Creates a new table in the specified instance. The table can be created with a full set of initial column families, specified in the request.

Scopes

You will need authorization for at least one of the following scopes to make a valid call:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin.table
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-bigtable.admin
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-bigtable.admin.table
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin. You can set the scope for this method like this: bigtableadmin2 --scope <scope> projects instances-tables-create ...

Required Scalar Argument

• <parent> (string)
  • Required. The unique name of the instance in which to create the table. Values are of the form projects/{project}/instances/{instance}.

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

CreateTableRequest:
  table:
    change-stream-config:
      retention-period: string
    deletion-protection: boolean
    granularity: string
    name: string
    restore-info:
      backup-info:
        backup: string
        end-time: string
        source-backup: string
        source-table: string
        start-time: string
      source-type: string
    stats:
      average-cells-per-column: number
      average-columns-per-row: number
      logical-data-bytes: string
      row-count: int64
  table-id: string

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

• -r .table.change-stream-config retention-period=sit

  • How long the change stream should be retained. Change stream data older than the retention period will not be returned when reading the change stream from the table. Values must be at least 1 day and at most 7 days, and will be truncated to microsecond granularity.

• .. deletion-protection=true

  • Set to true to make the table protected against data loss. i.e. deleting the following resources through Admin APIs are prohibited: * The table. * The column families in the table. * The instance containing the table. Note one can still delete the data stored in the table through Data APIs.
• granularity=aliquyam
  • Immutable. The granularity (i.e. MILLIS) at which timestamps are stored in this table. Timestamps not matching the granularity will be rejected. If unspecified at creation time, the value will be set to MILLIS. Views: SCHEMA_VIEW, FULL.
• name=ipsum
  • The unique name of the table. Values are of the form projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/_a-zA-Z0-9*. Views: NAME_ONLY, SCHEMA_VIEW, REPLICATION_VIEW, STATS_VIEW, FULL
• restore-info.backup-info backup=et
  • Output only. Name of the backup.
• end-time=sanctus
  • Output only. This time that the backup was finished. Row data in the backup will be no newer than this timestamp.
• source-backup=lorem
  • Output only. Name of the backup from which this backup was copied. If a backup is not created by copying a backup, this field will be empty. Values are of the form: projects//instances//clusters//backups/
• source-table=est
  • Output only. Name of the table the backup was created from.

• start-time=sed

  • Output only. The time that the backup was started. Row data in the backup will be no older than this timestamp.

• .. source-type=diam

  • The type of the restore source.

• ..stats average-cells-per-column=0.6446652953124616

  • How many cells are present per column (column family, column qualifier) combinations, averaged over all columns in all rows in the table. e.g. A table with 2 rows: * A row with 3 cells in "family:col" and 1 cell in "other:col" (4 cells / 2 columns) * A row with 1 cell in "family:col", 7 cells in "family:other_col", and 7 cells in "other:data" (15 cells / 3 columns) would report (4 + 15)/(2 + 3) = 3.8 in this field.
• average-columns-per-row=0.261779375871928
  • How many (column family, column qualifier) combinations are present per row in the table, averaged over all rows in the table. e.g. A table with 2 rows: * A row with cells in "family:col" and "other:col" (2 distinct columns) * A row with cells in "family:col", "family:other_col", and "other:data" (3 distinct columns) would report (2 + 3)/2 = 2.5 in this field.
• logical-data-bytes=no
  • This is roughly how many bytes would be needed to read the entire table (e.g. by streaming all contents out).

• row-count=-85

  • How many rows are in the table.

• ... table-id=elitr

  • Required. The name by which the new table should be referred to within the parent instance, e.g., foobar rather than {parent}/tables/foobar. Maximum 50 characters.

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

• The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
• The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
• You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
• You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

• -o out
  • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

• -p $-xgafv=string

  • V1 error format.

• -p access-token=string

  • OAuth access token.

• -p alt=string

  • Data format for response.

• -p callback=string

  • JSONP

• -p fields=string

  • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

• -p key=string

  • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

• -p oauth-token=string

  • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

• -p pretty-print=boolean

  • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

• -p quota-user=string

  • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

• -p upload-type=string

  • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

• -p upload-protocol=string

  • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").