---
title: QuickSight Data Source
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > DDSQL Reference > Data Directory > QuickSight Data Source
---

# QuickSight Data Source

An AWS QuickSight Data Source is a connection configuration that defines how Amazon QuickSight accesses external data. It stores details such as the type of data source, connection parameters, authentication information, and permissions. This resource allows QuickSight to securely connect to databases, files, or other AWS services so users can build dashboards and visualizations from the underlying data.

```
aws.quicksight_data_source
```

## Fields

| Title                            | ID   | Type       | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Description |
| -------------------------------- | ---- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                             | core | string     |
| account_id                       | core | string     |
| alternate_data_source_parameters | core | json       | A set of alternate data source parameters that you want to share for the credentials stored with this data source. The credentials are applied in tandem with the data source parameters when you copy a data source by using a create or update request. The API operation compares the DataSourceParameters structure that's in the request with the structures in the AlternateDataSourceParameters allow list. If the structures are an exact match, the request is allowed to use the credentials from this existing data source. If the AlternateDataSourceParameters list is null, the Credentials originally used with this DataSourceParameters are automatically allowed. |
| arn                              | core | string     | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the data source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| created_time                     | core | timestamp  | The time that this data source was created.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| data_source_id                   | core | string     | The ID of the data source. This ID is unique per Amazon Web Services Region for each Amazon Web Services account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| data_source_parameters           | core | json       | The parameters that Quick Sight uses to connect to your underlying source. This is a variant type structure. For this structure to be valid, only one of the attributes can be non-null.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| error_info                       | core | json       | Error information from the last update or the creation of the data source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| last_updated_time                | core | timestamp  | The last time that this data source was updated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| name                             | core | string     | A display name for the data source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| secret_arn                       | core | string     | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the secret associated with the data source in Amazon Secrets Manager.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ssl_properties                   | core | json       | Secure Socket Layer (SSL) properties that apply when Quick Sight connects to your underlying source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| status                           | core | string     | The HTTP status of the request.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| tags                             | core | hstore_csv |
| type                             | core | string     | The type of the data source. This type indicates which database engine the data source connects to.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| vpc_connection_properties        | core | json       | The VPC connection information. You need to use this parameter only when you want Quick Sight to use a VPC connection when connecting to your underlying source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |