add_policies()
Add refresh, compression, and data retention policies to a continuous aggregate in one step. The added compression and retention policies apply to the continuous aggregate, not to the original hypertable.
timescaledb_experimental.add_policies(
relation REGCLASS,
if_not_exists BOOL = false,
refresh_start_offset "any" = NULL,
refresh_end_offset "any" = NULL,
compress_after "any" = NULL,
drop_after "any" = NULL
) RETURNS BOOL
warning
Experimental features could have bugs. They might not be backwards compatible, and could be removed in future releases. Use these features at your own risk, and do not use any experimental features in production.
Required arguments
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
relation | REGCLASS | The continuous aggregate that the policies should be applied to |
Optional arguments
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
if_not_exists | BOOL | When true, prints a warning instead of erroring if the continuous aggregate doesn’t exist. Defaults to false. |
refresh_start_offset | INTERVAL or INTEGER | The start of the continuous aggregate refresh window, expressed as an offset from the policy run time. |
refresh_end_offset | INTERVAL or INTEGER | The end of the continuous aggregate refresh window, expressed as an offset from the policy run time. Must be greater than refresh_start_offset . |
compress_after | INTERVAL or INTEGER | Continuous aggregate chunks are compressed if they exclusively contain data older than this interval. |
drop_after | INTERVAL or INTEGER | Continuous aggregate chunks are dropped if they exclusively contain data older than this interval. |
For arguments that could be either an INTERVAL
or an INTEGER
, use an INTERVAL
if your time bucket is based on timestamps. Use an INTEGER
if your time bucket is based on integers.
Returns
Returns true if successful.
Sample usage
Given a continuous aggregate named example_continuous_aggregate
, add three policies to it:
- Regularly refresh the continuous aggregate to materialize data between 1 day and 2 days old.
- Compress data in the continuous aggregate after 20 days.
Drop data in the continuous aggregate after 1 year.
```
SELECT timescaledb_experimental.add_policies(
'example_continuous_aggregate',
refresh_start_offset => '1 day'::interval,
refresh_end_offset => '2 day'::interval,
compress_after => '20 days'::interval,
drop_after => '1 year'::interval
); ```