Amazon DynamoDB Scans, Queries, and Indexes

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This lab teaches you the basics of creating indexes on DynamoDB tables, and comparing the performance of scan and query operations.

Level

Intermediate

Duration

1 Hours 30 Minutes

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Use the SDK to create Local Secondary Indexes (LSIs) and Global Secondary Indexes (GSIs)
• Use the SDK to scan your data and return filtered results
• Use the SDK to perform advanced queries to fetch data, noting performance differences between methods

Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

• Architects
• Data Engineers
• Developers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• Familiar with basic navigation of the AWS Management Console, NoSQL database concepts, and the Python programming language
• Comfortable editing scripts using a text editor
  
  

Course Outline

• Task 1: Prepare the environment
• Task 2: Fetch data from a standard table
• Task 3: Create a table with a Local Secondary Index (LSI)
• Task 4: Fetch data from a table with a Local Secondary Index (LSI)
• Task 5: Create a Global Secondary Index (GSI)