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DataWorks:Prepare an environment

Last Updated:Jan 16, 2024

To ensure that you can complete the experiment, you must activate MaxCompute, DataWorks, and Machine Learning Platform for AI (PAI) within your Alibaba Cloud account in advance.

Activate MaxCompute

Note

If you have activated MaxCompute, skip this step and directly create a workspace in DataWorks.

  1. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud International site (alibabacloud.com). In the upper-right corner, click Sign Up or Register. On the page that appears, enter your Alibaba Cloud account and password.

  2. In the top navigation bar, choose Products > Analytics Computing > MaxCompute to go to the product page of MaxCompute.

  3. Click Activate Now.

  4. On the buy page of MaxCompute, select a region in which you want to activate MaxCompute, select the terms of service, and then confirm the order and complete the payment.

    Note
    • By default, the standard pay-as-you-go resource package of MaxCompute is provided on the buy page, and DataWorks Basic Edition is activated after you activate MaxCompute.

    • The project management, query, and editing features of MaxCompute are integrated into the features of DataWorks. Therefore, you must activate DataWorks at the same time. DataWorks Basic Edition is free of charge. You are charged only if you use Data Integration or run scheduled tasks.

    • When you activate MaxCompute, you must consider other Alibaba Cloud services that are available in each region. For example, you must consider the region where your Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance and your data reside.

Creates a workspace

  1. Log on to the DataWorks console with your Alibaba Cloud account.

  2. In the Frequently Used Workspaces section of the Overview page, click Create Workspace.

  3. In the Create Workspace panel, configure the parameters and click Commit.

    For information about the parameter configuration of a workspace, see Create a workspace.

  4. Add a MaxCompute data source.