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Data Lake Formation:StorageDescriptor

Last Updated:Jun 11, 2026

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

object

StorageDescriptor

BucketCols ListString

The array of bucket fields.

Cols

array

All the fields in a table.

FieldSchema

The definitions of table fields.

Compressed

boolean

Specifies whether to enable compression.

false

InputFormat

string

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

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 to be split. This field is required if BucketCols is set.

10

OutputFormat

string

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

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

Parameters

object

The mapping array of KVPs.

string

Key-value pair

key

SerDeInfo SerDeInfo

The information about serialization and deserialization.

SkewedInfo SkewedInfo

The duplicate values or skewed values in a field.

SortCols

array

The sort fields.

Order

The field based on which the categories are sorted.

StoredAsSubDirectories

boolean

Specifies whether table data is stored in a subdirectory.

false