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- NAME
- gcloud alpha metastore services alter-table-properties - alter metadata table properties
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha metastore services alter-table-properties(SERVICE:--location=LOCATION)--properties=[KEY=VALUE,…]--table-name=TABLE_NAME--update-mask=UPDATE_MASK[--async][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)Alter metadata table properties from a Dataproc Metastoreservice's underlying metadata store.If run asynchronously with
--async, exits after printing oneoperation name that can be used to poll the status of the creation via:gcloudmetastoreoperationsdescribe
- EXAMPLES
- To alter metadata table properties a and b on table-name
databases/{database_id}/tables/{table_id}, use the update-maskproperties.a,properties.b, and run:gcloudalphametastoreservicesalter-table-propertiesmy-metastore-service--location=us-central1--table-name=databases/my-database/tables/my-table--update-mask=properties.a,properties.b--properties=a=1,b=2 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Service resource - Arguments and flags that specify the table you want to alter.The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of thisresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
serviceon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
SERVICE- ID of the service or fully qualified identifier for the service.
To set the
serviceattribute:- provide the argument
serviceon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--location=LOCATION- The location of the Dataproc Metastore service.
If not specified, will use
defaultmetastore/location.To set thelocationattribute:- provide the argument
serviceon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--locationon the command line; - set the property
metastore/location.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Service resource - Arguments and flags that specify the table you want to alter.The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of thisresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
--properties=[KEY=VALUE,…]- A string where field names are separated by a comma. Describes the desiredvalues to mutate. If update-mask is empty, the properties will not update.Otherwise, the properties only alter the values whose associated paths exist inthe update mask.
For example, the desired key-value pairs.
a=2,b=3,c=4
--table-name=TABLE_NAME- The name of the table containing the properties you're altering in the followingformat.
databases/{database_id}/tables/{table_id} --update-mask=UPDATE_MASK- A string where field names are separated by a comma. Specifies the metadatatable properties fields that are overwritten by the update. Fields specified inthe
update-maskare relative to the resource (not to the fullrequest). A field is overwritten if it is in the mask.For example, given the target properties:
properties{a:1b:2}
And an update properties:
properties{a:2b:3c:4}
then if the field mask is:
properties.b,properties.cthen the updated result will be:
properties{a:1b:3c:4}
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
metastore/v1alphaAPI. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs - NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudmetastoreservicesalter-table-propertiesgcloudbetametastoreservicesalter-table-properties
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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.