iceberg_meta

Name

SinceVersion 1.2

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   |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+
|  2022-09-20 11:14:29   |  64123452344   |       -1      |  append   | hdfs:/path/to/m1  |
|  2022-09-21 10:36:35   |  98865735822   |  64123452344  | overwrite | hdfs:/path/to/m2  |
|  2022-09-21 21:44:11   |  51232845315   |  98865735822  | overwrite | hdfs:/path/to/m3  |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+

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   |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+
|  2022-09-21 10:36:35   |  98865735822   |  64123452344  | overwrite | hdfs:/path/to/m2  |
+------------------------+----------------+---------------+-----------+-------------------+