BillingModeSummary - Amazon DynamoDB
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BillingModeSummary

Contains the details for the read/write capacity mode. This page talks about PROVISIONED and PAY_PER_REQUEST billing modes. For more information about these modes, see Read/write capacity mode.

Note

You may need to switch to on-demand mode at least once in order to return a BillingModeSummary response.

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Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

BillingMode

Controls how you are charged for read and write throughput and how you manage capacity. This setting can be changed later.

  • PROVISIONED - Sets the read/write capacity mode to PROVISIONED. We recommend using PROVISIONED for predictable workloads.

  • PAY_PER_REQUEST - Sets the read/write capacity mode to PAY_PER_REQUEST. We recommend using PAY_PER_REQUEST for unpredictable workloads.

Type: String

Valid Values: PROVISIONED | PAY_PER_REQUEST

Required: No

LastUpdateToPayPerRequestDateTime

Represents the time when PAY_PER_REQUEST was last set as the read/write capacity mode.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: