# CreateDataSet
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Use the `CreateDataSet` API operation to create a dataset. Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

```
aws quicksight create-data-set 
    --aws-account-id {{AWSACCOUNTID}} 
    --data-set-id {{DATASETID}} 
    --name {{NAME}} 
    --physical-table-map '{"PhysicalTableMap":{"{{string}}":{"CustomSql":{"Columns":[{"Name":"{{string}}","Type":"{{string}}"}],"DataSourceArn":"{{string}}","Name":"{{string}}","SqlQuery":"{{string}}"},"RelationalTable":{"Catalog":"{{string}}","DataSourceArn":"{{string}}","InputColumns":[{"Name":"{{string}}","Type":"{{string}}"}],"Name":"{{string}}","Schema":"{{string}}"},"S3Source":{"DataSourceArn":"{{string}}","InputColumns":[{"Name":"{{string}}","Type":"{{string}}"}],"UploadSettings":{"ContainsHeader":boolean,"Delimiter":"{{string}}","Format":"{{string}}","StartFromRow":number,"TextQualifier":"{{string}}"}}}}' 
    --import-mode DIRECT_QUERY
```

You can also make this command using a CLI skeleton file with the following command. For more information about CLI skeleton files, see [Use CLI skeleton files](cli-skeletons.md).

```
aws quicksight create-data-set
    --cli-input-json file://{{createdataset}}.json
```

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For more information about the `CreateDataSet` API operation, see [CreateDataSet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDataSet.html) in the *Amazon Quick Sight API Reference*.