# CdcSpecificationSummary
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The settings of the CDC stream of the table. For more information about CDC streams, see [Working with change data capture (CDC) streams in Amazon Keyspaces](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/keyspaces/latest/devguide/cdc.html) in the *Amazon Keyspaces Developer Guide*.

## Contents
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 ** status **   <a name="keyspaces-Type-CdcSpecificationSummary-status"></a>
The status of the CDC stream. Specifies if the table has a CDC stream.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ENABLED | ENABLING | DISABLED | DISABLING`   
Required: Yes

 ** viewType **   <a name="keyspaces-Type-CdcSpecificationSummary-viewType"></a>
The view type specifies the changes Amazon Keyspaces records for each changed row in the stream. This setting can't be changed, after the stream has been created.   
The options are:  
+  `NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES` - both versions of the row, before and after the change. This is the default.
+  `NEW_IMAGE` - the version of the row after the change.
+  `OLD_IMAGE` - the version of the row before the change.
+  `KEYS_ONLY` - the partition and clustering keys of the row that was changed.
Type: String  
Valid Values: `NEW_IMAGE | OLD_IMAGE | KEYS_ONLY | NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES`   
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/keyspaces-2022-02-10/CdcSpecificationSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/keyspaces-2022-02-10/CdcSpecificationSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/keyspaces-2022-02-10/CdcSpecificationSummary)