# Partition Schema

## Partition Schema

### Description

![partition schema](/files/UJYC6gg4Wmz90xLwhDso)

Describes a partition schema. A partition schema defines how many ways the row stream will be split. The names used for the partitions can be anything you like.

### Related Plugins

None/All

### Options

| Option                                   | Default | Description                                   |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Partition schema name                    |         | The name to be used for this partition schema |
| Dynamically create the schema definition | ?       |                                               |
| Number of partitions?                    | 4       |                                               |
| Partitions                               |         | list of partition IDs                         |

### Samples (Integration Tests)

* integration-tests/partitioning/0006-partitioned-when-stream-lookup-should-fail2.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0004-copies-repartitioning.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0001-static-partitioning.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0005-partitioned-stream-lookup.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0006-partitioned-when-stream-lookup-should-fail.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0003-repartitioning.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0005-non-partitioned-stream-lookup.hpl
* integration-tests/partitioning/0002-dynamic-partitioning.hpl


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