---
title: "POST /v1/{+service}:alterTableProperties"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+service}:alterTableProperties"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+service}:alterTableProperties

`POST /v1/{+service}:alterTableProperties`

Alter metadata table properties.

## Path parameters

- `service` string, required

## Request body

- AlterTablePropertiesRequest — Request message for DataprocMetastore.AlterTableProperties.
  - `properties` object — A map that describes the desired values to mutate. If update_mask is empty, the properties will not update. Otherwise, the properties only alters the value whose associated paths exist in the update mask
  - `tableName` string — Required. The name of the table containing the properties you're altering in the following format.databases/{database_id}/tables/{table_id}
  - `updateMask` string, google-fieldmask — A field mask that specifies the metadata table properties that are overwritten by the update. Fields specified in the update_mask are relative to the resource (not to the full request). A field is overwritten if it is in the mask.For example, given the target properties: properties { a: 1 b: 2 } And an update properties: properties { a: 2 b: 3 c: 4 } then if the field mask is:paths: "properties.b", "properties.c"then the result will be: properties { a: 1 b: 3 c: 4 }

## Response `200`

Successful response

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