Creating a Table

This topic describes creating a table.

Prerequisites

  • A fabric must be available for you to create a table.
  • You must have the permissions to create a table on the fabric.

About this task

Follow the steps given below to create a table.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. Click the All resources icon on the left pane, click the table view icon.
  3. Select the Resource details check box.
  4. Click Actions > Create Table.
    The Create Table side drawer opens.
  5. Enter the table Name.
  6. The table Path field is automatically filled. However, you can edit the Path if desired.
    The table is automatically assigned a fabric-specific full path, which you can use to access the table from the global namespace.
  7. Select the name of the Fabric on which you want to create the table from the dropdown menu.
  8. Enter a Column family name for your table. During the table creation process, you can create only one column family.
  9. Click Create.

Results

The table is created on the fabric.

After successful table creation, you can add additional column families to the table, as described in Creating a Column Family.