AWS::QuickSight::DataSet CastColumnTypeOperation - AWS CloudFormation
SyntaxProperties

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AWS::QuickSight::DataSet CastColumnTypeOperation

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 Quick Sight 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