
## What does Atlan crawl from Amazon DynamoDB?

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/database/amazon-dynamodb/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-amazon-dynamodb

> Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Amazon DynamoDB. Atlan also currently supports lineage between Amazon DynamoDB as a source to supported data warehouses as destinations, as enriched by Fivetran.

Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Amazon DynamoDB. Atlan also currently supports lineage between Amazon DynamoDB as a source to supported data warehouses as destinations, as enriched by Fivetran.

## Tables

Atlan maps tables from Amazon DynamoDB to its `DynamoDBTable` asset type.

| Source property | Atlan property | Where in Atlan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `TableName` | `name` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `ItemCount` | `rowCount` | asset preview and profile, overview sidebar |
| `TableSizeBytes` | `sizeBytes` | asset filter and overview sidebar |
| `AttributeDefinitions` | `noSQLSchemaDefinition` | asset profile |
| `HASH` key in `KeySchema` | `dynamoDBPartitionKey` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `RANGE` key in `KeySchema` | `dynamoDBSortKey` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `TableStatus` | `dynamoDBStatus` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `CreationDateTime` | `sourceCreatedAt` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits` | `dynamoDBReadCapacityUnits` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits` | `dynamoDBWriteCapacityUnits` | asset profile and overview sidebar |

## Global secondary indexes

Atlan maps global secondary indexes (GSI) from Amazon Dynamo DB to its `DynamoDBGlobalSecondaryIndex` asset type.

| Source property | Atlan property | Where in Atlan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `ItemName` | `name` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `IndexCount` | `rowCount` | asset preview and profile, overview sidebar |
| `IndexSizeBytes` | `sizeBytes` | asset filter and overview sidebar |
| `IndexStatus` | `dynamoDBStatus` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `HASH` key in `KeySchema` | `dynamoDBPartitionKey` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `RANGE` key in `KeySchema` | `dynamoDBSortKey` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `Projection.ProjectionType` | `dynamoDBSecondaryIndexProjectionType` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits` | `dynamoDBReadCapacityUnits` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits` | `dynamoDBWriteCapacityUnits` | asset profile and overview sidebar |

## Local secondary indexes

Atlan maps local secondary indexes (LSI) from Amazon Dynamo DB to its `DynamoDBLocalSecondaryIndex` asset type.

| Source property | Atlan property | Where in Atlan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `IndexName` | `name` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `ItemCount` | `rowCount` | asset preview and profile, overview sidebar |
| `IndexSizeBytes` | `sizeBytes` | asset filter and overview sidebar |
| `HASH` key in `KeySchema` | `dynamoDBPartitionKey` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `RANGE` key in `KeySchema` | `dynamoDBSortKey` | asset profile and overview sidebar |
| `Projection.ProjectionType` | `dynamoDBSecondaryIndexProjectionType` | asset profile and overview sidebar |

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