# Add tags when creating a new table
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You can use the Amazon Keyspaces console, CQL or the AWS CLI to add tags to new tables when you create them. 

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#### [ Console ]

**Add a tag when creating a new table using the (console)**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon Keyspaces console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/keyspaces/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/keyspaces/home).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Tables**, and then choose **Create table**.

1. On the **Create table** page in the **Table details** section, select a keyspace and provide a name for the table.

1. In the **Schema** section, create the schema for your table.

1. In the **Table settings** section, choose **Customize settings**.

1. Continue to the **Table tags – *optional*** section, and choose **Add new tag** to create new tags.

1. Choose **Create table**.

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#### [ Cassandra Query Language (CQL) ]

**Add tags when creating a new table using CQL**
+ The following example creates a new table with tags.

  ```
  CREATE TABLE mytable(...) WITH TAGS = {'key1':'val1', 'key2':'val2'};
  ```

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#### [ CLI ]

**Add tags when creating a new table using the AWS CLI**
+ The following example shows how to create a new table with tags. The command creates a table *myTable* in an already existing keyspace *myKeyspace*. Note that the command has been broken up into different lines to help with readability.

  ```
  aws keyspaces create-table --keyspace-name 'myKeyspace' --table-name 'myTable' 
              --schema-definition 'allColumns=[{name=id,type=int},{name=name,type=text},{name=date,type=timestamp}],partitionKeys=[{name=id}]' 
              --tags 'key=key1,value=val1' 'key=key2,value=val2'
  ```

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