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Creating Your Instance - Amazon Connect Decisions
Using standard configurationUsing advanced configurationDeleting an instance

Creating Your Instance

You create an instance using one of two methods, Standard configuration or Advanced configuration. Standard configuration uses an automated process that creates your instance quickly using preset parameters. Advanced configuration allows you to customize your instance by setting your own parameters.

Using standard configuration

Standard configuration creates your Amazon Connect Decisions instance using default security and encryption settings. Instances operate in AWS geographic regions. For more information about regions, see Regions and endpoints in the IAM User Guide and Regional endpoints in the AWS General Reference.

To create an Amazon Connect Decisions instance using a standard configuration of preset parameters, follow these steps.

  1. Select Create.

    Create Amazon Connect Decisions instance dialog with Create and Create in advanced setup buttons.

  2. Check your email for the following:

    • An email from the IdC team.

    • An email from Identity Management team.

    AWS Supply Chain invitation email showing application URL, username, and access instructions.

  3. Once you receive the invite email, log on to Amazon Connect Decisions. See Log on to Amazon Connect Decisions web application .

Using advanced configuration

Advanced configuration allows you to customize your instance by setting your own parameters. To create an Amazon Connect Decisions instance using an advanced configuration of preset parameters, follow these steps.

  1. Select Create in advanced setup.

  2. The Instance properties page will appear.

    Instance properties page with fields for AWS Region, instance name, description, and tags.

  3. Enter the following on the Instance properties page:

    • Name – Enter an instance name.

    • Description – Enter a description of your Amazon Connect Decisions instance (e.g., production instance, test instance, etc.).

    • Instance tags – You can add tags to your instance that can be used for identification. For example, you can add a tag to define the type of instance you are creating (e.g., production, test, UAT, etc.).

  4. Select Create instance.

Deleting an instance

To delete an instance, follow these steps.

Note

When you delete an instance, information from the Amazon S3 bucket is not automatically deleted.

  1. Open the Amazon Connect Decisions console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/scn/home.

  2. On the Amazon Connect Decisions console dashboard, from the dropdown, select the instance that you want to delete.

    Amazon Connect Decisions console showing instance details for 99wy6mj6 with Active status and Delete and Edit buttons.

  3. Choose Delete.

  4. On the Delete Amazon Connect Decisions Instance page, under Confirmation, type delete to confirm that you want to delete the instance.

  5. Choose Delete. The instance deletion starts and once the instance is deleted, you will see a confirmation message.