Configuring DynamoDB Account

Overview

You must create DynamoDB accounts to connect to data sources that you want to use in your Pipelines. The account now supports the IAM role, which can be selected by using the Authentication Types when setting up the account. 

Benefits of IAM support for Accounts

  • Increased security: The temporary security credentials are automatically rotated, reducing the risk of unauthorized access to other AWS services.
  • Simplified management: The need to store long-term credentials on the EC2 instance is eliminated.
  • Easy integration: The support makes it simple for EC2 instances to access other AWS services without having to manage and store credentials.

Snap-Account Compatibility

Configuring your DynamoDB Account

You can configure your DynamoDB accounts in SnapLogic using either the Designer or Manager.

Using SnapLogic Designer for Configuration

Drag a DynamoDB Snap to the Canvas and click the Snap to open its settings. Click the Account tab. You can now either use an existing account or create a new one.

Selecting an Existing Account

SnapLogic organizes and displays all accounts to which you have access, sorting them by account type and location. To select an existing account:

  1. Click the  icon to view the accounts to which you have access and select the account that you want to use.
  2. Click  .

Creating an Account

  1. Click Add Account in the Account Reference dialog.
  2. Select the Location in which you want to create the account, select the account type, and click Continue
    The Add Account dialog associated with the account type appears.
  3. Enter the required account details. For detailed guidance on how to provide information associated with the account type, refer to:

    Enter additional information on this account in the Notes field of the Info tab. This will help you and other users understand the purpose of the account, especially if there are multiple accounts of the same type.

  4. Click Validate to verify the account, if the account type supports validation.
  5. Click Apply to complete configuring the DynamoDB account.

Using SnapLogic Manager for Configuration

Use Manager to create accounts without associating them immediately with Pipelines.

Accounts in SnapLogic are associated with projects. You can use accounts created in other projects only if you have at least Read access to them.

  1. In the left pane, browse to the project in which you want to create the account and click Create Account DynamoDB, followed by the appropriate account type.
    The Create Account dialog associated with the selected account type appears. 


  2. Repeat the steps numbered 3 through 5 in the Creating an Account section.

    Avoid updating account credentials when Pipelines using that account are executing. This might lead to unexpected results, including locking your account.

Snap Pack History

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Release Snap Pack VersionDateType  Updates
February 2024main25112 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2023main23721 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.

August 2023

main22460

 


Stable

Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.

May 2023main21015 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

February 2023

main19844 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
January 2023431patches19383 Latest

The DynamoDB Snap Pack supports the IAM role in the DynamoDB account.

November 2022main18944 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
430 Patch430patches18355 LatestThe lineage for Ultra Pipelines containing the DynamoDB Bulk Get and DynamoDB Bulk Write Snaps is now preserved only when the Batch Size is 1.
430 Patch430patches18211 Latest

The DynamoDB Bulk Write Snap now does not fail with the Duplicate keys <table-name> are provided error when the Batch size or the Thread count is high.

August 2022main17386 StableThe DynamoDB Account includes AWS Security Token field to pass the security token when making calls using temporary credentials.
4.29 Patch429patches16169 Latest

Fixed an issue with the DynamoDB Snaps where the Snaps did not route the errors to the error view when the Snap encountered an exception and the Pipeline failed. Now the Snap route the errors to the error view and does not fail when it encounters an exception. If the error view is disabled, Snap stops the execution.

4.29 Patch

429patches15954 Latest

Enhanced the DynamoDB Account with AWS Security Token field to pass the security token when making calls using temporary credentials.

4.29main15993 Stable

Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.28main14627 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.27

main12833

 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.26426patches11593 LatestFixed an issue with the DynamoDB Update Snap, where the data type conversion for input keys caused an error.
4.26main11181 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.25425patches10571 Latest

Updated the AWS SDK from version 1.11.688 to 1.11.1010 in the DynamoDB Snap Pack and added a custom SnapLogic User Agent header value.

