Amazon Athena Workgroup pattern-based discovery

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    Summary of Amazon Athena Workgroup pattern-based discovery

    This pattern enables ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping to identify and collect detailed information about Amazon Athena Workgroups within your AWS cloud environment. It integrates discovered data into both Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and non-CMDB tables, aiding in comprehensive cloud resource management.

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    To use this pattern, ensure AWS discovery prerequisites are met, remove any duplicate resources from the Resource Inclusion List, and enable the Athena Workgroup pattern, which is disabled by default. Activating or deactivating patterns is now treated as non-customization, preserving updates through upgrades.

    Key Features

    • Discovery Scope: Finds Amazon Athena Workgroups using the Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.
    • Data Storage: Populates non-CMDB tables accessible via All > Configuration > AWS for extended inventory data, and CMDB tables for core resource records.
    • CMDB Integration: Creates entries in the cmdbawsathenaworkgroup and cmdbcicmpresource tables, capturing attributes such as workgroup name, ARN, state (ENABLED/DISABLED), engine version, operational and install status.
    • CI Relationships: Establishes 'Hosted on' relationships linking Athena Workgroups to AWS Datacenter CIs, enhancing configuration item context.
    • AWS Tag Discovery: Collects tags associated with Athena Workgroups and stores them in the cmdbkeyvalue table, enabling tag-based filtering and reporting.

    Key Outcomes

    • Enables accurate identification and tracking of Amazon Athena Workgroups in your CMDB, supporting cloud asset management and governance.
    • Improves visibility into Athena Workgroup operational status and configuration, facilitating better cloud resource monitoring and troubleshooting.
    • Supports integration with AWS Datacenter CIs for enriched infrastructure mapping and impact analysis.
    • Provides comprehensive tagging information to aid in cost allocation, compliance, and automation workflows.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Amazon Athena Workgroups on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the AWS discovery prerequisites
    For more information, see the prerequisites section in AWS discovery using patterns.
    Remove resources from the Resource Inclusion List table
    Verify that the relevant resource isn't listed in the Resource Inclusion List [sa_cloud_inventory_resource_whitelist] table to avoid duplicate discovery. For more information on removing resources from the Resource Inclusion List, see AWS Resource Inventory discovery with Patterns.
    Enable the relevant pattern
    The pattern for this service is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, activating or deactivating a pattern won't be considered a customization, and it will continue to receive updates. Patterns that were previously activated or deactivated will reset to the latest predefined version after upgrading while retaining the last active field value. For more information on enabling patterns, see Activate a disabled pattern.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables.

    Data stored in non-CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the non-CMDB table when running the Amazon AWS - Athena Workgroup - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    You can review the non-CMDB AWS tables by navigating to All > Configuration > AWS. You can also search the navigation filter for the specific pattern name.

    Table 1. AWS Athena Workgroup [cmdb_aws_athena_workgroup]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the Amazon Athena workgroup.
    Object ID [object_id] Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies the workgroup.
    State [state] Current state of the workgroup.

    For example: ENABLED or DISABLED.
    Effective Engine Version [effective_engine_version] Engine version used by the workgroup to process queries.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Amazon AWS - Athena Workgroup - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] ARN that uniquely identifies the workgroup.
    Name [name] Name of the AmazonAmazon Athena workgroup.
    Resource type [resource_type] Resource type. The value is set to AWS::Athena::Workgroup.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

    CI relationships

    The Amazon AWS - Athena Workgroup - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern creates the following relationships and references to support Amazon Athena Workgroup discovery. References link to records in other tables and don't appear in the CI Relationship [cmdb_rel_ci] table.

    Table 3. CI relationships
    CI Relationship CI
    Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] Hosted on::Hosts AWS Datacenter [cmdb_ci_aws_datacenter]
    Table 4. CI references
    CI Field Referenced CI
    AWS Athena Workgroup [cmdb_aws_athena_workgroup] Configuration Item [configuration_item] Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Key Value [cmdb_key_value] Configuration item [configuration_item] Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]

    AWS Tag discovery

    The Amazon AWS - Athena Workgroup - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

    Table 5. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.
    Configuration item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.