1. Data integration
  2. Anaplan data integration tools
  3. CloudWorks
  4. Create a Cloudworks connection
  5. Connect to Amazon S3

If your preferred cloud data source is Amazon S3, see the steps below.

You should be familiar with Amazon S3(opens external page), and be able to work with S3 buckets(opens external page) for data storage.

To connect to Amazon S3:

  1. Select Connections from the menu.
Dialog to create a new connection.
  1. Select New connection.
    The Connect to a service dialog displays. 
  2. Complete the dialog entries:
    • Enter a new Connection name. Use a unique name that starts and ends with a letter or number. You can include spaces, hyphens (-), and underscores (_), but no other special characters. The limit is 60 characters. 
    • Select Amazon S3 from the drop-down menu.
    • Retrieve your AWS Access key ID and Secret Access key values and enter them.
    • Enter the AWS Bucket name.
    • Enter Role ARN (optional).
  3. Select Connect to accept and apply your settings for this connection.
Connect to service dialog for Amazon S3.

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