Management DDL and Functions
Safe table, index, extension, and function management workflows.
Management Surface
Athena exposes scoped DDL operations via /management/* routes.
Primary operations:
- table create, alter, and drop
- column drop
- index create and drop
- extension install
- function list, upsert, and drop
Auth Requirements
X-Athena-Clientx-athena-admin-key
Recommended Sequence
- Inspect capabilities before mutation.
- Apply additive table changes first.
- Apply index or extension updates.
- Use function upsert for controlled release.
- Validate post-change via schema endpoints.
Operation Links
- GET /management/capabilities
- POST /management/tables
- PATCH /management/tables/:table_name
- DELETE /management/tables/:table_name
- DELETE /management/tables/:table_name/columns/:column_name
- POST /management/indexes
- DELETE /management/indexes/:index_name
- POST /management/extensions/install
- GET /management/functions
- PUT /management/functions
- DELETE /management/functions