Create materialized view

Create a materialized view.

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Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
)

// createMaterializedView demonstrates generated a materialized view based on an existing
// base table.
func createMaterializedView(projectID, datasetID, baseTableID, viewID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydatasetid"
	// baseTableID := "mytableid"
	// viewID := "myviewid"
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Get an appropriately escaped table identifier suitable for use in a standard SQL query.
	tableStr, err := client.Dataset(datasetID).Table(baseTableID).Identifier(bigquery.StandardSQLID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't construct identifier: %w", err)
	}

	metaData := &bigquery.TableMetadata{
		MaterializedView: &bigquery.MaterializedViewDefinition{
			Query: fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT MAX(TimestampField) AS TimestampField, StringField, 
					  MAX(BooleanField) AS BooleanField FROM %s GROUP BY StringField`, tableStr),
		}}

	viewRef := client.Dataset(datasetID).Table(viewID)
	if err := viewRef.Create(ctx, metaData); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.MaterializedViewDefinition;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableInfo;

// Sample to create materialized view
public class CreateMaterializedView {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
    String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
    String materializedViewName = "MY_MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME";
    String query =
        String.format(
            "SELECT MAX(TimestampField) AS TimestampField, StringField, "
                + "MAX(BooleanField) AS BooleanField "
                + "FROM %s.%s GROUP BY StringField",
            datasetName, tableName);
    createMaterializedView(datasetName, materializedViewName, query);
  }

  public static void createMaterializedView(
      String datasetName, String materializedViewName, String query) {
    try {
      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

      TableId tableId = TableId.of(datasetName, materializedViewName);

      MaterializedViewDefinition materializedViewDefinition =
          MaterializedViewDefinition.newBuilder(query).build();

      bigquery.create(TableInfo.of(tableId, materializedViewDefinition));
      System.out.println("Materialized view created successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Materialized view was not created. \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google.cloud import bigquery

bigquery_client = bigquery.Client()

view_id = "my-project.my_dataset.my_materialized_view"
base_table_id = "my-project.my_dataset.my_base_table"
view = bigquery.Table(view_id)
view.mview_query = f"""
SELECT product_id, SUM(clicks) AS sum_clicks
FROM  `{base_table_id}`
GROUP BY 1
"""

# Make an API request to create the materialized view.
view = bigquery_client.create_table(view)
print(f"Created {view.table_type}: {str(view.reference)}")

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