AWS Athena
Use a managed AWS Athena connection to query approved Glue Catalog tables in S3 for Vendo analysis and transformations.
Last reviewed July 13, 2026
AWS Athena is a managed source integration. Vendo-led setup connects an approved Athena workgroup and Glue Catalog so supported workflows can query S3-backed tables without a scheduled copy into Vendo’s warehouse.
What the connection provides
- Discovery of approved Glue databases and tables.
- Read-only SQL through Athena for supported Vendo workflows.
- Query results staged in an S3 location controlled by your AWS account.
- Use of the selected tables in analysis and transformations agreed during setup.
Source data remains in your S3 data lake. Query results are returned to Vendo for the requested operation, so this is direct query—not a claim that no data is processed outside S3.
Before requesting setup
- AWS account and region.
- Athena workgroup.
- Glue Catalog database and required tables.
- S3 locations for source data and query results.
- An IAM owner who can create a least-privilege principal.
- Expected queries, data volume, latency, and cost controls.
Security and cost
Scope IAM access to the required Athena workgroup, Glue metadata, source prefixes, and result prefix. Athena billing is based on scanned data, so partitioning, columnar formats, and workgroup limits matter.
Do not send long-lived credentials in email or a document. Use the credential exchange method agreed during managed onboarding.
Setup and verification
Follow Managed Athena setup. The connection is ready when Vendo can list only the approved tables, run a bounded test query, and return a result that matches Athena Console.