# Preparing Q topic with field synonyms, setting semantics, etc

**URL:** <https://community.amazonquick.com/t/preparing-q-topic-with-field-synonyms-setting-semantics-etc/38747>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Tags:** AmazonQ, Business-Intelligence-Engineer, quick-sight\
**Created:** [November 20, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/preparing-q-topic-with-field-synonyms-setting-semantics-etc/38747 "2024-11-20T21:46:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![kakervall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kakervall](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/kakervall)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/preparing-q-topic-with-field-synonyms-setting-semantics-etc/38747/1 "2024-11-20T21:46:02Z")

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Hello,

I understand you can create a new topic with an API Operation, however, can you also customize the topic–include exclude certain fields, assign synonyms for fields, semantic type, formatting, default aggregation, etc. through API? If so, where is the documentation for this? Thank you!

Kristin

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**Author:** ![David\_Wong](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/david_wong/32/15630_2.png) [@David\_Wong](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/David_Wong)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/preparing-q-topic-with-field-synonyms-setting-semantics-etc/38747/2 "2024-11-20T22:29:41Z")

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Hi @kakervall,

You should be able to use the CreateTopic operation of the API to do this.

> **[CreateTopic - Amazon QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_CreateTopic.html)**
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> Creates a new Q topic.

I can see that the sample request contains properties to define synonyms and include/exclude fields.

 ![image](https://d1wl4jav5dp96l.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/4/84e487f1477eb8b9473b901d456b1a72e87564c9.png)

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**Author:** ![kakervall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kakervall](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/kakervall)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/preparing-q-topic-with-field-synonyms-setting-semantics-etc/38747/3 "2024-11-20T22:58:07Z")

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Thank you @David_Wong ! This is great.

Kristin

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**Author:** ![Kristin](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/kristin/32/2470_2.png) [@Kristin](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Kristin)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/preparing-q-topic-with-field-synonyms-setting-semantics-etc/38747/4 "2024-11-21T00:15:11Z")

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Thanks @David_Wong! 🙂