# Increase your existing DynamoDB table's warm throughput
Once you've checked your DynamoDB table's current warm throughput value, you can update it with the following steps:
## AWS Management Console
To check your DynamoDB table's warm throughput value using the DynamoDB console:
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the DynamoDB console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/).
1. In the left navigation pane, choose Tables.
1. On the **Tables** page, choose your desired table.
1. In the **Warm throughput** field, select **Edit**.
1. On the **Edit warm throughput** page, choose **Increase warm throughput**.
1. Adjust the **read units per second** and **write units pers second**. These two settings define the throughput your table can instantly handle.
1. Select **Save**.
1. Your **read units per second** and **write units per second** will be updated in the **Warm throughput** field when the request finishes processing.
**Note**
Updating your warm throughput value is an asynchronous task. The `Status` will change from `UPDATING` to `ACTIVE` when the update is complete.
## AWS CLI
The following AWS CLI example shows you how to update your DynamoDB table's warm throughput value.
1. Run the `update-table` operation on your DynamoDB table.
```
aws dynamodb update-table \
--table-name GameScores \
--warm-throughput ReadUnitsPerSecond=12345,WriteUnitsPerSecond=4567 \
--global-secondary-index-updates \
"[
{
\"Update\": {
\"IndexName\": \"GameTitleIndex\",
\"WarmThroughput\": {
\"ReadUnitsPerSecond\": 88,
\"WriteUnitsPerSecond\": 77
}
}
}
]" \
--region us-east-1
```
1. You’ll receive a response similar to the one below. Your `WarmThroughput` settings will be displayed as `ReadUnitsPerSecond` and `WriteUnitsPerSecond`. The `Status` will be `UPDATING` when the warm throughput value is being updated, and `ACTIVE` when the new warm throughput value is set.
```
{
"TableDescription": {
"AttributeDefinitions": [
{
"AttributeName": "GameTitle",
"AttributeType": "S"
},
{
"AttributeName": "TopScore",
"AttributeType": "N"
},
{
"AttributeName": "UserId",
"AttributeType": "S"
}
],
"TableName": "GameScores",
"KeySchema": [
{
"AttributeName": "UserId",
"KeyType": "HASH"
},
{
"AttributeName": "GameTitle",
"KeyType": "RANGE"
}
],
"TableStatus": "ACTIVE",
"CreationDateTime": 1730242189.965,
"ProvisionedThroughput": {
"NumberOfDecreasesToday": 0,
"ReadCapacityUnits": 20,
"WriteCapacityUnits": 10
},
"TableSizeBytes": 0,
"ItemCount": 0,
"TableArn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:XXXXXXXXXXXX:table/GameScores",
"TableId": "XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
"GlobalSecondaryIndexes": [
{
"IndexName": "GameTitleIndex",
"KeySchema": [
{
"AttributeName": "GameTitle",
"KeyType": "HASH"
},
{
"AttributeName": "TopScore",
"KeyType": "RANGE"
}
],
"Projection": {
"ProjectionType": "INCLUDE",
"NonKeyAttributes": [
"UserId"
]
},
"IndexStatus": "ACTIVE",
"ProvisionedThroughput": {
"NumberOfDecreasesToday": 0,
"ReadCapacityUnits": 50,
"WriteCapacityUnits": 25
},
"IndexSizeBytes": 0,
"ItemCount": 0,
"IndexArn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:XXXXXXXXXXXX:table/GameScores/index/GameTitleIndex",
"WarmThroughput": {
"ReadUnitsPerSecond": 50,
"WriteUnitsPerSecond": 25,
"Status": "UPDATING"
}
}
],
"DeletionProtectionEnabled": false,
"WarmThroughput": {
"ReadUnitsPerSecond": 12300,
"WriteUnitsPerSecond": 4500,
"Status": "UPDATING"
}
}
}
```
## AWS SDK
The following SDK examples shows you how to update your DynamoDB table's warm throughput value.
