# Configuring the components

### In this section

* [Opening a connection to Redshift](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/amazon-redshift/tredshiftconnection-tredshiftinput-tlogrow-opening-connection-to-redshift-standard-component)
* [Defining the input data](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/amazon-redshift/tredshiftconnection-tredshiftinput-tlogrow-defining-input-data-standard-component)
* [Writing the data into Redshift](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/amazon-redshift/tredshiftconnection-tredshiftinput-tlogrow-writing-data-into-redshift-standard-component)
* [Retrieving the data from Redshift](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/amazon-redshift/tredshiftconnection-tredshiftinput-tlogrow-retrieving-data-from-redshift-standard-component)
* [Displaying the defined information](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/amazon-redshift/tredshiftconnection-tredshiftinput-tlogrow-displaying-defined-information-standard-component)
* [Closing the connection to Redshift](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/amazon-redshift/tredshiftconnection-tredshiftinput-tlogrow-closing-connection-to-redshift-standard-component)