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Error "[JDBC Driver] You are not authorized to perform: athena:CreatePreparedStatement" Occurs When Refreshing Amazon Athena Extract

Date de publication: Dec 23, 2025
Description

The following JDBC driver error occurs when refreshing an Amazon Athena extract with Athena JDBC driver version 2.0.34 or newer:

 

[JDBC Driver]You are not authorized to perform: athena:CreatePreparedStatement on the resource

 

or

 

[JDBC Driver]User: arn:aws:Iam::<xxxxxx>:user/tableau_user is not authorized to perform: athena:CreatePreparedStatement on resource

 

Cause

The Amazon Athena account does not have the required IAM permissions.

 

Résolution

Please add the following IAM permissions to allow access to prepared statements*.

  • athena:create prepared statement
  • athena:delete prepared statement

 

Ressources supplémentaires

Since no issue with an older Athena JDBC driver version, the JDBC error is considered related to [AJ-466] Ec2InstanceMetadata support in Athena JDBC driver 2.0.34. For more information, see Athena JDBC driver release notes*.

*Although we make every effort to ensure links to external websites are accurate, up to date, and relevant, Tableau cannot take responsibility for the accuracy or freshness of pages maintained by external providers. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.

 

Numéro d’article de la base de connaissances

001474898

 
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