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Category: Amazon Cloud Directory

How to Search More Efficiently in Amazon Cloud Directory

Using Amazon Cloud Directory, you can build flexible, cloud-native directories for organizing hierarchies of data along multiple dimensions. And now, you can search more efficiently by searching across only a subset of objects in your directory. For example, instead of searching through all of the employees in a company directory built using Cloud Directory, you […]

How to Easily Apply Amazon Cloud Directory Schema Changes with In-Place Schema Upgrades

Now, Amazon Cloud Directory makes it easier for you to apply schema changes across your directories with in-place schema upgrades. Your directory now remains available while Cloud Directory applies backward-compatible schema changes such as the addition of new fields. Without migrating data between directories or applying code changes to your applications, you can upgrade your […]

How to Use Batch References in Amazon Cloud Directory to Refer to New Objects in a Batch Request

In Amazon Cloud Directory, it’s often necessary to add new objects or add relationships between new objects and existing objects to reflect changes in a real-world hierarchy. With Cloud Directory, you can make these changes efficiently by using batch references within batch operations. Let’s say I want to take an existing child object in a […]

Write and Read Multiple Objects in Amazon Cloud Directory by Using Batch Operations

Amazon Cloud Directory is a hierarchical data store that enables you to build flexible, cloud-native directories for organizing hierarchies of data along multiple dimensions. For example, you can create an organizational structure that you can navigate through multiple hierarchies for reporting structure, location, and cost center. In this blog post, I demonstrate how you can […]

New: Use Amazon Cloud Directory Typed Links to Create and Search Relationships Across Hierarchies

Starting today, you can create and search relationships across hierarchies in Amazon Cloud Directory by using typed links. With typed links, you can build directories that can be searched across hierarchies more efficiently by filtering your queries based on relationship type. Typed links also enable you to model different types of relationships between objects in […]

Register for and Attend This Free April 27 Tech Talk—Deep Dive on Amazon Cloud Directory

Update: This webinar is now available as a slide deck. As part of the AWS Monthly Online Tech Talks series, AWS will present Deep Dive on Amazon Cloud Directory on Thursday, April 27. This tech talk will start at noon and end at 1:00 P.M. Pacific Time. AWS Cloud Directory Expert Quint Van Deman will show you how Amazon Cloud […]

New Cloud Directory API Makes It Easier to Query Data Along Multiple Dimensions

Amazon Cloud Directory enables you to build flexible, cloud-native directories for organizing hierarchies of data along multiple dimensions. For example, you can create an organizational structure that you can navigate through multiple hierarchies for reporting structure, location, and cost center. With Cloud Directory, you can create directories for a variety of use cases, such as […]

How to Create an Organizational Chart with Separate Hierarchies by Using Amazon Cloud Directory

Amazon Cloud Directory enables you to create directories for a variety of use cases, such as organizational charts, course catalogs, and device registries. Cloud Directory offers you the flexibility to create directories with hierarchies that span multiple dimensions. For example, you can create an organizational chart that you can navigate through separate hierarchies for reporting […]

Now Available: Amazon Cloud Directory—A Cloud-Native Directory for Hierarchical Data

  Today we are launching Amazon Cloud Directory. This service is purpose-built for storing large amounts of strongly typed hierarchical data. With the ability to scale to hundreds of millions of objects while remaining cost-effective, Cloud Directory is a great fit for all sorts of cloud and mobile applications. Cloud Directory is a building block […]