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# AWS::Glue::Table
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The `AWS::Glue::Table` resource specifies tabular data in the AWS Glue data catalog. For more information, see [Defining Tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/tables-described.html) and [Table Structure ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-tables.html#aws-glue-api-catalog-tables-Table) in the *AWS Glue Developer Guide*.

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

### JSON
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```
{
  "Type" : "AWS::Glue::Table",
  "Properties" : {
      "[CatalogId](#cfn-glue-table-catalogid)" : String,
      "[DatabaseName](#cfn-glue-table-databasename)" : String,
      "[OpenTableFormatInput](#cfn-glue-table-opentableformatinput)" : OpenTableFormatInput,
      "[TableInput](#cfn-glue-table-tableinput)" : TableInput
    }
}
```

### YAML
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```
Type: AWS::Glue::Table
Properties:
  [CatalogId](#cfn-glue-table-catalogid): String
  [DatabaseName](#cfn-glue-table-databasename): String
  [OpenTableFormatInput](#cfn-glue-table-opentableformatinput): 
    OpenTableFormatInput
  [TableInput](#cfn-glue-table-tableinput): 
    TableInput
```

## Properties
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`CatalogId`  <a name="cfn-glue-table-catalogid"></a>
The ID of the Data Catalog in which to create the `Table`.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

`DatabaseName`  <a name="cfn-glue-table-databasename"></a>
The name of the database where the table metadata resides. For Hive compatibility, this must be all lowercase.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

`OpenTableFormatInput`  <a name="cfn-glue-table-opentableformatinput"></a>
Specifies an `OpenTableFormatInput` structure when creating an open format table.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: [OpenTableFormatInput](aws-properties-glue-table-opentableformatinput.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`TableInput`  <a name="cfn-glue-table-tableinput"></a>
A structure used to define a table.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: [TableInput](aws-properties-glue-table-tableinput.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

## Return values
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### Ref
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When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic `Ref` function, `Ref` returns the table name.

For more information about using the `Ref` function, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-ref.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-ref.html).

### Fn::GetAtt
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