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Exporting Data from Redshift to S3 Using the UNLOAD Command

In this lab, you'll learn how to work with Amazon Redshift and Amazon S3 by first ingesting CSV data from S3 into Redshift. Once the data is in Redshift, you'll then export it back to S3, but this time in Parquet format. The primary goal of this lab is to demonstrate the process of exporting data efficiently using Redshift, while also showcasing how to convert a CSV file to Parquet for optimized storage.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 24, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Setup Amazon S3

    Upload the user-interactions.csv (6.04 KB) file to the pre-created bucket in Amazon S3.

  2. Challenge

    Ingest the Data from S3 to Amazon Redshift

    Ingest the data from Amazon S3 to a table in Amazon Redshift by using the COPY command.

  3. Challenge

    Export the Data from Amazon Redshift to Amazon S3

    Export the data from Amazon Redshift to Amazon S3 using the UNLOAD command.

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