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Amazon S3 Writeback Connector

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Intro

Amazon S3 is an online file storage web service offered by Amazon Web Services that you can use to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. Use this connector to export your data from a Domo DataSet to an Amazon S3 Bucket. To learn more about the Amazon S3 API, visit their page (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/...I/Welcome.html).

You export data to S3 in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Domo to S3 Writeback connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Prerequisites

To configure this connector, you will need the following:

  • A Domo Client ID and Client Secret. To obtain these credentials, do the following:

    1. Log into your Domo developer account at https://developer.domo.com/login. 

    2. Create a new client. 

    3. Select the desired data and user application scope.

    4. Click Create.

  • Your AWS access key. You can find this in the Security Credentials section of the AWS Console. Alternatively, if you are using IAM, you can find it under Users.

  • Your AWS secret key, which was provided when you created your access key. You can generate a new secret key in the AWS Console.

  • The name of the AWS S3 Bucket you want to push data to.

Configuring the Connection

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Domo to S3 Writeback Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Credentials Pane

This pane contains fields for entering credentials to connect to your Domo developer account as well as your S3 bucket. The following table describes what is needed for each field:  

Field

Description

Domo Client ID

Enter your Domo client ID.

Domo Client Secret

Enter your Domo client secret.

Access Key

Enter your AWS access key.

Secret Key

Enter your AWS secret key.

Bucket

Enter the name of the bucket you want to push Domo data to.

Region

Select the Amazon S3 region where your bucket is located.

Once you have entered valid credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to set up a new Domo-S3 connection. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.

Details Pane

This pane contains a number of fields for specifying your data and indicating where it's going.

Menu

Description

Path

Enter the path in your selected Amazon S3 bucket where you would like the data to be saved. 

Overwrite?

Select True if you want to overwrite the existing file in your Amazon S3 bucket with the selected filename. 

Input DataSet ID

Enter the DataSet ID (GUID) for the DataSet you want to copy to S3. You can find the ID by opening the details view for the DataSet in the Data Center and looking at the portion of the URL following datasources/. For example, in the URL https://mycompany.domo.com/datasources/845305d8-da3d-4107-a9d6-13ef3f86d4a4/details/overview, the DataSet ID is 845305d8-da3d-4107-a9d6-13ef3f86d4a4. 

Select Filename

Select whether you want to reference your DataSet using the Input DataSet ID or an output file name. 

Filename

Enter the output file name for your data. 

Other Panes

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.