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# AlterTableRequest

> AlterTableRequest — Kinetica Node.js API

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      <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/types.ts#L1059">src/types.ts:1059</a></li>
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            <div className="tsd-index-list"><a href="#action" className="tsd-index-link"><span>action</span></a> <a href="#options" className="tsd-index-link"><span>options?</span></a> <a href="#table_name" className="tsd-index-link"><span>table\_name</span></a> <a href="#value" className="tsd-index-link"><span>value</span></a> </div>
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        <h3 className="tsd-anchor-link" id="action"><span>action</span></h3>
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          <p>Modification operation to be applied.</p>
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            <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/types.ts#L1067">src/types.ts:1067</a></li>
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          <p>Optional parameters.</p>
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            <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/types.ts#L1078">src/types.ts:1078</a></li>
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          <p>Table on which the operation will be performed, in \[schema\_name.]table\_name format, using standard name resolution rules. Must be an existing table or view.</p>
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            <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/types.ts#L1065">src/types.ts:1065</a></li>
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          <p>The value of the modification, depending on <code>action</code>. For example, if <code>action</code> is add\_column, this would be the column name; while the column's definition would be covered by the column\_type, column\_properties, column\_default\_value, and add\_column\_expression in <code>options</code>. If <code>action</code> is ttl, it would be the number of minutes for the new TTL. If <code>action</code> is refresh, this field would be blank.</p>
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            <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/types.ts#L1076">src/types.ts:1076</a></li>
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