Amazon Athena Workgroup pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated May 6, 2026
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    Summary of Amazon Athena Workgroup pattern-based discovery

    This pattern-based discovery enables ServiceNow customers to identify and map Amazon Athena Workgroups within their AWS cloud environment. It requires the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application, which may need to be updated to the latest version from the ServiceNow Store for optimal functionality. This discovery process populates data into both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, providing comprehensive visibility of Athena Workgroups.

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    Key Features

    • Prerequisites and Setup: Ensure AWS discovery prerequisites are met and verify that Athena Workgroups are not listed in the Resource Inclusion List to prevent duplicate discoveries.
    • Pattern Activation: The Athena Workgroup pattern is disabled by default and must be enabled manually. Activating or deactivating patterns no longer counts as a customization, allowing updates without losing configuration.
    • Data Collection: The pattern collects detailed Athena Workgroup information and stores it in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, including specific attributes like workgroup name, ARN, state, and engine version.
    • CMDB Tables: Key data is stored in the cmdbawsathenaworkgroup table (detailing Athena workgroup attributes) and the cmdbcicmpresource table (representing the Cloud Resource configuration items).
    • Relationship Mapping: Automatically creates CI relationships such as hosting connections between Athena Workgroups and AWS Datacenters, enhancing infrastructure mapping accuracy.
    • Tag Discovery: AWS tags associated with Athena Workgroups are collected and stored in the Key Value table (cmdbkeyvalue), enabling tag-based management and reporting.

    Practical Benefits

    • Provides comprehensive visibility into Amazon Athena Workgroups, aiding in cloud resource management and compliance.
    • Ensures accurate configuration item relationships and status tracking within the CMDB for better service mapping and incident management.
    • Facilitates automated discovery and ongoing updates without manual overhead by leveraging pattern activation improvements.
    • Supports tag-based categorization and filtering, enhancing asset management and reporting capabilities.

    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.