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Information Schema , Table Functions

MATERIALIZED_VIEW_REFRESH_HISTORY

This table function is used for querying the materialized views refresh history for a specified materialized view within a specified date range. The information returned by the function includes the view name and credits consumed each time a materialized view is refreshed.

Syntax

MATERIALIZED_VIEW_REFRESH_HISTORY(
      [ DATE_RANGE_START => <constant_expr> ]
      [ , DATE_RANGE_END => <constant_expr> ]
      [ , MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME => '<string>' ] )
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Arguments

All the arguments are optional.

DATE_RANGE_START => constant_expr , . DATE_RANGE_END => constant_expr

The date/time range to display the materialized view maintenance history. For example, if you specify that the start date is 2019-04-03 and the end date is 2019-04-05, then you get data for April 3, April 4, and April 5. (The endpoints are included.)

  • If neither a start date nor an end date is specified, the default will be the last 12 hours.

  • If an end date is not specified, but a start date is specified, then CURRENT_DATE at midnight is used as the end of the range.

  • If a start date is not specified, but an end date is specified, then the range starts 12 hours prior to the start of DATE_RANGE_END.

MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME => string

Materialized view name. If specified, only shows the history for the specified materialized view. The name can include the schema name and the database name.

If a name is not specified, then the results includes the data for each materialized view maintained within the specified time range.

Usage Notes

  • Returns results only for the ACCOUNTADMIN role or any role that has been explicitly granted the MONITOR USAGE global privilege.

    Note

    A role with the MONITOR USAGE privilege can view per-object credit usage, but not object names. The role must also be granted SELECT on an object in order for its name to be returned by this function. If the role does not have sufficient privileges to see the object name, the object name might be displayed with a substitute name such as “unknown_#”, where “#” represents one or more digits.

  • When calling an Information Schema table function, the session must have an INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema in use or the function name must be fully-qualified. For more details, see Snowflake Information Schema.

  • The history is displayed in increments of 1 hour.

Output

The function returns the following columns:

Column Name

Data Type

Description

START_TIME

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Start of the specified time range.

END_TIME

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

End of the specified time range.

CREDITS_USED

TEXT

Number of credits billed for materialized view maintenance during the START_TIME and END_TIME window.

MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME

TEXT

Name of the materialized view.

Examples

Retrieve the refresh history for a one-hour range for your account:

select *
  from table(information_schema.materialized_view_refresh_history(
    date_range_start=>'2019-05-22 19:00:00.000',
    date_range_end=>'2019-05-22 20:00:00.000'));
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Here is sample output:

+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------+
| START_TIME                    | END_TIME                      | CREDITS_USED | MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME                  |
|-------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------|
| 2019-05-22 19:00:00.000 -0700 | 2019-05-22 20:00:00.000 -0700 |  0.223276651 | TEST_DB.TEST_SCHEMA.MATERIALIZED_VIEW_1 |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------+
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Retrieve the history for the last 12 hours for your account:

select *
  from table(information_schema.materialized_view_refresh_history(
    date_range_start=>dateadd(H, -12, current_timestamp)));
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Retrieve the history for the past week for your account:

select *
  from table(information_schema.materialized_view_refresh_history(
    date_range_start=>dateadd(D, -7, current_date),
    date_range_end=>current_date));
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Retrieve the maintenance history for the past week for a specified materialized view in your account:

select *
  from table(information_schema.materialized_view_refresh_history(
    date_range_start=>dateadd(D, -7, current_date),
    date_range_end=>current_date,
    materialized_view_name=>'mydb.myschema.my_materialized_view'));
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