# Working with Amazon DynamoDB tables the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains
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The primary resource of Amazon DynamoDB is a data-base table. The following sections describe how to work with DynamoDB tables from the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains.

## Viewing a DynamoDB table
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To view a DynamoDB table, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to the **Explorer** tab in the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains.

1. Expand the **DynamoDB** node.

1. From your list of DynamoDB resources, double-click a table to view it in the **Editor** window.

**Note**  
The first time you view table data, an initial scan with a max-result limit of 50 items is retrieved.

## Setting the max-result limit
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To change the default limit of retrieved table entries, compete the following steps:

1. From the AWS Explorer, double-click a table to view it in the JetBrains **Editor** window.

1. From the table view, choose the **Settings icon**, located in the upper-right hand corner of your **Editor** window.

1. Hover over the **Max Results** option to view a list of available max-result values.

## Scanning a DynamoDB table
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To scan a DynamoDB table, complete the following steps:

**Note**  
This scan generates a **PartiQL query** and requires that you have the correct AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) policies in place. To learn more about the PartiQL security policy requirements, see the [IAM security policies with PartiQL for DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/) topic in the *Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide*.

1. From the AWS Explorer, double-click a table to view it in the JetBrains **Editor** window.

1. From the table view, expand the **Scan** header.

1. Select the **Table/ Index** you want to scan from the drop-down menu.

1. Choose **Run** to proceed with the scan, the scan is complete when the table data is returned in the **Editor** window.