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#### [ Java ]
```
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.DynamoDbClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.DynamoDbException;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.GlobalSecondaryIndexUpdate;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.UpdateGlobalSecondaryIndexAction;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.UpdateTableRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.WarmThroughput;
...
public static WarmThroughput buildWarmThroughput(final Long readUnitsPerSecond,
final Long writeUnitsPerSecond) {
return WarmThroughput.builder()
.readUnitsPerSecond(readUnitsPerSecond)
.writeUnitsPerSecond(writeUnitsPerSecond)
.build();
}
public static void updateDynamoDBTable(DynamoDbClient ddb,
String tableName,
Long tableReadUnitsPerSecond,
Long tableWriteUnitsPerSecond,
String globalSecondaryIndexName,
Long globalSecondaryIndexReadUnitsPerSecond,
Long globalSecondaryIndexWriteUnitsPerSecond) {
final WarmThroughput tableWarmThroughput = buildWarmThroughput(tableReadUnitsPerSecond, tableWriteUnitsPerSecond);
final WarmThroughput gsiWarmThroughput = buildWarmThroughput(globalSecondaryIndexReadUnitsPerSecond, globalSecondaryIndexWriteUnitsPerSecond);
final GlobalSecondaryIndexUpdate globalSecondaryIndexUpdate = GlobalSecondaryIndexUpdate.builder()
.update(UpdateGlobalSecondaryIndexAction.builder()
.indexName(globalSecondaryIndexName)
.warmThroughput(gsiWarmThroughput)
.build()
).build();
final UpdateTableRequest request = UpdateTableRequest.builder()
.tableName(tableName)
.globalSecondaryIndexUpdates(globalSecondaryIndexUpdate)
.warmThroughput(tableWarmThroughput)
.build();
try {
ddb.updateTable(request);
} catch (DynamoDbException e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
System.exit(1);
}
System.out.println("Done!");
}
```
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#### [ Python ]
```
from boto3 import resource
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
def update_dynamodb_table_warm_throughput(table_name, table_read_units, table_write_units, gsi_name, gsi_read_units, gsi_write_units, region_name="us-east-1"):
"""
Updates the warm throughput of a DynamoDB table and a global secondary index.
:param table_name: The name of the table to update.
:param table_read_units: The new read units per second for the table's warm throughput.
:param table_write_units: The new write units per second for the table's warm throughput.
:param gsi_name: The name of the global secondary index to update.
:param gsi_read_units: The new read units per second for the GSI's warm throughput.
:param gsi_write_units: The new write units per second for the GSI's warm throughput.
:param region_name: The AWS Region name to target. defaults to us-east-1
"""
try:
ddb = resource('dynamodb', region_name)
# Update the table's warm throughput
table_warm_throughput = {
"ReadUnitsPerSecond": table_read_units,
"WriteUnitsPerSecond": table_write_units
}
# Update the global secondary index's warm throughput
gsi_warm_throughput = {
"ReadUnitsPerSecond": gsi_read_units,
"WriteUnitsPerSecond": gsi_write_units
}
# Construct the global secondary index update
global_secondary_index_update = [
{
"Update": {
"IndexName": gsi_name,
"WarmThroughput": gsi_warm_throughput
}
}
]
# Construct the update table request
update_table_request = {
"TableName": table_name,
"GlobalSecondaryIndexUpdates": global_secondary_index_update,
"WarmThroughput": table_warm_throughput
}
# Update the table
ddb.update_table(**update_table_request)
print("Table updated successfully!")
except ClientError as e:
print(f"Error updating table: {e}")
raise e
```
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#### [ Javascript ]
```
import { DynamoDBClient, UpdateTableCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb";
async function updateDynamoDBTableWarmThroughput(
tableName,
tableReadUnits,
tableWriteUnits,
gsiName,
gsiReadUnits,
gsiWriteUnits,
region = "us-east-1"
) {
try {
const ddbClient = new DynamoDBClient({ region: region });
// Construct the update table request
const updateTableRequest = {
TableName: tableName,
GlobalSecondaryIndexUpdates: [
{
Update: {
IndexName: gsiName,
WarmThroughput: {
ReadUnitsPerSecond: gsiReadUnits,
WriteUnitsPerSecond: gsiWriteUnits,
},
},
},
],
WarmThroughput: {
ReadUnitsPerSecond: tableReadUnits,
WriteUnitsPerSecond: tableWriteUnits,
},
};
const command = new UpdateTableCommand(updateTableRequest);
const response = await ddbClient.send(command);
console.log(`Table updated successfully! Response: ${response}`);
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error updating table: ${error}`);
throw error;
}
}
```
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