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# AWS::QuickSight::Template CategoricalMeasureField
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The measure 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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```
{
  "[AggregationFunction](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-aggregationfunction)" : String,
  "[Column](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-column)" : ColumnIdentifier,
  "[FieldId](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-fieldid)" : String,
  "[FormatConfiguration](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-formatconfiguration)" : StringFormatConfiguration
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [AggregationFunction](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-aggregationfunction): String
  [Column](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-column): 
    ColumnIdentifier
  [FieldId](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-fieldid): String
  [FormatConfiguration](#cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-formatconfiguration): 
    StringFormatConfiguration
```

## Properties
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`AggregationFunction`  <a name="cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-aggregationfunction"></a>
The aggregation function of the measure field.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: [String](aws-properties-quicksight-template-aggregationfunction.md)  
*Allowed values*: `COUNT | DISTINCT_COUNT`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Column`  <a name="cfn-quicksight-template-categoricalmeasurefield-column"></a>
The column that is used in the `CategoricalMeasureField`.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: [ColumnIdentifier](aws-properties-quicksight-template-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-template-categoricalmeasurefield-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-template-categoricalmeasurefield-formatconfiguration"></a>
The format configuration of the field.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: [StringFormatConfiguration](aws-properties-quicksight-template-stringformatconfiguration.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)