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DataWorks:UpdateMetaTable

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

This operation updates the metadata of a table.

Operation description

This operation supports only MaxCompute tables.

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RAM authorization

No authorization for this operation. If you encounter issues with this operation, contact technical support.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ProjectId

integer

No

The DataWorks workspace ID.

101

TableName

string

No

The name of the table.

table1

EnvType

integer

No

The environment of the DataWorks workspace. Valid values: 0 and 1. The value 0 indicates the development environment. The value 1 indicates the production environment.

1

TableGuid

string

No

The GUID of the table. Specify the GUID in the format of odps.{projectName}.{tableName}.

odps.test.table1

NewOwnerId

string

No

The new owner ID. If you leave this parameter empty, the owner ID is not updated.

12345

AddedLabels

string

No

The names of the labels that you want to add. Separate the labels with commas (,).

a,b,c

RemovedLabels

string

No

The names of labels that you want to remove. Separate the labels with commas (,).

a,b,c

CategoryId

integer

No

The ID of the category that you want to associate.

101

Visibility

integer

No

The scope in which the table is visible. Valid values: 0, 1, and 2. The value 0 indicates that the table is invisible to all members. The value 1 indicates that the table is visible to all members. The value 2 indicates that the table is visible to workspace members.

1

Caption

string

No

The display name of the table.

Display name

Schema

string

No

The schema information about the table. You must configure this parameter if you enable the three-layer model of MaxCompute.

default

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

UpdateResult

boolean

Indicates whether the metadata information about the table was updated.

true

RequestId

string

The request ID.

abcde

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "UpdateResult": true,
  "RequestId": "abcde"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

500 InternalError.System An internal system error occurred. Try again later.
500 InternalError.UserId.Missing An internal system error occurred. Try again later.
403 Forbidden.Access Access is forbidden. Please first activate DataWorks Enterprise Edition or Flagship Edition. No permission, please authorize
429 Throttling.Api The request for this resource has exceeded your available limit.
429 Throttling.Api.Risk The request for this resource has exceeded your daily available limit.
429 Throttling.System The DataWorks system is busy. Try again later.
429 Throttling.User Your request is too frequent. Try again later.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.