You can use PowerExchange for Amazon Redshift to read data from or write data to Amazon Redshift. You can also use PowerExchange for Amazon Redshift to read data from Amazon Redshift views.
Amazon Redshift views contain information about the functioning of the Amazon Redshift system. You can run a query on views like you run a query on database tables. You can select multiple schemas for Amazon Redshift objects.
You can use Amazon Redshift objects as sources and targets in mappings. When you use Amazon Redshift objects in mappings, you must configure properties specific to Amazon Redshift. You can validate and run mappings in native or non-native environments.
You can configure HTTPS proxy to connect to Amazon Redshift. You can also configure an SSL connection to connect to Amazon Redshift.
The Data Integration Service uses the Amazon driver to communicate with Amazon Redshift.
Example
You work for an organization that stores purchase order details, such as customer ID, item codes, and item quantity in an on-premise MySQL database. You need to analyze purchase order details and move data from the on-premise MySQL database to an affordable cloud-based environment. Create a mapping to read all the purchase records from the MySQL database and write them to Amazon Redshift for data analysis.