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# AWS::Glue::Catalog FederatedCatalog
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A catalog that points to an entity outside the Amazon Glue Data Catalog.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your Amazon CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[ConnectionName](#cfn-glue-catalog-federatedcatalog-connectionname)" : {{String}},
  "[Identifier](#cfn-glue-catalog-federatedcatalog-identifier)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [ConnectionName](#cfn-glue-catalog-federatedcatalog-connectionname): {{String}}
  [Identifier](#cfn-glue-catalog-federatedcatalog-identifier): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`ConnectionName`  <a name="cfn-glue-catalog-federatedcatalog-connectionname"></a>
The name of the connection to an external data source, for example a Redshift-federated catalog.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Identifier`  <a name="cfn-glue-catalog-federatedcatalog-identifier"></a>
A unique identifier for the federated catalog.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `512`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)