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FilesLimit

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FilesLimit - AWS Glue DataBrew

Represents a limit imposed on number of Amazon S3 files that should be selected for a dataset from a connected Amazon S3 path.

Contents

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

MaxFiles

The number of Amazon S3 files to select.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.

Required: Yes

Order

A criteria to use for Amazon S3 files sorting before their selection. By default uses DESCENDING order, i.e. most recent files are selected first. Another possible value is ASCENDING.

Type: String

Valid Values: DESCENDING | ASCENDING

Required: No

OrderedBy

A criteria to use for Amazon S3 files sorting before their selection. By default uses LAST_MODIFIED_DATE as a sorting criteria. Currently it's the only allowed value.

Type: String

Valid Values: LAST_MODIFIED_DATE

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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