# GovernedCatalogSource
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Specifies the data store in the governed AWS Glue Data Catalog.

## Contents
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 ** Database **   <a name="Glue-Type-GovernedCatalogSource-Database"></a>
The database to read from.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Name **   <a name="Glue-Type-GovernedCatalogSource-Name"></a>
The name of the data store.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([^\r\n])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Table **   <a name="Glue-Type-GovernedCatalogSource-Table"></a>
The database table to read from.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** AdditionalOptions **   <a name="Glue-Type-GovernedCatalogSource-AdditionalOptions"></a>
Specifies additional connection options.  
Type: [S3SourceAdditionalOptions](API_S3SourceAdditionalOptions.md) object  
Required: No

 ** PartitionPredicate **   <a name="Glue-Type-GovernedCatalogSource-PartitionPredicate"></a>
Partitions satisfying this predicate are deleted. Files within the retention period in these partitions are not deleted. Set to `""` – empty by default.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
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/glue-2017-03-31/GovernedCatalogSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/GovernedCatalogSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/GovernedCatalogSource)