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CreateGlobalTable
Last update:
May 18, 2026
Description
The CreateGlobalTable function creates a global table from an already created table. A global table creates a replication relationship between two or more DynamoDB tables with the same table name in the provided regions.
For more information, see CreateGlobalTable.
Category
History
ColdFusion (2021 release): Added this function.
Syntax
serviceHandle.CreateGlobalTable(requestParameters)Parameters
See parameters of CreateGlobalTable.
Example
<cfscript>
// configuration for first region
cred = {
"credentialAlias" : "myalias",
"vendorName" : "AWS",
"region" : "us-east-2",
"secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx",
"accessKeyId" : "xxxx"
}
config = {
"serviceName" = "DYNAMODB"
}
dynamoUSEast2 = getCloudService(cred, config);
// configuration for second region
cred = {
"credentialAlias" : "myalias",
"vendorName" : "AWS",
"region" : "us-east-1",
"secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx",
"accessKeyId" : "xxxx"
}
config = {
"serviceName" = "DYNAMODB"
}
dynamoUSEast1 = cloudService(cred, config);
tableName="Movies005"
// create table
tableStruct={
"TableName" : "#tableName#",
"KeySchema":[
{ AttributeName: "year", KeyType: "HASH"}, //Partition key
{ AttributeName: "title", KeyType: "RANGE"} //Sort key
],
"AttributeDefinitions":[
{ AttributeName: "year", AttributeType: "N" },
{ AttributeName: "title", AttributeType: "S" }
],
"ProvisionedThroughput":{
ReadCapacityUnits: 10,
WriteCapacityUnits: 10
},
"StreamSpecification": {
"StreamEnabled": true, // enable stream for replication
"StreamViewType": "NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES"
}
}
// create table in both regions
dynamoUSEast1.createTable(tableStruct)
dynamoUSEast2.createTable(tableStruct)
// cred and configuration for replication
cred = {
"credentialAlias" : "myalias",
"vendorName" : "AWS",
"region" : "us-east-2",
"secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx",
"accessKeyId" : "xxxx"
}
config = {
"serviceName" = "DYNAMODB"
}
dynamo = cloudService(cred, config)
// create global table
globalTableStruct={
"GlobalTableName": "#tableName#",
"ReplicationGroup": [
{
"RegionName": "us-east-2"
},
{
"RegionName": "us-east-1"
}
]
}
globalTableResponse=dynamo.CreateGlobalTable(globalTableStruct)
writeDump(globalTableResponse)
</cfscript>Output
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