# Capacity
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Represents the amount of provisioned throughput capacity consumed on a table or an index.

## Contents
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**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** CapacityUnits **   <a name="DDB-Type-Capacity-CapacityUnits"></a>
The total number of capacity units consumed on a table or an index.  
Type: Double  
Required: No

 ** ReadCapacityUnits **   <a name="DDB-Type-Capacity-ReadCapacityUnits"></a>
The total number of read capacity units consumed on a table or an index.  
Type: Double  
Required: No

 ** WriteCapacityUnits **   <a name="DDB-Type-Capacity-WriteCapacityUnits"></a>
The total number of write capacity units consumed on a table or an index.  
Type: Double  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dynamodb-2012-08-10/Capacity) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/Capacity) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/Capacity)