Table optimizer API - AWS Glue

Table optimizer API

The table optimizer API describes the AWS Glue API for enabling compaction to improve read performance.

Data types

TableOptimizer structure

Contains details about an optimizer associated with a table.

Fields
  • type – UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer. The valid values are:

    • compaction: for managing compaction with a table optimizer.

    • retention: for managing the retention of snapshot with a table optimizer.

    • orphan_file_deletion: for managing the deletion of orphan files with a table optimizer.

  • configuration – A TableOptimizerConfiguration object.

    A TableOptimizerConfiguration object that was specified when creating or updating a table optimizer.

  • lastRun – A TableOptimizerRun object.

    A TableOptimizerRun object representing the last run of the table optimizer.

TableOptimizerConfiguration structure

Contains details on the configuration of a table optimizer. You pass this configuration when creating or updating a table optimizer.

Fields
  • roleArn – UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 512 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    A role passed by the caller which gives the service permission to update the resources associated with the optimizer on the caller's behalf.

  • enabled – Boolean.

    Whether table optimization is enabled.

  • retentionConfiguration – A RetentionConfiguration object.

    The configuration for a snapshot retention optimizer.

  • orphanFileDeletionConfiguration – An OrphanFileDeletionConfiguration object.

    The configuration for an orphan file deletion optimizer.

TableOptimizerRun structure

Contains details for a table optimizer run.

Fields
  • eventType – UTF-8 string (valid values: starting="STARTING" | completed="COMPLETED" | failed="FAILED" | in_progress="IN_PROGRESS").

    An event type representing the status of the table optimizer run.

  • startTimestamp – Timestamp.

    Represents the epoch timestamp at which the compaction job was started within Lake Formation.

  • endTimestamp – Timestamp.

    Represents the epoch timestamp at which the compaction job ended.

  • metrics – A RunMetrics object.

    A RunMetrics object containing metrics for the optimizer run.

    This member is deprecated. See the individual metric members for compaction, retention, and orphan file deletion.

  • error – UTF-8 string.

    An error that occured during the optimizer run.

  • compactionMetrics – A CompactionMetrics object.

    A CompactionMetrics object containing metrics for the optimizer run.

  • retentionMetrics – A RetentionMetrics object.

    A RetentionMetrics object containing metrics for the optimizer run.

  • orphanFileDeletionMetrics – An OrphanFileDeletionMetrics object.

    An OrphanFileDeletionMetrics object containing metrics for the optimizer run.

BatchGetTableOptimizerEntry structure

Represents a table optimizer to retrieve in the BatchGetTableOptimizer operation.

Fields
  • catalogId – Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • databaseName – UTF-8 string, at least 1 byte long.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • tableName – UTF-8 string, at least 1 byte long.

    The name of the table.

  • type – UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer.

BatchTableOptimizer structure

Contains details for one of the table optimizers returned by the BatchGetTableOptimizer operation.

Fields
  • catalogId – Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • databaseName – UTF-8 string, at least 1 byte long.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • tableName – UTF-8 string, at least 1 byte long.

    The name of the table.

  • tableOptimizer – A TableOptimizer object.

    A TableOptimizer object that contains details on the configuration and last run of a table optimizer.

BatchGetTableOptimizerError structure

Contains details on one of the errors in the error list returned by the BatchGetTableOptimizer operation.

Fields
  • error – An ErrorDetail object.

    An ErrorDetail object containing code and message details about the error.

  • catalogId – Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • databaseName – UTF-8 string, at least 1 byte long.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • tableName – UTF-8 string, at least 1 byte long.

    The name of the table.

  • type – UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer.

RetentionConfiguration structure

The configuration for a snapshot retention optimizer.

Fields

IcebergRetentionConfiguration structure

The configuration for an Iceberg snapshot retention optimizer.

Fields
  • snapshotRetentionPeriodInDays – Number (integer).

    The number of days to retain the Iceberg snapshots. If an input is not provided, the corresponding Iceberg table configuration field will be used or if not present, the default value 5 will be used.

  • numberOfSnapshotsToRetain – Number (integer).

    The number of Iceberg snapshots to retain within the retention period. If an input is not provided, the corresponding Iceberg table configuration field will be used or if not present, the default value 1 will be used.

  • cleanExpiredFiles – Boolean.

    If set to false, snapshots are only deleted from table metadata, and the underlying data and metadata files are not deleted.

OrphanFileDeletionConfiguration structure

The configuration for an orphan file deletion optimizer.

Fields

IcebergOrphanFileDeletionConfiguration structure

The configuration for an Iceberg orphan file deletion optimizer.

Fields
  • orphanFileRetentionPeriodInDays – Number (integer).

    The number of days that orphan files should be retained before file deletion. If an input is not provided, the default value 3 will be used.

  • location – UTF-8 string.

    Specifies a directory in which to look for files (defaults to the table's location). You may choose a sub-directory rather than the top-level table location.

CompactionMetrics structure

A structure that contains compaction metrics for the optimizer run.

Fields
  • IcebergMetrics – An IcebergCompactionMetrics object.

