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1. Click List under Cassandra Keyspaces and select a keyspace to add column families to.
   

2. Click Add a New Column Family to open the New Column Family window where you can enter column family details to the keyspace.
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   The fields of the new column family window are described below:

   Default validator for row keys and column data

   Fields	Description
   Name*	Column Family (CF) Name is mandatory. Must not contain the character "-".
   Comment	Description of the column family. Used to attach additional human-readable information about the column family to its definition
   Column Type	Standard -Column Family Super -
   Comparator	Datatype.
   Key Cache Size	Specifies the number of keys per ssTable whose locations in memory are kept in "mostly LRU" order (Only the key locations; not any column values). Specify a fraction (value less than 1) or an absolute number of keys to cache. Defaults to 200000 keys.
   Row Cache Size	Specifies the number of rows whose entire content is cached in memory. Not recommended to be used on Column Families with large rows or high write:read ratio. Specify a fraction (value less than 1) or an absolute number of rows to cache. The default is 0 meaning row caching is OFF by default.
   Row Cache Save Period In Seconds	Number of seconds between saving row caches. The row caches can be saved periodically. If one exists on start-up, it will be loaded.
   Garbage Collection Grace In Seconds	Specifies the time to wait before garbage collecting tombstones (deletion markers). Defaults to 864000 (10 days). Refer to http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DistributedDeletes.
   Minimum Compaction Threshold	The minimum number of SSTables needed to start a minor compaction. Increasing this value causes minor compactions to start less frequently and be more intensive. Setting this to 0 disables minor compactions. The default value is 4.
   Maximum Compaction Threshold	Specifies the maximum number of SSTables allowed before a minor compaction is forced. Decreasing this value causes minor compactions to start more frequently and be less intensive. Setting this to 0 disables minor compactions. The default value is 32.
   Default Validation Class	Column Family
   Key Validation Class	Datatype of Row keys
   Comparator	Datatype of Column keys
   Default Validation Class	Default datatype of Column values

3. Click Save after adding column family details. The Keyspace Information window opens with links to column family operations such as share with user rolesSet Permissions, edit or delete.
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4. Click on the Column the Column Family's name and then the Add New Index/Non-Index Column link to create a  to create an indexed or non-indexed column.Image Removed

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   Field	Description	Required/Optional
   Name	Name of the new column	Required
   Index Name	Index Name	Required (only in case of an index column)
   Validation Class	Datatype of column value	Required

   There are 2 ways of defining a column. 

   Validation Class

   1) Create a (non-indexed) column with a Validation class: Do not specify any values for 'Index Name'.

   2) Create an indexed column with a Validation class: Specify a name for the Index in 'Index Name'.