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LFTag - Lake Formation

LFTag

A structure that allows an admin to grant user permissions on certain conditions. For example, granting a role access to all columns that do not have the LF-tag 'PII' in tables that have the LF-tag 'Prod'.

Contents

TagKey

The key-name for the LF-tag.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:\/=+\-@%]*)$

Required: Yes

TagValues

A list of possible values an attribute can take.

The maximum number of values that can be defined for a LF-Tag is 1000. A single API call supports 50 values. You can use multiple API calls to add more values.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 50 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: ^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:\*\/=+\-@%]*)$

Required: Yes

See Also

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

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