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Updating a schema

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Updating a schema - AWS Glue

You can update the description or compatibility setting for a schema.

To update an existing schema, use the UpdateSchema action (Python: update_schema) API.

Specify a SchemaId structure to indicate the schema that you want to update. One of VersionNumber or Compatibility has to be provided.

Code example 11:

aws glue update-schema --description testDescription --schema-id SchemaName="testSchema1",RegistryName="registryName1" --schema-version-number LatestVersion=true --compatibility NONE
aws glue update-schema --description testDescription --schema-id SchemaArn="arn:aws:glue:us-east-2:901234567890:schema/registryName1/testSchema1" --schema-version-number LatestVersion=true --compatibility NONE
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