paul-rogers commented on a change in pull request #1953: Add docs for Drill Metastore URL: https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1953#discussion_r366681625
########## File path: _docs/sql-reference/sql-commands/007-analyze-table-refresh-metadata.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +--- +title: "ANALYZE TABLE REFRESH METADATA" +parent: "SQL Commands" +date: 2020-01-13 +--- + +Starting from Drill 1.17, you can store table metadata (including schema and computed statistics) into Drill Metastore. +This metadata will be used when querying a table for more optimal plan creation. + +{% include startnote.html %}In Drill 1.17, this feature is supported for Parquet tables only and is disabled by default.{% include endnote.html %} + +To enable Drill Metastore usage, the following option `metastore.enabled` should be set to `true`, as shown: + + SET `metastore.enabled` = true; + +Alternatively, you can enable the option in the Drill Web UI at `http://<drill-hostname-or-ip-address>:8047/options`. + +## Syntax + +The ANALYZE TABLE REFRESH METADATA statement supports the following syntax: + + ANALYZE TABLE [table_name] [COLUMNS {(col1, col2, ...) | NONE}] + REFRESH METADATA ['level' LEVEL] + [{COMPUTE | ESTIMATE} | STATISTICS [(column1, column2, ...)] + [ SAMPLE number PERCENT ]] + +## Parameters + +*table_name* +The name of the table or directory for which Drill will collect table metadata. If the table does not exist, or the table + is temporary, the command fails and metadata is not collected and stored. + +*COLUMNS (col1, col2, ...)* +Optional names of the column(s) for which Drill will generate and store metadata. the Stored schema will include all table columns. + +*COLUMNS NONE* +Specifies to ignore collecting and storing metadata for all table columns. + +*level* +Optional varchar literal which specifies maximum level depth for collecting metadata. Review comment: varchar --> VARCHAR (Since this is a quoted string, can we make it user friendly? "ROW_GROUP" --> "ROW GROUP" (no underscore.) Actually, why can't this be a keyword? Please define the terms, especially `SEGMENT`. Also, what is the advantage of one level vs. another?) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services