# Athena

* Athena is an interactive query service that enables you to analyse and query data located in S3 using standard SQL.
* Serverless, nothing to provision, pay per query / per TB scanned.
* No need to setup complex ETL processes.
* Works directly with data stored on S3.

### Use cases

* Can be used to query log files in S3, e.g. ELB logs, S3 access logs, etc.
* Generate business reports on data stored in S3.
* Analyse AWS cost and Usage reports.
* Run queries on click-stream data.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://notebook.iuriioapps.com/cloud/aws/storage/athena.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.