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DataWorks:ListColumns

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Queries a list of fields in a data table in Data Map.

Operation description

  1. DataWorks Basic Edition or a higher edition is required.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

dataworks:ListColumns

list

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

TableId

string

Yes

The table ID. You can refer to the return result of the ListTables operation. and the Concepts related to metadata entities.

maxcompute-table:::project_name:[schema_name]:table_name

Name

string

No

The name. Fuzzy match is supported.

test_table

Comment

string

No

The comment. Fuzzy match is supported.

test comment

SortBy

string

No

The sort field. Default value: Position. Valid values:

  • Name

  • Position

Position

Order

string

No

The sort order. Default value: Asc. Valid values:

  • Asc

  • Desc

Asc

PageNumber

integer

No

The page number. Default value: 1.

1

PageSize

integer

No

The number of records per page. Default value: 10. Maximum value: 100.

10

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

D1E2E5BC-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the request was successful.

true

PagingInfo

object

The pagination result.

TotalCount

integer

The total number of records returned.

1

PageNumber

integer

The page number.

1

PageSize

integer

The number of records per page.

10

Columns

array

The columns in the table.

Column

The column in the table.

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "D1E2E5BC-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx",
  "Success": true,
  "PagingInfo": {
    "TotalCount": 1,
    "PageNumber": 1,
    "PageSize": 10,
    "Columns": [
      {
        "Id": "maxcompute-column:123456::test_project:default:test_tbl:col1",
        "Name": "col1",
        "Comment": "column1",
        "TableId": "maxcompute-table:123456::test_project:default:test_tbl",
        "Position": 1,
        "Type": "bigint",
        "PrimaryKey": false,
        "PartitionKey": false,
        "ForeignKey": false,
        "BusinessMetadata": {
          "Description": "Business description of column1"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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