AWS CLI 'wait' Command Reference: Waiting for FHIR Data Store Operations

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The AWS CLI `wait` command is designed to repeatedly poll an API until a specified condition is satisfied. This mechanism allows users to pause execution and confirm the outcome of asynchronous processes, such as waiting for job completion or state changes. The documentation highlights specific use cases relevant to FHIR data handling workflows. Available subcommands include `fhir-datastore-active` and `fhir-export-job-completed`. These provide mechanisms to wait for confirmation that a data store is active or that an export job has successfully finished, ensuring reliable retrieval of results from background processes. This reference material is crucial technical information for systems handling FHIR data. It ensures that subsequent steps in the pipeline only execute after critical background operations—such as data import (`fhir-import-job-completed`) or transformation (`data-transformation-job-completed`)—have fully completed. Note that this documentation pertains to an older major version (v1) of the AWS CLI, and users are advised to refer to Version 2 for current best practices.