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AWS::QuickSight::DataSet CastColumnTypeOperation

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AWS::QuickSight::DataSet CastColumnTypeOperation - AWS CloudFormation
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A transform operation that casts a column to a different type.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{ "ColumnName" : String, "Format" : String, "NewColumnType" : String, "SubType" : String }

YAML

ColumnName: String Format: String NewColumnType: String SubType: String

Properties

ColumnName

Column name.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 127

Update requires: No interruption

Format

When casting a column from string to datetime type, you can supply a string in a format supported by Amazon QuickSight to denote the source data format.

Required: No

Type: String

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 32

Update requires: No interruption

NewColumnType

New column data type.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Allowed values: STRING | INTEGER | DECIMAL | DATETIME

Update requires: No interruption

SubType

The sub data type of the new column. Sub types are only available for decimal columns that are part of a SPICE dataset.

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed values: FLOAT | FIXED

Update requires: No interruption

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