Start an Athena query and send a results notification

This sample project demonstrates how to use Step Functions and Amazon Athena to start an Athena query and send a notification with query results using Standard workflows.

In this project, Step Functions uses Lambda functions and an AWS Glue crawler to generate a set of example data. It then performs a query using the Athena service integration and returns the results using an SNS topic.

This sample project deploys the following resources:

• An Amazon Athena query

• An AWS Glue crawler

• An Amazon SNS topic

• An AWS Step Functions state machine

• Related AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles

Step 1: Create the state machine

1. Open the Step Functions console and choose Create state machine.

2. Find and choose Start an Athena query. Choose Next to continue.

3. Choose Run a demo to create a read-only and ready-to-deploy workflow, or choose Build on it to create an editable state machine definition that you can build on and later deploy.

   The following diagram shows the workflow graph for the sample project:

   

4. Choose Use template to continue with your selection.

5. Next steps depend on your previous choice:

   1. Run a demo – You can review the state machine before you create a read-only project with resources deployed by AWS CloudFormation to your AWS account.

      You can view the state machine definition, and when you are ready, choose Deploy and run to deploy the project and create the resources.

      Deploying can take up to 10 minutes to create resources and permissions. You can use the Stack ID link to monitor progress in AWS CloudFormation.

      After deploy completes, you should see your new state machine in the console.

   2. Build on it – You can review and edit the workflow definition. You might need to set values for placeholders in the sample project before attemping to run your custom workflow.

   Note

   Standard charges might apply for services deployed to your account.

Step 2: Run the state machine

1. On the State machines page, choose your sample project.

2. On the sample project page, choose Start execution.

3. In the Start execution dialog box, do the following:

   1. (Optional) Enter a custom execution name to override the generated default.

      Non-ASCII names and logging

      Step Functions accepts names for state machines, executions, activities, and labels that contain non-ASCII characters. Because such characters will not work with Amazon CloudWatch, we recommend using only ASCII characters so you can track metrics in CloudWatch.

   2. (Optional) In the Input box, enter input values as JSON. You can skip this step if you are running a demo.

   3. Choose Start execution.

   The Step Functions console will direct you to an Execution Details page where you can choose states in the Graph view to explore related information in the Step details pane.

Congratulations!

You should now have either a running demo or a state machine definition that you can customize.

For more information about Athena and Step Functions service integrations, see the following:

• Integrating services with Step Functions

• Run Athena queries with Step Functions