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SQS Message lets you post a message to an Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) queue. Other applications can read those messages and perform further processing. FIFO Queues can be used through this component where available. The AWS API for SQS list queues has a hard limit of 1000, meaning the retrieval of queue names is limited to the first 1000 that are defined. However, users can add additional queues, which will still validate and function, provided the user enters the queues manually. If the component requires access to a cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), it will use credentials as follows:
  • If using Matillion Full SaaS: The component will use the cloud credentials associated with your environment to access resources.
  • If using Hybrid SaaS: By default the component will inherit the agent’s execution role (service account role). However, if there are cloud credentials associated to your environment, these will overwrite the role.

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Properties

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Name
string
required
A human-readable name for the component.
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Region
drop-down
required
The AWS region that the queue is located in. This must be an existing SQS queue.
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Queue Name
drop-down
required
The name of the queue to write to. Available queues for the selected region are listed.
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Message
string
required
The message to post to the designated queue. Multi-line messages can be created. In the Message editor, use Shift + Enter to create a new line. Click Done to save the message.To use variables in this field, type the name of the variable prefixed by the dollar symbol and surrounded by { } brackets, as follows: ${variable}. Once you type ${, a drop-down list of autocompleted suggested variables will appear. This list updates as you type; for example, if you type ${date, functions and variables containing date will be listed.
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Message Format
drop-down
required
Messages may be optionally Base64 encoded, or compressed with ‘gzip’ compression. If compression is chosen, then the compressed data is also Base64 encoded, so it can be transported as plain text.
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Message Group ID
string
required
Visible only when the above properties specify a valid First-In-First-Out (FIFO) queue. The tag that specifies that a message belongs to a specific message group.
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Message Duplication ID
string
Visible only when the above properties specify a valid First-In-First-Out (FIFO) queue. The token used for deduplication of sent messages. The default is blank (no token).