findinpath commented on code in PR #11041:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11041#discussion_r4283391449


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s3://bucket/warehouse/default.db/event_agg/metadata/00002-(uuid).metadata.json
   } ]
 }
 ```
+
+### Materialized View Example
+
+Imagine the following operation, which creates a materialized view that 
precomputes daily event counts:
+
+```sql
+USE prod.default
+```
+
+```sql
+CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW event_agg_mv (
+    event_count COMMENT 'Count of events',
+    event_date)
+COMMENT 'Precomputed daily event counts'
+AS
+SELECT
+    COUNT(1), CAST(event_ts AS DATE)
+FROM events
+GROUP BY 2
+```
+
+The materialized view metadata JSON file looks as follows:
+
+```
+s3://bucket/warehouse/default.db/event_agg_mv/metadata/00001-(uuid).metadata.json
+```
+
+```json
+{
+  "view-uuid": "b2a12651-3038-4a72-8a31-5027ab84da35",
+  "format-version" : 1,
+  "location" : "s3://bucket/warehouse/default.db/event_agg_mv",
+  "current-version-id" : 1,
+  "properties" : {
+    "comment" : "Precomputed daily event counts"
+  },
+  "versions" : [ {
+    "version-id" : 1,
+    "timestamp-ms" : 1573518431292,
+    "schema-id" : 1,
+    "default-catalog" : "prod",
+    "default-namespace" : [ "default" ],
+    "summary" : {
+      "engine-name" : "Spark",
+      "engine-version" : "3.4.1"
+    },
+    "representations" : [ {
+      "type" : "sql",
+      "sql" : "SELECT\n    COUNT(1), CAST(event_ts AS DATE)\nFROM 
events\nGROUP BY 2",
+      "dialect" : "spark"
+    } ],
+    "storage-table" : {
+      "namespace" : [ "default" ],
+      "name" : "event_agg_mv__storage"
+    }
+  } ],
+  "schemas": [ {
+    "schema-id": 1,
+    "type" : "struct",
+    "fields" : [ {
+      "id" : 1,
+      "name" : "event_count",
+      "required" : false,
+      "type" : "int",
+      "doc" : "Count of events"
+    }, {
+      "id" : 2,
+      "name" : "event_date",
+      "required" : false,
+      "type" : "date"
+    } ]
+  } ],
+  "version-log" : [ {
+    "timestamp-ms" : 1573518431292,
+    "version-id" : 1
+  } ]
+}
+```
+
+After a refresh operation, the storage table's snapshot summary contains the 
`refresh-state` property.
+The following is an example of the `refresh-state` JSON value stored in the 
snapshot summary of the storage table:
+
+```json
+{
+  "view-version-id" : 1,
+  "refresh-start-timestamp-ms" : 1573518435000,
+  "source-states" : [ {
+    "type" : "table",
+    "catalog" : "prod",
+    "namespace" : [ "default" ],
+    "name" : "events",
+    "uuid" : "d4a10b5c-1e8a-4b72-9d67-3f4a8c9e1b2d",
+    "snapshot-id" : 6148331192489823102
+  } ]
+}
+```
+
+## Appendix B: Example strategies for selecting dependencies
+
+A writer's choice of what to record varies along two independent dimensions:
+
+* Query evaluation — how the writer evaluates the materialized view’s query, 
in particular whether the result of nested materialized views is determined by 
expanding their own dependencies or consuming directly from the storage table. 
This determines the set of dependencies that could be recorded.
+* Coverage — which of those dependencies are actually recorded; a writer may 
record all, a subset, or none.
+
+The strategies below illustrate common combinations against the same shared 
query. Strategies 2 and 3 differ along structure; Strategies 1, 4, and 5 
illustrate coverage choices.
+
+### Shared query
+
+* `A` (the materialized view being refreshed): `SELECT B.customer_id, 
C.category, SUM(B.amount) AS total FROM B JOIN C ON B.product_id = C.product_id 
GROUP BY B.customer_id, C.category`
+* `B` (regular view): `SELECT E.customer_id, E.product_id, E.amount FROM E 
JOIN D ON E.customer_id = D.customer_id`
+* `C` (materialized view): `SELECT F.product_id, G.category FROM F JOIN G ON 
F.category_id = G.category_id`
+* `D` (materialized view): `SELECT customer_id FROM H WHERE status = 'active'`
+* `E` (orders), `F` (products), `G` (categories), `H` (customers): source 
Iceberg tables
+
+### Strategy 1: Empty refresh state (recency only)
+
+The producer leaves `source-states` empty and relies entirely on 
`refresh-start-timestamp-ms`. Readers reuse the storage table based on a 
recency policy alone.
+
+`A`'s refresh state:
+
+```json
+{
+  "view-version-id": 1,
+  "refresh-start-timestamp-ms": 1573518435000,
+  "source-states": []
+}
+```
+
+### Strategy 2: Treat nested materialized views as tables
+
+Same as Strategy 1, but the query reads from materialized views. The producer 
stops at each MV boundary and records the MV's storage table snapshot ID and 
view version ID. No expansion beyond the MV.

Review Comment:
   > the query reads from materialized views
   
   the query reads from materialized views storage tables.



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