Table

Gets and sets the property CatalogId.

The ID of the Data Catalog in which the table resides.

Gets and sets the property CreatedBy.

The person or entity who created the table.

Gets and sets the property CreateTime.

The time when the table definition was created in the Data Catalog.

Gets and sets the property DatabaseName.

The name of the database where the table metadata resides. For Hive compatibility, this must be all lowercase.

Gets and sets the property Description.

A description of the table.

Gets and sets the property FederatedTable.

A FederatedTable structure that references an entity outside the Glue Data Catalog.

Gets and sets the property IsMultiDialectView.

Specifies whether the view supports the SQL dialects of one or more different query engines and can therefore be read by those engines.

Gets and sets the property IsRegisteredWithLakeFormation.

Indicates whether the table has been registered with Lake Formation.

Gets and sets the property LastAccessTime.

The last time that the table was accessed. This is usually taken from HDFS, and might not be reliable.

Gets and sets the property LastAnalyzedTime.

The last time that column statistics were computed for this table.

Gets and sets the property Name.

The table name. For Hive compatibility, this must be entirely lowercase.

Gets and sets the property Owner.

The owner of the table.

Gets and sets the property Parameters.

These key-value pairs define properties associated with the table.

Gets and sets the property PartitionKeys.

A list of columns by which the table is partitioned. Only primitive types are supported as partition keys.

When you create a table used by Amazon Athena, and you do not specify any partitionKeys, you must at least set the value of partitionKeys to an empty list. For example:

"PartitionKeys": []

Gets and sets the property Retention.

The retention time for this table.

Gets and sets the property StorageDescriptor.

A storage descriptor containing information about the physical storage of this table.

Gets and sets the property TableType.

The type of this table. Glue will create tables with the EXTERNAL_TABLE type. Other services, such as Athena, may create tables with additional table types.

Glue related table types:

EXTERNAL_TABLE

Hive compatible attribute - indicates a non-Hive managed table.

GOVERNED

Used by Lake Formation. The Glue Data Catalog understands GOVERNED.

Gets and sets the property TargetTable.

A TableIdentifier structure that describes a target table for resource linking.

Gets and sets the property UpdateTime.

The last time that the table was updated.

Gets and sets the property VersionId.

The ID of the table version.

Gets and sets the property ViewDefinition.

A structure that contains all the information that defines the view, including the dialect or dialects for the view, and the query.

Gets and sets the property ViewExpandedText.

Included for Apache Hive compatibility. Not used in the normal course of Glue operations.

Gets and sets the property ViewOriginalText.

Included for Apache Hive compatibility. Not used in the normal course of Glue operations. If the table is a VIRTUAL_VIEW, certain Athena configuration encoded in base64.