AWS DynamoDB Scan For Value in Array

Question

I am relatively new to AWS and DynamoDB. I have created a table with an array property. Is it possible for me to scan the array and return objects that contain a certain string?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do this. But keep in mind that a scan is an expensive operation which consumes a lot more read capacity units than a query operation. It would be better if you create a primary key on the column and do a query. You can find some examples here:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/QueryScanORMModelExample.html