:doc:`ApplicationDiscoveryService <../../discovery>` / Client / start_continuous_export

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start_continuous_export
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.. py:method:: ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.start_continuous_export()

  

  Start the continuous flow of agent's discovered data into Amazon Athena.

  

  See also: `AWS API Documentation <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/discovery-2015-11-01/StartContinuousExport>`_  


  **Request Syntax**
  ::

    response = client.start_continuous_export()
    
    
  
  :rtype: dict
  :returns: 
    
    **Response Syntax**

    
    ::

      {
          'exportId': 'string',
          's3Bucket': 'string',
          'startTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
          'dataSource': 'AGENT',
          'schemaStorageConfig': {
              'string': 'string'
          }
      }
      
    **Response Structure**

    

    - *(dict) --* 
      

      - **exportId** *(string) --* 

        The unique ID assigned to this export.

        
      

      - **s3Bucket** *(string) --* 

        The name of the s3 bucket where the export data parquet files are stored.

        
      

      - **startTime** *(datetime) --* 

        The timestamp representing when the continuous export was started.

        
      

      - **dataSource** *(string) --* 

        The type of data collector used to gather this data (currently only offered for AGENT).

        
      

      - **schemaStorageConfig** *(dict) --* 

        A dictionary which describes how the data is stored.

         

        
        * ``databaseName`` - the name of the Glue database used to store the schema.
        

        
        

        - *(string) --* 
          

          - *(string) --* 
    
  
  
  **Exceptions**
  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.ConflictErrorException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.AuthorizationErrorException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValueException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.ServerInternalErrorException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.OperationNotPermittedException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.ResourceInUseException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ApplicationDiscoveryService.Client.exceptions.HomeRegionNotSetException`

  