Using Jupyter Notebooks with Athena
Depending on the proficiency level in querying data, some individuals may consider QuickSight to be more of a dashboarding tool that populates results based on pre-set parameters. Individuals looking for a more fluid and interactive experience may feel their needs are better satisfied by a tool designed for authoring and sharing investigations. You're already familiar with the Athena console's basic ability to write queries and display tabular results. Jupyter Notebooks is a powerful companion to analytics engines such as Athena.
In this section, we'll walk through setting up a Jupyter notebook, connecting it to Amazon Athena, and running advanced ad hoc analytics over the NYC Yellow Taxi ride dataset. If you are unfamiliar with SageMaker or Jupyter Notebooks, don't worry. We will walk you through every step of the process so you can add this new tool to your shelf. For the uninitiated, AWS describes SageMaker as the most...
