Quick Start Guide

Before you start

Make sure that you have:

Installed Dynomate.
At least one profile in your AWS configuration files.
Permission to list and read the DynamoDB tables that you need.

An AWS profile is a named group of authentication settings. An AWS Region is a geographic AWS location, such as us-east-1. DynamoDB tables belong to one Region.

1. Open Table Discovery

Select Tables in the left navigation.
Select Discover tables.
Select an AWS profile.

Dynomate reads the profile list from ~/.aws/config and ~/.aws/credentials. On Windows, these files are in %USERPROFILE%\.aws.

2. Authenticate the profile

Dynomate checks the selected profile before it shows the Region list.

For an access-key profile, wait for Credentials valid.
For an MFA profile, enter the six-digit MFA code and select Submit.
For an AWS SSO profile, select Login. Complete the AWS sign-in in your browser.
For a local profile, wait for Local profile. Local endpoints do not require AWS authentication.

3. Load tables

Filter the Region list if necessary.
Select each Region that contains tables you need.
Select Load Tables.
Review the result for each Region.

You can select several Regions for an AWS profile. A local profile uses one Region at a time. Selecting another profile clears the Region selection.

Table Discovery results for DynamoDB and Athena resources grouped by AWS Region — Review the resources found in each selected Region.

4. Open a table

Expand the AWS account in the Tables sidebar.
Expand the Region.
Select a DynamoDB table.

Dynomate opens the table in a work tab. You can scan the table or query it by its partition key. AWS permissions still control which operations can succeed.