Excel Add-In for Amazon DynamoDB

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Connection Properties

The connection properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.

For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.

Connection


PropertyDescription
UseLakeFormationWhen this property is set to true, AWSLakeFormation service will be used to retrieve temporary credentials, which enforce access policies against the user based on the configured IAM role. The service can be used when authenticating through OKTA, ADFS, AzureAD, PingFederate, while providing a SAML assertion.

AWS Authentication


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are: , AwsRootKeys , AwsIAMRoles , AwsEC2Roles , ADFS, Okta, PingFederate , AwsCredentialsFile , AwsCognitoBasic , AwsCognitoSrp.
DomainYour AWS domain name. You can optionally choose to associate your domain name with AWS.
AWSAccessKeyYour AWS account access key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page.
AWSSecretKeyYour AWS account secret key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page.
AWSRoleARNThe Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating.
AWSRegionThe hosting region for your Amazon Web Services.
AWSCredentialsFileThe path to the AWS Credentials File to be used for authentication.
AWSCredentialsFileProfileThe name of the profile to be used from the supplied AWSCredentialsFile.
AWSSessionTokenYour AWS session token.
AWSExternalIdA unique identifier that might be required when you assume a role in another account.
MFASerialNumberThe serial number of the MFA device if one is being used.
MFATokenThe temporary token available from your MFA device.
TemporaryTokenDurationThe amount of time (in seconds) a temporary token will last.
AWSCognitoRegionThe hosting region for AWS Cognito.
AWSUserPoolIdThe User Pool Id.
AWSUserPoolClientAppIdThe User Pool Client App Id.
AWSUserPoolClientAppSecretOptional. The User Pool Client App Secret.
AWSIdentityPoolIdThe Identity Pool Id.
AWSWebIdentityTokenThe OAuth 2.0 access token or OpenID Connect ID token that is provided by an identity provider.

SSO


PropertyDescription
UserThe IDP user used to authenticate the IDP via SSO.
PasswordThe password used to authenticate the IDP user via SSO.
SSOLoginURLThe identity provider's login URL.
SSOPropertiesAdditional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list.
SSOExchangeUrlThe URL used for consuming the SAML response and exchanging it for service specific credentials.

SSL


PropertyDescription
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Firewall


PropertyDescription
FirewallTypeThe protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServerThe name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUserThe user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPasswordA password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.

Proxy


PropertyDescription
ProxyAutoDetectWhen this connection property is set to True, the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations (no need to manually supply proxy server details). Set to False if you want to manually configure the provider to connect to a specific proxy server.
ProxyServerThe hostname or IP address of the proxy server that you want to route HTTP traffic through.
ProxyPortThe TCP port that the proxy server (specified in the ProxyServer connection property) is running on.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyUserThe username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connnection property.
ProxyPasswordThe password associated with the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property.
ProxySSLTypeThe SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyExceptionsA semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .

Logging


PropertyDescription
LogfileA filepath which designates the name and location of the log file.
VerbosityThe verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file.
LogModulesCore modules to be included in the log file.
MaxLogFileSizeA string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB).
MaxLogFileCountA string specifying the maximum file count of log files.

Schema


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.

Caching


PropertyDescription
AutoCacheAutomatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider .
CacheProviderThe name of the provider to be used to cache data.
CacheConnectionThe connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data.
CacheLocationSpecifies the path to the cache when caching to a file.
CacheToleranceThe tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache .
OfflineUse offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source.
CacheMetadataThis property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store.

Miscellaneous


PropertyDescription
AutoDetectIndexA boolean indicating if secondary indexes should be automatically detected based on the query used.
FlattenArraysBy default, nested arrays are returned as strings of JSON. The FlattenArrays property can be used to flatten the elements of nested arrays into columns of their own. Set FlattenArrays to the number of elements you want to return from nested arrays.
FlattenObjectsSet FlattenObjects to true to flatten object properties into columns of their own. Otherwise, objects nested in arrays are returned as strings of JSON.
FlexibleSchemaSet FlexibleSchema to true to scan for additional metadata on the query result set. Otherwise, the metadata will remain the same.
GenerateSchemaFilesIndicates the user preference as to when schemas should be generated and saved.
IgnoreTypesRemoves support for the specified types. For example, Time. These types will then be reported as strings instead.
MaximumRequestRetriesThe maximum number of times to retry a request.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PagesizeConfigures the maximum number of items that Amazon DynamoDB evaluates per API request.
QueryModeThis property indicates how the driver will retrieve the results.
ReadonlyYou can use this property to enforce read-only access to Amazon DynamoDB from the provider.
RetryWaitTimeThe minimum number of milliseconds the provider will wait to retry a request.
RowScanDepthThe maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table.
SeparatorCharacterThe character or characters used to denote hierarchy.
ThreadCountThe number of threads to use when selecting data via a parallel scan. Setting ThreadCount to 1 will disable parallel scans.
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
TypeDetectionSchemeDetermines how to determine the data type of columns.
UseBatchWriteItemOperationWhen enabled the provider will use BatchWriteItem operation for handling updates and INSERTs. By default, the provider uses ExecuteStatement/BatchExecuteStatement operation. You need to enable BatchWriteItem only when inserting/updating binary/binary-set data. ExecuteStatement/BatchExecuteStatement doesn't support manipulating binary fields.
UseConsistentReadsWhether to alyways use Consistent Reads or not when querying DynamoDb.
UserDefinedViewsA filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
UseSimpleNamesBoolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns.

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