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


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| 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
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| **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* |