Modifying the Lifecycle of a Table

Function

This section describes how to modify the lifecycle of an existing partitioned or non-partitioned table.

When the lifecycle function is enabled for the first time, the system scans tables or partitions, scans table data files in the path, and updates LAST_ACCESS_TIME of tables or partitions. The time required depends on the number of partitions and files.

Constraints and Limitations

• The table lifecycle function currently only supports creating tables and versioning tables using Hive and Datasource syntax.
• The unit of the lifecycle is in days. The value should be a positive integer.
• The lifecycle can be set only at the table level. The lifecycle specified for a partitioned table applies to all partitions of the table.

Syntax

ALTER TABLE table_name
SET TBLPROPERTIES("dli.lifecycle.days"='N')

Keywords

TBLPROPERTIES: Table properties, which can be used to extend the lifecycle of a table.

Parameters

Example

• Example 1: Enable the lifecycle function for the test_lifecycle_exists table and set the lifecycle to 50 days.

  alter table test_lifecycle_exists
  SET TBLPROPERTIES("dli.lifecycle.days"='50');

• Example 2: Enable the lifecycle function for an existing partitioned or non-partitioned table for which lifecycle is not set, for example, for the test_lifecycle_exists table, and set the lifecycle to 50 days.

  alter table test_lifecycle_exists
  SET TBLPROPERTIES(
      "dli.lifecycle.days"='50',
      "dli.table.lifecycle.status"='enable'
  );