When connecting to Amazon Athena using Custom SQL, the following error occurs:
Bad Connection: Tableau could not connect to the data source.
Error Code: AA76601F
[JDBC Driver]1 validation error detected: Value null at 'workGroup' failed to satisfy constraint: Member must not be null (Service: AmazonAthena; Status Code: 400; Error Code: InvalidRequestException; Request ID: <abc123; Proxy: <>
Error occurs with latest Amazon Athena JDBC drivers AthenaJDBC42.jar and AthenaJDBC41.jar V 2.21.
Amazon Athena driver is not passing the default “primary” workgroup to Athena which causes this issue.
WorkGroup=primary through an athena.properties file.WorkGroup=primary
Replace the current .jar file to a previous version of the Athena JDBC driver in "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers".
Note: We have attached the AthenaJDBC42.jar 2.16 version to this article as a workaround.
Obtain the Amazon Athena driver from the Amazon Athena User Guide on Amazon's website as directed by the Tableau Driver Download site.
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