Defining DynamoDB Tables
The following properties are applicable to a DynamoDB Table object.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
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Property |
Description |
Additional Information |
General | Physical Name* | Specifies the physical name of the table | Ensure that the table name is unique for the current AWS account and region. For example, if you create 2 tables, with the table name Customer for 2 different regions, these tables are identified entirely different from each other. |
Table ARN | Specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for identifying the table uniquely | ||
Throughput Mode* | Specifies how you are charged for read and write throughput |
PAY_PER_REQUEST: Indicates that the billing mode is set to on-demand mode PROVISIONED: Indicates that the billing mode is set to provisioned. Requires read capacity units and write capacity units as inputs |
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Read Capacity | Specifies the maximum number of consistent reads consumed per second before the DynamoDB returns an exception | Available when Throughput Mode is set to PROVISIONED | |
Write Capacity | Specifies the maximum number of writes consumed per second before the DynamoDB return an exception | Available when Throughput Mode is set to PROVISIONED | |
Region Name | Specifies AWS region of the table | ||
Time to Live | Specifies whether the Time to Live (TTL) of the table is enabled | Enabled: Indicates that TTL is enabled on the table Disabled: Indicates that TTL is disabled on the table |
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TTL Attribute | Specifies the name of the TTL attribute used to store the expiration time for items in the table | Available when the Time to Live option is set to Enabled | |
SSE Enabled | Specifies whether the server-side encryption (SSE) is enabled |
True: Indicates that the server-side encryption is enabled False: Indicates that the server-side encryption is disabled |
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SSE Type | Specifies the encryption type |
Available when the SSE Enabled is set to True. KMS: Indicates that the server-side encryption uses KMS (Key Management Service) |
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KMSMasterKeyID | Specifies the KMS key that is used for KMS encryption | Available when SSE Type is set to KMS | |
Stream Enabled | Specifies whether the DynamoDB Streams is enabled for the table |
True: Indicates that the DynamoDB Streams is enabled for the table False: Indicates that the DynamoDB Streams is disabled for the table |
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Stream View Type | Specifies the information type captured in the stream when the table is modification |
Available when Stream Enabled is set to True. KEYS_ONLY: Indicates that only the key attributes of a modified item is captured NEW_IMAGE: Indicates that the entire item appearing after modification is captured in the stream OLD_IMAGE: Indicates that the entire item as it appeared before the modification is captured in the stream NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES: Indicates that the new and old images of the item are captured in the stream |
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Options | Tags | Specifies a list of key-value pairs for labeling the table | |
Global Table | Global Table | Specifies whether the table is replicated across the AWS regions | |
Name | Specifies the AWS region name for replicating tables | Available when Global Table option is enabled | |
Region | Specifies the AWS region for replicating tables | ||
Backup Table | Point in time recovery | Specifies whether the point-in-time recovery is enabled |
Enabled: Indicates that the point-in-time recovery is enabled for the table Disabled: Indicates that the point-in-time recovery is disabled for the table |
Back Up Table | Specifies back up table name for the table | ||
Comment | Update Entity Definition to Match | Specifies whether the entity definition should be updated to match comments | |
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