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title: "How many columns can I create in a single Data Store table, and can the limit be raised?"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/faq/cloud-scale/datastore-columns-limit/
description: "Catalyst CloudScale Data Store allows up to 100 columns in each table by default. Catalyst support can raise this for a table on request, case by case and up to …"
last_updated: 2026-11-13T05:00:22Z
service: CloudScale
type: faq
---

Catalyst CloudScale Data Store allows up to 100 columns in each table by default. Catalyst support can raise this for a table on request, case by case and up to a maximum. When a table reaches its limit, creating a column fails with an API limit error, which can mention the table limit even though the column limit was reached.

1. Check whether the table needs that many columns. Repeating groups of fields often work better as a child table linked by a Foreign Key column.

2. To ask for more, contact Catalyst support with your project, the Table ID of each table, how many columns you need and what the table is for.

3. A raise applies to the tables you name. Ask again for tables you create later.

4. When Support confirms the raise, refresh the console and add the columns.

Note: Text, Var Char and Encrypted Text columns also have a combined limit per table, which a raise of the total column limit doesn't change.

Refer to the [Columns help page](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/columns/) for more information.