Creating a Table

You can create a table on the DataArts Factory console, in DDL mode, or using a SQL script.

This section describes how to create a table on the DataArts Factory console and in DDL mode.

Prerequisites

Creating a Table (GUI Mode)

  1. Log in to the DataArts Studio console. Locate an instance and click Access. On the displayed page, locate a workspace and click DataArts Factory.
    Figure 1 DataArts Factory
  2. In the left navigation pane of DataArts Factory, choose Development > Develop Script or Development > Develop Job.
  3. Choose from the menu on the left and expand the directory of a data connection to tables under Data Connections. Right-click tables and choose Create Data Table from the shortcut menu.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, configure basic properties. Specific settings vary depending on the data connection type you select. Table 1 lists the links for viewing property parameters of each type of data connection.
    Table 1 Basic property parameters

    Data Connection Type

    Description

    DLI

    For details, see the Basic Property part in Table 5.

    DWS

    For details, see the Basic Property part in Table 6.

    MRS Hive

    For details, see the Basic Property part in Table 7.
  5. Click Next. On the Configure Table Structure page, configure tbe table structure parameters based on Table 2.
    Table 2 Table structure

    Data Connection Type

    Description

    DLI

    For details, see the Table Structure part in Table 5.

    DWS

    For details, see the Table Structure part in Table 6.

    MRS Hive

    For details, see the Table Structure part in Table 7.
  6. Click OK.

Creating a Table (DDL Mode)

  1. Log in to the DataArts Studio console. Locate an instance and click Access. On the displayed page, locate a workspace and click DataArts Factory.
    Figure 2 DataArts Factory
  2. In the left navigation pane of DataArts Factory, choose Development > Develop Script or Development > Develop Job.
  3. Choose from the menu on the left and expand the directory of a data connection to tables under Data Connections. Right-click tables and choose Create Data Table from the shortcut menu.
  4. Click DDL-based Table Creation, configure the parameters based on Table 3, and enter SQL statements in the editor in the lower part.
    Table 3 Data table parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Data Connection Type

    Type of data connection to which the table belongs.

    • DLI
    • DWS
    • HIVE

    Data Connection

    Data connection to which the table belongs.

    Database

    Database to which the table belongs.
  5. Click OK.

Viewing Table Details

  1. In the left navigation pane of DataArts Factory, choose Development > Develop Script or Development > Develop Job.
  2. Choose from the menu on the left and expand the directory of a data connection to a table name under Data Connections. Right-click the table name and choose View Details from the shortcut menu.
  3. In the displayed dialog box, view the table information listed in .
    Table 4 Table details

    Tab Name

    Description

    Table Information

    Displays the basic information and storage information about the table.

    Field Information

    Displays the field information about the table.

    Data Preview

    Displays 10 records in the table.

    DDL

    Displays the DDL of the DWS, DLI, or MRS Hive data table.

Viewing Table Column Details

  1. In the left navigation pane of DataArts Factory, choose Development > Develop Script or Development > Develop Job.
  2. Choose from the menu on the left and expand the data connection directory to view column information under a desired table.

Deleting a Table

  1. In the left navigation pane of DataArts Factory, choose Development > Develop Script or Development > Develop Job.
  2. Choose from the menu on the left and expand the directory of a data connection to a table name under Data Connections. Right-click the table name and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
  3. In the Delete Data Table dialog box, click OK.

Parameter Description

Table 5 DLI data table

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Basic Property

Table Name

Yes

Name of a table. The name must contain 1 to 63 characters, including only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only numbers or start with an underscore.

Alias

No

Alias of a table. The alias must contain 1 to 63 characters, including only letters, numbers, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only numbers or start with an underscore.

Data Connection

Yes

Data connection to which the table belongs.

Database

Yes

Database to which the table belongs.

Data Location

Yes

Location to save data. Possible values:

  • OBS
  • DLI

Data Format

Yes

Format of data. This parameter is available only when Data Location is set to OBS. Possible values:

  • parquet: DLF can read non-compressed parquet data and parquet data compressed using Snappy or gzip.
  • csv: DLF can read non-compressed CSV data and CSV data compressed using gzip.
  • orc: DLF can read non-compressed ORC data and ORC data compressed using Snappy.
  • json: DLF can read non-compressed JSON data and JSON data compressed using gzip.

Path

Yes

OBS path where the data is stored. This parameter is available only when Data Location is set to OBS.

Table Description

No

Descriptive information about the table.

Table Structure

Column Name

Yes

Name of the column. The name must be unique.

Type

Yes

Type of data.

Column Description

No

Descriptive information about the column.

Operation

No

To add a column, click .
Table 6 DWS data table

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Basic Property

Table Name

Yes

Name of a table. The name must contain 1 to 63 characters, including only letters, numbers, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only numbers or start with an underscore.

Alias

No

Alias of a table. The alias must contain 1 to 63 characters, including only letters, numbers, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only numbers or start with an underscore.

Data Connection

Yes

Data connection to which the table belongs.

Database

Yes

Database to which the table belongs.

Schema

Yes

Schema of the database.

Table Description

No

Descriptive information about the table.

Advanced Settings

No

The following advanced options are available:

  • Storage method of a table. Possible values:
    • Row store
    • Column store
  • Compression level of a table
    • Available values when the storage method is row store: YES or NO.
    • Available values when the storage method is column store: YES, NO, LOW, MIDDLE, or HIGH. For the same compression level in column store mode, you can configure compression grades from 0 to 3. Within any compression level, the higher the grade, the greater the compression ratio.

Table Structure

Column Name

Yes

Name of the column. The name must be unique.

Data Classification

Yes

Classification of data. Possible values:

  • Value
  • Currency
  • Boolean
  • Binary
  • Character
  • Time
  • Geometric
  • Network address
  • Bit string
  • Text search
  • UUID
  • JSON
  • OID

Data Type

Yes

Type of data.

Column Description

No

Descriptive information about the column.

Create ES Index

No

If you click the check box, an ES index needs to be created. When creating the ES index, select the created CSS cluster from the CloudSearch Cluster Name drop-down list. For details about how to create a CSS cluster, see Cloud Search Service User Guide.

Index Data Type

No

Data type of the ES index. The options are as follows:

  • text
  • keyword
  • date
  • long
  • integer
  • short
  • byte
  • double
  • boolean
  • binary

Operation

No

To add a column, click .
Table 7 Basic property parameters of an MRS Hive data table

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Basic Property

Table Name

Yes

Name of a table. The name must contain 1 to 63 characters, including only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only numbers or start with an underscore.

Alias

No

Alias of a table. The alias must contain 1 to 63 characters, including only letters, numbers, and underscores (_). It cannot contain only numbers or start with an underscore.

Data Connection

Yes

Data connection to which the table belongs.

Database

Yes

Database to which the table belongs.

Table Description

No

Descriptive information about the table.

Table Structure

Column Name

Yes

Name of the column. The name must be unique.

Data Classification

Yes

Classification of data. Possible values:

  • Original type
  • ARRAY
  • MAP
  • STRUCT
  • UNION

Data Type

Yes

Type of data. See LanguageManual DDL.

Column Description

No

Descriptive information about the column.

Operation

No

To add a column, click .
Parent topic: Data Management