---
type: resource-type
title: WorkGroup
description: aws resource type AWS::Athena::WorkGroup
name: WorkGroup
lexicon: aws
resource_type: AWS::Athena::WorkGroup
---
`AWS::Athena::WorkGroup`, a resource type of the aws lexicon.

## Properties

- `Name` (`string`, required): The workGroup name.
- `CreationTime` (`string`, optional): The date and time the workgroup was created.
- `Description` (`string`, optional): The workgroup description.
- `RecursiveDeleteOption` (`boolean`, optional): The option to delete the workgroup and its contents even if the workgroup contains any named queries.
- `State` (`"DISABLED" | "ENABLED"`, optional): The state of the workgroup: ENABLED or DISABLED.
- `Tags` (`any`, optional): One or more tags, separated by commas, that you want to attach to the workgroup as you create it
- `WorkGroupConfiguration` (`WorkGroup_WorkGroupConfiguration`, optional): The workgroup configuration
- `WorkGroupConfigurationUpdates` (`WorkGroup_WorkGroupConfigurationUpdates`, optional): The workgroup configuration update object

## Attributes

- `CreationTime`
- `WorkGroupConfiguration.EngineVersion.EffectiveEngineVersion`
- `WorkGroupConfigurationUpdates.EngineVersion.EffectiveEngineVersion`