Output only. If the table is date-sharded, that is, it matches the
[prefix]YYYYMMDD name pattern, this field is the Data Catalog resource
name of the date-sharded grouped entry. For example:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage provides reference documentation for the \u003ccode\u003eTableSpec\u003c/code\u003e class within the Google Cloud Data Catalog v1 API, specifically for .NET development.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eTableSpec\u003c/code\u003e is a class that represents a normal BigQuery table specification and inherits from the \u003ccode\u003eobject\u003c/code\u003e class, while implementing \u003ccode\u003eIMessage\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIEquatable\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIDeepCloneable\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIBufferMessage\u003c/code\u003e interfaces.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest version of \u003ccode\u003eTableSpec\u003c/code\u003e documented is 2.14.0, and the page lists multiple previous versions, ranging down to version 1.2.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eTableSpec\u003c/code\u003e class has two constructors, one default and one that accepts another \u003ccode\u003eTableSpec\u003c/code\u003e object as a parameter for creating a copy.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eKey properties of \u003ccode\u003eTableSpec\u003c/code\u003e include \u003ccode\u003eGroupedEntry\u003c/code\u003e, which stores the Data Catalog resource name of a date-sharded grouped entry, and \u003ccode\u003eGroupedEntryAsEntryName\u003c/code\u003e, which offers a typed view over the \u003ccode\u003eGroupedEntry\u003c/code\u003e resource name.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Data Catalog v1 API - Class TableSpec (2.16.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.16.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.15.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.15.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.14.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.14.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.13.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.13.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.12.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.12.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.11.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.11.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.10.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.10.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.9.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.9.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.8.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.7.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.6.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.5.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.4.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.3.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.2.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.1.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [2.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.0.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.8.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.6.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.5.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.4.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.3.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec)\n- [1.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.2.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec) \n\n public sealed class TableSpec : IMessage\u003cTableSpec\u003e, IEquatable\u003cTableSpec\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cTableSpec\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Data Catalog v1 API class TableSpec.\n\nNormal BigQuery table specification. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e TableSpec \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[TableSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[TableSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[TableSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### TableSpec()\n\n public TableSpec()\n\n### TableSpec(TableSpec)\n\n public TableSpec(TableSpec other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### GroupedEntry\n\n public string GroupedEntry { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. If the table is date-sharded, that is, it matches the\n`[prefix]YYYYMMDD` name pattern, this field is the Data Catalog resource\nname of the date-sharded grouped entry. For example:\n\n`projects/{PROJECT_ID}/locations/{LOCATION}/entrygroups/{ENTRY_GROUP_ID}/entries/{ENTRY_ID}`.\n\nOtherwise, `grouped_entry` is empty.\n\n### GroupedEntryAsEntryName\n\n public EntryName GroupedEntryAsEntryName { get; set; }\n\n[EntryName](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.EntryName)-typed view over the [GroupedEntry](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.TableSpec#Google_Cloud_DataCatalog_V1_TableSpec_GroupedEntry) resource name property."]]
