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Data Lake Formation:StorageDescriptor

Last Updated:Aug 27, 2026

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

object

StorageDescriptor

BucketCols ListString

The fields used for bucketing.

Cols

array

The fields in the table.

FieldSchema

The table field definitions.

Compressed

boolean

Whether compression is enabled.

false

InputFormat

string

The input format. For more information, see the CreateTable API description.

org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerInputFormat

Location

string

The physical location of the table.

file:///tmp/table

NumBuckets

integer

The number of buckets. Required if BucketCols is specified.

10

OutputFormat

string

The output format. For more information, see the CreateTable API description.

org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerOutputFormat

Parameters

object

The key-value pair mappings.

string

Key-value pair

key

SerDeInfo SerDeInfo

The serialization and deserialization information.

SkewedInfo SkewedInfo

The skewed or duplicate values in a field.

SortCols

array

The sort fields.

Order

The field used to sort categories.

StoredAsSubDirectories

boolean

Whether table data is stored in subdirectories.

false