Access-patterns template - AWS Prescriptive Guidance

Access-patterns template

Collect and document information about the access patterns for the use case by using the following fields:

Field Description

Access pattern

Provide a name for the access pattern.

Description

Provide a more detailed description of the access pattern.

Priority

Define a priority for the access pattern (high, medium, or low). This defines the most relevant access patterns for the application.

Read or write

Is it a read access or write access pattern?

Type

Does the pattern access a single item, multiple items, or all items?

Filter

Does the access pattern require any filter?

Sort

Does the result require any sorting?

Template

Access pattern

Description

Priority

Read or write

Type (single item,

multiple

items, or all)

Key attribute

 Filters

Result ordering

Create user profile

User creates a new profile.

High

 Write

Single item

Username

 N/A

 N/A

Update user profile

User updates their profile.

Medium

Write

Single item

Username

Username = current user

N/A

Get user profile

User reviews their profile.

High

Read

Single item

Username

Username = current user

N/A

Create a game

User creates a new game.

High

Write

Single item

GameID

N/A

N/A

Find open games

User searches for open games. Search results are  sorted by start timestamp in descending order.

High

Read

Multiple items

 

GameStatus = open

Start timestamp descendent

Find open games by map

User searches for open games by using a specific map sorted by start timestamp in descending

order.

Medium

Read

Multiple items

 

GameStatus = open and Map = XYZ

Start timestamp descendent

View game

User reviews the details of a game.

High

Read

Single item

GameID

N/A

N/A

View users in a game

User gets a list of all the users in a game.

Medium

Read

Multiple items

 

GameID = XYZ

N/A

Join user to a game

User joins an open game.

High

Write

Single item

GameID and Username

GameStatus = open

N/A

Start a game

User starts a new game.

High

Write

Single item

GameID

N/A

N/A

Update game for user

Update user position in the game.

Medium

Write

Single item

GameID and Username

N/A

N/A

Update game

Game ends; update statistics.

Medium

Write

Single item

GameID

N/A

N/A

Find all past games for a user

List all games that a user played ordered by the start timestamp of the game.

Low

Read

Multiple items

Username and GameID

Username = current user

Start timestamp

Export data for data analytics

Development team will run a batch job to export data to Amazon S3.

Low

Read

All

N/A

N/A

N/A