Number of attributes in key schema must match the number of attributes defined in attribute definitions

Question

I’m trying to create a simple table using DynamoDB JavaScript shell and I’m getting this exception:

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Answer 1

When you use non-key attribute in at "AttributeDefinitions", you must use it as index, otherwise it's against the way of DynamoDB to work. See the link.

So no need to put a non-key attribute in "AttributeDefinitions" if you're not gonna use it as index or primary key.

var params = {
        TableName: 'table_name',
        KeySchema: [ // The type of of schema.  Must start with a HASH type, with an optional second RANGE.
            { // Required HASH type attribute
                AttributeName: 'UserId',
                KeyType: 'HASH',
            },
            { // Optional RANGE key type for HASH + RANGE tables
                AttributeName: 'RemindTime', 
                KeyType: 'RANGE', 
            }
        ],
        AttributeDefinitions: [ // The names and types of all primary and index key attributes only
            {
                AttributeName: 'UserId',
                AttributeType: 'S', // (S | N | B) for string, number, binary
            },
            {
                AttributeName: 'RemindTime',
                AttributeType: 'S', // (S | N | B) for string, number, binary
            },
            {
                AttributeName: 'AlarmId',
                AttributeType: 'S', // (S | N | B) for string, number, binary
            },
            // ... more attributes ...
        ],
        ProvisionedThroughput: { // required provisioned throughput for the table
            ReadCapacityUnits: 1, 
            WriteCapacityUnits: 1, 
        },
        LocalSecondaryIndexes: [ // optional (list of LocalSecondaryIndex)
            { 
                IndexName: 'index_UserId_AlarmId',
                KeySchema: [ 
                    { // Required HASH type attribute - must match the table's HASH key attribute name
                        AttributeName: 'UserId',
                        KeyType: 'HASH',
                    },
                    { // alternate RANGE key attribute for the secondary index
                        AttributeName: 'AlarmId', 
                        KeyType: 'RANGE', 
                    }
                ],
                Projection: { // required
                    ProjectionType: 'ALL', // (ALL | KEYS_ONLY | INCLUDE)
                },
            },
            // ... more local secondary indexes ...
        ],
    };
    dynamodb.createTable(params, function(err, data) {
        if (err) ppJson(err); // an error occurred
        else ppJson(data); // successful response
    });