vvysotskyi commented on a change in pull request #1953: Add docs for Drill Metastore URL: https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1953#discussion_r371158678
########## 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 Review comment: Regarding all these ambiguities, currently, the behavior is the same as during regular select. Added a sentence to reflect this. Regarding tuning the schema, there is [DRILL-7477](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7477) Jira which will allow using the power of schema provisioning feature during collecting metadata. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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