##define values #set( $version = "latest" ) #set( $s1 = "requested" ) #set( $s2 = "processing" ) #set( $s3 = "failed" ) ##get latest items for dashboard with certain status { "version" : "2017-02-28", "operation" : "Scan", "filter" : { "expression" : "Version=:version and #s IN (:s1,:s2,:s3)", "expressionValues" : { ":version" : { "S" : "$version" }, ":s1":{"S" : "$s1"}, ":s2":{"S" : "$s2"}, ":s3":{"S" : "$s3"} }, "expressionNames": { "#s":"Status" } } }