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Data Lake Formation:BatchCreatePartitions

Last Updated:Dec 11, 2025

Creates multiple partitions for a data lake table in a batch.

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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

dlf:BatchCreatePartitions

*All Resource

*

None None

Request syntax

POST /api/metastore/catalogs/databases/tables/partitions/batchcreate HTTP/1.1

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Body

object

No

The request body in JSON format.

CatalogId

string

No

The ID of the data catalog.

1344371

DatabaseName

string

No

The name of the database.

database_test

IfNotExists

boolean

No

Specifies whether to ignore the error if a partition with the same name already exists.

true

NeedResult

boolean

No

Specifies whether to return partition information. If this parameter is set to `true`, the response includes the `Partitions` parameter.

true

PartitionInputs

array

No

A list of partition inputs.

PartitionInput

No

A partition input.

TableName

string

No

The name of the data table.

test_table_20201223

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response body.

Code

string

The status code.

OK

Message

string

The returned message.

.

PartitionErrors

array

A list of error messages.

PartitionError

An error message.

Partitions

array

A list of partition results. This parameter is returned only if `NeedResult` is set to `true`.

Partition

A partition result.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

B7F4B621-E41E-4C84-B97F-42B5380A32BB

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the request was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The request was successful.

  • false: The request failed.

true

Descriptions of `Code` values:

  • InvalidObject: The specified table or database was not found.

  • AlreadyExists: The specified partition already exists.

  • InternalError: An internal error occurred. See the `Message` parameter for more information.

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Code": "OK",
  "Message": ".",
  "PartitionErrors": [
    {
      "ErrorDetail": {
        "Code": "401",
        "Message": "auth failed"
      },
      "PartitionValues": [
        "2010"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "Partitions": [
    {
      "CreateTime": 1608730999,
      "DatabaseName": "database_test",
      "LastAccessTime": 1608730999,
      "LastAnalyzedTime": 1608730999,
      "Parameters": {
        "key": "key"
      },
      "Privileges": {
        "GroupPrivileges": {
          "key": [
            {
              "CreateTime": 1606226844,
              "GrantOption": true,
              "Grantor": "Grantor",
              "GrantorType": "GrantorType",
              "Privilege": "Privilege"
            }
          ]
        },
        "RolePrivileges": {
          "key": [
            {
              "CreateTime": 1606226844,
              "GrantOption": true,
              "Grantor": "Grantor",
              "GrantorType": "GrantorType",
              "Privilege": "Privilege"
            }
          ]
        },
        "UserPrivileges": {
          "key": [
            {
              "CreateTime": 1606226844,
              "GrantOption": true,
              "Grantor": "Grantor",
              "GrantorType": "GrantorType",
              "Privilege": "Privilege"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "Sd": {
        "BucketCols": [
          "2010"
        ],
        "Cols": [
          {
            "Comment": "comment_day",
            "Name": "day",
            "Parameters": {
              "key": "key"
            },
            "Type": "int"
          }
        ],
        "Compressed": false,
        "InputFormat": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerInputFormat",
        "Location": "file:///tmp/table",
        "NumBuckets": 10,
        "OutputFormat": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerOutputFormat",
        "Parameters": {
          "key": "key"
        },
        "SerDeInfo": {
          "Name": "name",
          "Parameters": {
            "key": "key"
          },
          "SerializationLib": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.OpenCSVSerde"
        },
        "SkewedInfo": {
          "SkewedColNames": [
            "col1"
          ],
          "SkewedColValueLocationMaps": {
            "key": "{“col1”:\"val1\"}"
          },
          "SkewedColValues": [
            [
              "\"123\""
            ]
          ]
        },
        "SortCols": [
          {
            "Col": "col1",
            "Order": 1
          }
        ],
        "StoredAsSubDirectories": false
      },
      "TableName": "test_table_20201223",
      "Values": [
        "part1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "RequestId": "B7F4B621-E41E-4C84-B97F-42B5380A32BB",
  "Success": true
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.