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DataWorks:Activate DataWorks

Last Updated:Feb 22, 2024

You can use DataWorks only if you purchase both a specific edition and pay-as-you-go resources and features. This topic describes how to activate DataWorks.

Background information

To help you quickly experience the core scenarios of the big data platform, the system automatically activates MaxCompute (pay-as-you-go) and creates the AliyunServiceRoleForDataWorksEngine and AliyunServiceRoleForDataWorksOnEmr service-linked roles the first time you activate DataWorks in each region. If you do not use MaxCompute, no related fees are generated. For more information about how to activate MaxCompute, see Activate MaxCompute and DataWorks.

Before you activate DataWorks, we recommend that you be familiar with the following information:

  • The billable items of DataWorks and the billing details of features provided by different modules of DataWorks. For more information, see Billing overview.

  • The purchase guide on DataWorks features and resources for typical users. For more information, see Purchase guide.

  • For more information about DataWorks, see What is DataWorks?

Permission description

You can activate DataWorks by using an Alibaba Cloud account or as a RAM user.

  • If you want to activate DataWorks by using an Alibaba Cloud account, prepare an Alibaba Cloud account first. For more information, see Prepare an Alibaba Cloud account.

  • If you want to activate DataWorks as a RAM user, create a RAM user and attach the AliyunBSSOrderAccess and AliyunDataWorksFullAccess policies to the RAM user. For more information, see Prepare a RAM user.

Precautions

You can log on to the DataWorks console with an Alibaba Cloud account or as a RAM user.

  • An Alibaba Cloud account owns Alibaba Cloud resources and has all permissions on resources within the account. Resource usage is calculated and billed to the Alibaba Cloud account. You can use the Alibaba Cloud account to create RAM users for your enterprise, manage the RAM users, and grant permissions to the RAM users. To ensure the security of your account, we recommend that you change your password on a regular basis. Do not share your account with other users.

  • A RAM user is created and managed by using an Alibaba Cloud account in the Resource Access Management (RAM) console. A RAM user does not own resources, and the resource usage of a RAM user is not calculated or billed to the RAM user. The Alibaba Cloud account is used to manage all RAM users within the Alibaba Cloud account in a centralized manner and pay for the resources used by the RAM users.

Activate DataWorks

This section describes the common procedure of activating DataWorks. You can follow the steps to activate DataWorks in a region where DataWorks is available. When you activate DataWorks, you can purchase items such as DataWorks editions, exclusive resource groups, and the Data Modeling service. DataWorks provides Basic Edition, Standard Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition. You can purchase the items based on your business requirements.

Step 1: Go to the buy page of DataWorks

Go to the product page of DataWorks, and click Buy Now or Advanced Edition. Then, configure the parameters based on your business requirements.

Step 2: Select a region

Select a region based on your business requirements. You can use DataWorks only in the region where you activate the service.

Step 3: Purchase the items that you require

To use DataWorks, you must purchase both a specific edition and pay-as-you-go resources and features. You can also purchase exclusive resource groups and the Data Modeling service based on your requirements.

Purchase item

Description

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DataWorks editions

DataWorks provides the following editions: Basic Edition, Standard Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition. You can select an edition based on your business requirements.

  • Basic Edition: This edition is a free subscription edition and is suitable for students and big data beginners.

  • Standard Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition: These are advanced editions that provide more abundant service capabilities than Basic Edition and can meet the business requirements of different users. You are charged based on the subscription billing method for these editions. For more information, see Billing of DataWorks advanced editions.

Note
  • If you purchase an advanced edition in a region and do not select Auto-renewal, the advanced edition is downgraded to Basic Edition in the region after the advanced edition expires. Basic Edition is permanently retained for you free of charge. For more information, see Feature downgrades of DataWorks advanced editions upon expiration.

  • You can use a specific DataWorks edition in a region only after you activate the DataWorks edition in this region.

Differences among DataWorks editions

Exclusive resource groups (optional)

DataWorks provides the following types of exclusive resource groups. You can purchase an exclusive resource group when you activate DataWorks. You can also purchase an exclusive resource group in the DataWorks console after you activate DataWorks.

  • Exclusive resource group for scheduling: An exclusive resource group for scheduling is used to schedule tasks and supports parallel scheduling of tasks.

  • Exclusive resource group for Data Integration: An exclusive resource group for Data Integration is used to run synchronization tasks and provides parallel threads for a synchronization task.

  • Exclusive resource group for DataService Studio: An exclusive resource group for DataService Studio is used to call DataService Studio APIs and supports parallel and frequent API calling.

If you want to run a large number of tasks in parallel, you can use exclusive resource groups to ensure that the requirements of your enterprise for high parallelism in different scenarios are met.

Data Modeling (optional)

Data Modeling is used to structure and manage large volumes of unordered and complex data. Data Modeling helps enterprises obtain more value from business data. You can select specifications based on your business requirements when you activate Data Modeling.

Step 4: Confirm the purchase order

When you activate DataWorks, the system automatically adds pay-as-you-go features and resources to your purchase order. After you activate a specific DataWorks edition, you are charged for resources and other billable items that are used in different DataWorks modules based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. For example, you are charged for developing tasks, scheduling auto triggered tasks, scheduling synchronization tasks, monitoring a large-scale workflow, monitoring data quality, and calling DataService Studio APIs in DataWorks based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. For more information, see Overview of the pay-as-you-go billing method in DataWorks. You must perform the following steps to confirm the purchase order:

  1. Click Buy Now. On the Confirm Order page, view the order information. If the order information is correct, read the terms of service and select the check box, and then click Pay.

  2. On the Purchase page, confirm the order information and click Subscribe.

What to do next

  • The first time you activate DataWorks or if you activate DataWorks in a new region, the system automatically generates a default DataWorks workspace. The default workspace provides built-in cases. You can experience the cases in the default workspace. For more information about a default workspace, see Built-in logic of a default workspace. You can create workspaces in the DataWorks console based on your business requirements. For more information, see Create a workspace.

  • You can develop tasks in DataWorks only based on data sources or clusters. After you activate DataWorks, you can add data sources or register clusters to your workspace. For more information, see Add and manage data sources.