Amazon DynamoDB Scans, Queries, and Indexes

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

Level

Intermediate

Duration

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)