4.25main9554
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.24 Patch424patches9031 Latest
  • Supports autoscaling by adding retry logic with exponential backoff to the Snaps.
  • Enhanced the Dynamo DB Account  to support the expression enabler for account properties and creation of dynamic account.
  • Improved memory consumption in DynamoDB Bulk Write and Bulk Get Snaps.
4.24main8556
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.23main7430
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.22main6403
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.21 Patch421patches5851 Latest

Removed the Snap timeout setting while waiting for the threads to complete processing.

4.21 Patchdynamodb8854 LatestFixed the DynamoDB Scan Snap pagination issue where the second page of output and beyond cannot be accessed during execution and validation.   
4.21snapsmrc542

 

StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.20 Patchdynamodb8709 Latest

Fixed the DynamoDB Scan Snap and the DynamoDB Update Snap where:

  • The DynamoDB Scan Snap is unable to produce a preview output on validation. (Instead, the Snap passes the output to the downstream Snap.)
  • The DynamoDB Update Snap produces two error documents for the same error during preview output.
4.20snapsmrc535
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.19snaprsmrc528
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.18 PatchMULTIPLE7778 Latest

Updated the AWS SDK library version to default to Signature Version 4 Signing process for API requests across all regions.

4.18snapsmrc523
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.17ALL7402
 
Latest

Pushed automatic rebuild of the latest version of each Snap Pack to SnapLogic UAT and Elastic servers.

4.17snapsmrc515
 
Latest

Added the Snap Execution field to all Standard-mode Snaps. In some Snaps, this field replaces the existing Execute during preview check box.

4.16snapsmrc508
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.15 Patchdynamodb6670 Latest

Added new functionality to the property Expression attribute values in the Delete Table Item, Scan, Update, and Bulk Get Snaps. The property now handles columns that are named after the DynamoDB reserve words.

4.15snapsmrc500
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.14snapsmrc490
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.13

snapsmrc486

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.12

snapsmrc480

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.11snapsmrc465
 
Stable

Added a new DynamoDB Query Snap with Secondary Index support.

4.10 Patchdynamodb3950 Latest

Resolved an issue with the DynamoDB Scan Snap which was not able to perform the scan operation on the table with huge amount of data (Actual description Error executing scan process, 0 after the 4.10 release)

4.10

snapsmrc414

 
Stable

DynamoDB ScanBulk WriteDelete Table Item and Update Snaps support the Set types (Binary, List and Map).

4.9 Patchdynamodb3329 Latest

DynamoDB Scan Snap - Fixed NPE during the Table name support.

4.9snapsmrc405
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.8

snapsmrc398

 
Stable
  • Added the new Snaps DynamoDB Delete Table and DynamoDB Delete Table Item.
  • Info tab added to accounts.
  • Database accounts now invalidate connection pools if account properties are modified and login attempts fail.
4.7 Patchdynamodb2557 Latest

DynamoDB Bulk Get now writes the original object to error view and output view on error.

4.7 Patchdynamodb2279 Latest

Addressed a issue with generated signatures when non-ASCII data is used and ensured the original document is passed the Error View.

4.7

snapsmrc382

 
Stable

Updated the DynamoDB Bulk Get Snap with the new field, Batch Size.

4.6snapsmrc362
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.5

snapsmrc344

 
Stable

All database Snaps have had updates in connection pooling.

4.4.1NA StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.4NA Stable
  • Resolved an issue with the DynamoDB account not validating if credentials did not have access to ListTables operation.
  • Added expression support to the Where clause property for Select Snaps.
4.3.2NA Stable
  • DynamoDB Bulk Write Snap now has Batch size and Request delay properties to help control the speed of the bulk write.
4.2.2NANAStable
  • Resolved an issue with the DynamoDB Scan Snap throwing an exception if Total segments was provided.
  • Resolved an issue with the DynamoDB Scan Snap not returning the specified attribute names list if Projection expression was set to an attribute name.

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