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# AWS::QuickSight::Dashboard CategoricalDimensionField
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The dimension type field with categorical type columns..

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

### JSON
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```
{
  "[Column](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-column)" : {{ColumnIdentifier}},
  "[FieldId](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-fieldid)" : {{String}},
  "[FormatConfiguration](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-formatconfiguration)" : {{StringFormatConfiguration}},
  "[HierarchyId](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-hierarchyid)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [Column](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-column): {{
    ColumnIdentifier}}
  [FieldId](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-fieldid): {{String}}
  [FormatConfiguration](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-formatconfiguration): {{
    StringFormatConfiguration}}
  [HierarchyId](#cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-hierarchyid): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`Column`  <a name="cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-column"></a>
The column that is used in the `CategoricalDimensionField`.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: [ColumnIdentifier](aws-properties-quicksight-dashboard-columnidentifier.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`FieldId`  <a name="cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-fieldid"></a>
The custom field ID.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*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)

`FormatConfiguration`  <a name="cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-formatconfiguration"></a>
The format configuration of the field.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: [StringFormatConfiguration](aws-properties-quicksight-dashboard-stringformatconfiguration.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`HierarchyId`  <a name="cfn-quicksight-dashboard-categoricaldimensionfield-hierarchyid"></a>
The custom hierarchy ID.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*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)