# CreateDataSet
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Use the `CreateDataSet` API operation to create a dataset. Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

```
aws quicksight create-data-set 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --data-set-id DATASETID 
    --name NAME 
    --physical-table-map '{"PhysicalTableMap":{"string":{"CustomSql":{"Columns":[{"Name":"string","Type":"string"}],"DataSourceArn":"string","Name":"string","SqlQuery":"string"},"RelationalTable":{"Catalog":"string","DataSourceArn":"string","InputColumns":[{"Name":"string","Type":"string"}],"Name":"string","Schema":"string"},"S3Source":{"DataSourceArn":"string","InputColumns":[{"Name":"string","Type":"string"}],"UploadSettings":{"ContainsHeader":boolean,"Delimiter":"string","Format":"string","StartFromRow":number,"TextQualifier":"string"}}}}' 
    --import-mode DIRECT_QUERY
```

You can also make this command using a CLI skeleton file with the following command. For more information about CLI skeleton files, see [Use CLI skeleton files](cli-skeletons.md).

```
aws quicksight create-data-set
    --cli-input-json file://createdataset.json
```

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For more information about the `CreateDataSet` API operation, see [CreateDataSet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDataSet.html) in the *Amazon Quick Sight API Reference*.