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Table Schema

synapseclient.table.Schema

Bases: SchemaBase

A Schema is an Entity that defines a set of columns in a table.

ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
name

The name for the Table Schema object

description

User readable description of the schema

columns

A list of Column objects or their IDs

parent

The project in Synapse to which this table belongs

properties

A map of Synapse properties

annotations

A map of user defined annotations

local_state

Internal use only

Example:

cols = [Column(name='Isotope', columnType='STRING'),
        Column(name='Atomic Mass', columnType='INTEGER'),
        Column(name='Halflife', columnType='DOUBLE'),
        Column(name='Discovered', columnType='DATE')]

schema = syn.store(Schema(name='MyTable', columns=cols, parent=project))
Source code in synapseclient/table.py
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class Schema(SchemaBase):
    """
    A Schema is an [Entity][synapseclient.entity.Entity] that defines a set of columns in a table.

    Attributes:
        name:        The name for the Table Schema object
        description: User readable description of the schema
        columns:     A list of [Column][synapseclient.table.Column] objects or their IDs
        parent:      The project in Synapse to which this table belongs
        properties:  A map of Synapse properties
        annotations: A map of user defined annotations
        local_state: Internal use only

    Example:

        cols = [Column(name='Isotope', columnType='STRING'),
                Column(name='Atomic Mass', columnType='INTEGER'),
                Column(name='Halflife', columnType='DOUBLE'),
                Column(name='Discovered', columnType='DATE')]

        schema = syn.store(Schema(name='MyTable', columns=cols, parent=project))
    """

    _synapse_entity_type = "org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.table.TableEntity"

    def __init__(
        self,
        name=None,
        columns=None,
        parent=None,
        properties=None,
        annotations=None,
        local_state=None,
        **kwargs,
    ):
        super(Schema, self).__init__(
            name=name,
            columns=columns,
            properties=properties,
            annotations=annotations,
            local_state=local_state,
            parent=parent,
            **kwargs,
        )