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Databases

In the Glue data catalog context, a database is a logical abstraction that allows you to group the metadata tables for organization. It helps you set boundaries around grouping files in a bucket, for example, or logically group data that should be seen as a single dataset. Let's get started:

1. Click on Database and then click on the Add database button.

2. Choose a database name, weather, add an optional description like the following, and hit Create. This will create a database for our tables:

Adding a database

Your database has been created but it's empty; if you click on the database name and then click on Tables in weather, you ...