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Table Valued Functions
ICEBERG_META

iceberg_meta

Name

iceberg_meta

description

iceberg_meta table-valued-function(tvf), Use for read iceberg metadata, operation history, snapshots of table, file metadata etc.

syntax

iceberg_meta(
  "table" = "ctl.db.tbl", 
  "query_type" = "snapshots"
  ...
  );

parameter description

Each parameter in iceberg_meta tvf is a pair of "key"="value".

Related parameters:

  • table: (required) Use iceberg table name the format catlog.database.table.
  • query_type: (required) The type of iceberg metadata. Only snapshots is currently supported.

Example

Read and access the iceberg tabular metadata for snapshots.

select * from iceberg_meta("table" = "ctl.db.tbl", "query_type" = "snapshots");
 

Can be used with desc function :

desc function iceberg_meta("table" = "ctl.db.tbl", "query_type" = "snapshots");

Keywords

iceberg_meta, table-valued-function, tvf

Best Prac

Inspect the iceberg table snapshots :

select * from iceberg_meta("table" = "iceberg_ctl.test_db.test_tbl", "query_type" = "snapshots");
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------------+
|      committed_at      |  snapshot_id   |   parent_id   | operation |   manifest_list   |            summary           |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------------+
|  2022-09-20 11:14:29   |  64123452344   |       -1      |  append   | hdfs:/path/to/m1  | {"flink.job-id":"xxm1", ...} |
|  2022-09-21 10:36:35   |  98865735822   |  64123452344  | overwrite | hdfs:/path/to/m2  | {"flink.job-id":"xxm2", ...} |
|  2022-09-21 21:44:11   |  51232845315   |  98865735822  | overwrite | hdfs:/path/to/m3  | {"flink.job-id":"xxm3", ...} |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------------+

Filtered by snapshot_id :

select * from iceberg_meta("table" = "iceberg_ctl.test_db.test_tbl", "query_type" = "snapshots") 
where snapshot_id = 98865735822;
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------------+
|      committed_at      |  snapshot_id   |   parent_id   | operation |   manifest_list   |            summary           |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------------+
|  2022-09-21 10:36:35   |  98865735822   |  64123452344  | overwrite | hdfs:/path/to/m2  | {"flink.job-id":"xxm2", ...} |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------------+