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Version: Java (Groovy)

constituentColumnName

The constituentColumnName method returns the name of the "constituent" column in a partitioned table. The constituent column is the column that is used to partition the table.

Syntax​

constituentColumnName()

Parameters​

This function does not take any parameters.

Returns​

The name of the partitioned table's "constituent" column, as a String.

Examples​

source = newTable(
    stringCol("X", "A", "B", "A", "C", "B", "A", "B", "B", "C"),
    stringCol("Y", "M", "N", "O", "N", "P", "M", "O", "P", "M"),
    intCol("Number", 55, 76, 20, 130, 230, 50, 73, 137, 214),
)

partitionedTable = source.partitionBy("X")

println partitionedTable.constituentChangesPermitted()