3.1 DDL (CREATE TABLE)

Syntax

CREATE [GLOBAL] TABLE tbl_name
    [(create_definition, ...)]
    [table_options]

create_definition: {
    col_name column_definition
    | INDEX index_name index_type
        (col_name key_type, ...)
      [index_option] ...
}

column_definition: {
    data_type [key_type]
}

key_type : {
    PARTITION KEY | SORT KEY | HASH | RANGE
}

data_type: {
    NUMERIC | STRING | BINARY
}

index_type:
    {GLOBAL | LOCAL}

index_option: {
    Projection.ProjectionType [=] {ALL | KEYS_ONLY | INCLUDE}
    | Projection.NonKeyAttributes [=] ('string', ...)
    | ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits [=] value
    | ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits [=] value
}

table_options:
    table_option [[,] table_option] ...

table_option: {
    BillingMode [=] {PROVISIONED | PAY_PER_REQUEST}
    | ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits [=] value
    | ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits [=] value
    | StreamSpecification.StreamEnabled [=] {True | False}
    | StreamSpecification.StreamViewType [=] {NEW_IMAGE | OLD_IMAGE | NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES | KEYS_ONLY}
    | SSESpecification.Enabled [=] {True | False}
    | SSESpecification.SSEType [=] {AES256 | KMS}
    | SSESpecification.KMSMasterKeyId [=] value
    | TableClass [=] {STANDARD | STANDARD_INFREQUENT_ACCESS}
    | Tags [=] (tags)
    | ReplicationGroup [=] ('string', ...)
}

tags:
    key:value, ...

Sample

CREATE TABLE Issues (
    IssueId numeric PARTITION KEY,
    Title string SORT KEY,
    CreateDate string,
    DueDate string,
    INDEX CreateDateIndex GLOBAL (
        CreateDate PARTITION KEY,
        IssueId SORT KEY
    )
        Projection.ProjectionType INCLUDE
        Projection.NonKeyAttributes (Description, Status)
        ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits 1
        ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits 1,
    INDEX DueDateIndex GLOBAL (
        DueDate PARTITION KEY
    )
        Projection.ProjectionType ALL
        ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits 1
        ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits 1,
)
BillingMode PROVISIONED
ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits 1
ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits 1
StreamSpecification.StreamEnabled False
SSESpecification.Enabled False
TableClass STANDARD
Tags (name:Issue, usage:test)

CREATE GLOBAL TABLE Issues
    ReplicationGroup (us-east-1, us-west-2)

Reference

Please refer to boto3 API:

DynamoDB.Client.create_table

DynamoDB.Client.create_global_table