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DataWorks:GetColumn

Last Updated:Nov 04, 2025

Queries the information about a specific field of a table in Data Map.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
dataworks:GetColumnget
*All Resources
*
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
IdstringYes

The ID. You can refer to the response of the ListColumns operation and the description of concepts related to metadata entities.

The format: ${EntityType}:${Instance ID or escaped URL}:${Catalog identifier}:${Database name}:${Schema name}:${Table name}:${Column name}. Use empty strings as placeholders for levels that do not exist.

Note For the MaxCompute and DLF types, use an empty string as the placeholder for the instance ID. For MaxCompute, the database name refers to the MaxCompute project name. If the project has schema enabled, you must specify the schema name. Otherwise, use an empty string as the placeholder for the schema name.
Note The catalog identifier of the StarRocks is the catalog name, and the catalog identifier of the DLF type is the catalog ID. Other types do not support catalog levels. Use empty strings as placeholders.

Examples of common ID formats

maxcompute-column:::project_name:[schema_name]:table_name:column_name

dlf-column::catalog_id:database_name::table_name:column_name

hms-column:instance_id::database_name::table_name:column_name

holo-column:instance_id::database_name:schema_name:table_name:column_name

mysql-column:(instance_id|encoded_jdbc_url)::database_name::table_name:column_name

Note
instance_id: the ID of the instance, which is required when the data source is registered in instance mode.
encoded_jdbc_url: The URL-encoded JDBC connection string, which is required when the data source is registered via a connection string.
catalog_id: The DLF catalog ID.
project_name: The MaxCompute project name.
database_name: The database name.
schema_name: The schema name. For the MaxCompute type, this is required only if the project has enabled schema; otherwise, use an empty string as a placeholder.
table_name: The table name.
column_name: The field name.
maxcompute-column:11075xxxx::test_project:test_schema:test_table:test_column

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object

The response.

RequestIdstring

The request ID.

D1E2E5BC-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx
Successboolean

Indicates whether the request succeeded.

true
ColumnColumn

The columns in the table.

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "D1E2E5BC-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx",
  "Success": true,
  "Column": {
    "Id": "maxcompute-column:123456::test_project:default:test_tbl:col1",
    "Name": "col1",
    "Comment": "",
    "TableId": "maxcompute-table:123456::test_project:default:test_tbl",
    "Position": 1,
    "Type": "bigint",
    "PrimaryKey": false,
    "PartitionKey": false,
    "ForeignKey": false,
    "BusinessMetadata": {
      "Description": ""
    }
  }
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.