazon Athena via the Online connector, the entry points are as follows:
From the Import button of the "Shortcuts" widget on the home screen of a client space or workspace
From the Import button of one of the modules when it is empty
From the Import button in the contextual menu of one of the modules, on the right side of the filtered views
From the Add a connection button in the Connector tab available in the workspace setup screen
You can optionally filter (by module, connector type or by using the search bar), then click on the desired technology: 
You then need to complete the login form using the login information described above to perform an import. For more details on the steps involved in running the Online connector, you can consult the following article: [HowTo] Running the Online Connector.
This technology is also available via the Desktop Connector, you can find more information on the procedure here: [How to] How to use the connector.
Releases
| Date | Plugin Version | DataGalaxy release | Desktop Connector version (minimum) | Description |
| 16/07/2024 | 2.0.0 | v3.59.0 | 5.0.1 | Migrated from java 11 to java 17 + CVE fixes |
