Alter metadata resource location. The metadata resource can be a database, table, or partition. This functionality only updates the parent directory for the respective metadata resource and does not transfer any existing data to the new location.
HTTP request
POST https://metastore.googleapis.com/v1beta/{service}:alterLocation
Path parameters
Parameters
service
string
Required. The relative resource name of the metastore service to mutate metadata, in the following format:
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