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aws.redshift.describe_events

Example SQL Queries

SELECT * FROM
aws.redshift.describe_events;

Description

Returns events related to clusters, security groups, snapshots, and parameter groups for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular cluster, security group, snapshot or parameter group can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the past hour of events are returned.

Table Definition

Column NameColumn Data Type
duration Input Column

The number of minutes prior to the time of the request for which to retrieve events. For example, if the request is sent at 18:00 and you specify a duration of 60, then only events which have occurred after 17:00 will be returned.

Default: 60 

BIGINT
end_time Input Column

The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the ISO8601 Wikipedia page.

Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z 

TIMESTAMP_S
source_identifier Input Column

The identifier for the source of the event.

VARCHAR
source_type Input Column

The source type for this event.

VARCHAR
start_time Input Column

The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the ISO8601 Wikipedia page.

Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z 

TIMESTAMP_S
_aws_profile Input Column

The AWS profile defines the AWS identity used. It can be defined via credentials or by assuming a IAM role.

STRUCT(
    "type" VARCHAR,
    "name" VARCHAR,
    "account_id" VARCHAR,
    "via_profile_name" VARCHAR,
    "assumed_role_arn" VARCHAR,
    "organization" STRUCT(
        "account_name" VARCHAR,
        "id" VARCHAR,
        "tags" STRUCT(
            "key" VARCHAR,
            "value" VARCHAR
        )[],
        "master_account" STRUCT(
            "id" VARCHAR,
            "email" VARCHAR
        ),
        "parents" STRUCT(
            "type" VARCHAR,
            "id" VARCHAR,
            "name" VARCHAR,
            "tags" STRUCT(
                "key" VARCHAR,
                "value" VARCHAR
            )[]
        )[]
    )
)
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_aws_profile.account_id

The AWS account id

_aws_profile.assumed_role_arn

The ARN of the assumed role

_aws_profile.name

The unique name of the profile.

_aws_profile.organization

Information about this profile's membership in the AWS organization.

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_aws_profile.organization.account_name

The name of account speciifed by the organization

_aws_profile.organization.id

The organization id

_aws_profile.organization.master_account
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_aws_profile.organization.master_account.email

The organization master account email address

_aws_profile.organization.master_account.id

The organization master account id

_aws_profile.organization.parents[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].id

The id of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].name

The name of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].value
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].type

The type of parent can be an organization unit or a root

_aws_profile.organization.tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.tags[].value
_aws_profile.type

The type of profile, either 'credentials' or 'assumed_role'

_aws_profile.via_profile_name

This IAM role for this profile is assumed by first utilizing another profile with this name to obtain credentials.

_aws_region Input Column

The AWS region to use.

VARCHAR
date

The date and time of the event.

TIMESTAMP_S
event_categories

A list of the event categories.

Values: Configuration, Management, Monitoring, Security, Pending

VARCHAR[]
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event_categories[]
event_id

The identifier of the event.

VARCHAR
message

The text of this event.

VARCHAR
severity

The severity of the event.

Values: ERROR, INFO

VARCHAR