    A structure containing the Iceberg compaction metrics for the optimizer run.

RetentionMetrics structure

A structure that contains retention metrics for the optimizer run.

Fields
  • IcebergMetrics – An IcebergRetentionMetrics object.

    A structure containing the Iceberg retention metrics for the optimizer run.

OrphanFileDeletionMetrics structure

A structure that contains orphan file deletion metrics for the optimizer run.

Fields

IcebergCompactionMetrics structure

Compaction metrics for Iceberg for the optimizer run.

Fields
  • NumberOfDpus – Number (Integer).

    The number of DPU hours consumed by the job.

  • JobDurationInHour – Number (double).

    The duration of the job in hours.

IcebergRetentionMetrics structure

Snapshot retention metrics for Iceberg for the optimizer run.

Fields
  • NumberOfDpus – Number (Integer).

    The number of DPU hours consumed by the job.

  • JobDurationInHour – Number (double).

    The duration of the job in hours.

IcebergOrphanFileDeletionMetrics structure

Orphan file deletion metrics for Iceberg for the optimizer run.

Fields
  • NumberOfDpus – Number (Integer).

    The number of DPU hours consumed by the job.

  • JobDurationInHour – Number (double).

    The duration of the job in hours.

RunMetrics structure

Metrics for the optimizer run.

This structure is deprecated. See the individual metric members for compaction, retention, and orphan file deletion.

Fields
  • NumberOfBytesCompacted – UTF-8 string.

    The number of bytes removed by the compaction job run.

  • NumberOfFilesCompacted – UTF-8 string.

    The number of files removed by the compaction job run.

  • NumberOfDpus – UTF-8 string.

    The number of DPU hours consumed by the job.

  • JobDurationInHour – UTF-8 string.

    The duration of the job in hours.

Operations

GetTableOptimizer action (Python: get_table_optimizer)

Returns the configuration of all optimizers associated with a specified table.

Request
  • CatalogIdRequired: Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • TypeRequired: UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer.

Response
  • CatalogId – Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseName – UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableName – UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • TableOptimizer – A TableOptimizer object.

    The optimizer associated with the specified table.

Errors
  • EntityNotFoundException

  • InvalidInputException

  • AccessDeniedException

  • InternalServiceException

  • ThrottlingException

BatchGetTableOptimizer action (Python: batch_get_table_optimizer)

Returns the configuration for the specified table optimizers.

Request
  • EntriesRequired: An array of BatchGetTableOptimizerEntry objects.

    A list of BatchGetTableOptimizerEntry objects specifying the table optimizers to retrieve.

Response
Errors
  • EntityNotFoundException

  • InvalidInputException

  • AccessDeniedException

  • InternalServiceException

  • ThrottlingException

ListTableOptimizerRuns action (Python: list_table_optimizer_runs)

Lists the history of previous optimizer runs for a specific table.

Request
  • CatalogIdRequired: Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • TypeRequired: UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer. Currently, the only valid value is compaction.

  • MaxResults – Number (integer).

    The maximum number of optimizer runs to return on each call.

  • NextToken – UTF-8 string.

    A continuation token, if this is a continuation call.

Response
  • CatalogId – Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseName – UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableName – UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • NextToken – UTF-8 string.

    A continuation token for paginating the returned list of optimizer runs, returned if the current segment of the list is not the last.

  • TableOptimizerRuns – An array of TableOptimizerRun objects.

    A list of the optimizer runs associated with a table.

Errors
  • EntityNotFoundException

  • AccessDeniedException

  • InvalidInputException

  • ValidationException

  • InternalServiceException

  • ThrottlingException

CreateTableOptimizer action (Python: create_table_optimizer)

Creates a new table optimizer for a specific function. compaction is the only currently supported optimizer type.

Request
  • CatalogIdRequired: Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • TypeRequired: UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer. Currently, the only valid value is compaction.

  • TableOptimizerConfigurationRequired: A TableOptimizerConfiguration object.

    A TableOptimizerConfiguration object representing the configuration of a table optimizer.

Response
  • No Response parameters.

Errors
  • EntityNotFoundException

  • ValidationException

  • InvalidInputException

  • AccessDeniedException

  • AlreadyExistsException

  • InternalServiceException

  • ThrottlingException

DeleteTableOptimizer action (Python: delete_table_optimizer)

Deletes an optimizer and all associated metadata for a table. The optimization will no longer be performed on the table.

Request
  • CatalogIdRequired: Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • TypeRequired: UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer.

Response
  • No Response parameters.

Errors
  • EntityNotFoundException

  • InvalidInputException

  • AccessDeniedException

  • InternalServiceException

  • ThrottlingException

UpdateTableOptimizer action (Python: update_table_optimizer)

Updates the configuration for an existing table optimizer.

Request
  • CatalogIdRequired: Catalog id string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The Catalog ID of the table.

  • DatabaseNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the database in the catalog in which the table resides.

  • TableNameRequired: UTF-8 string, not less than 1 or more than 255 bytes long, matching the Single-line string pattern.

    The name of the table.

  • TypeRequired: UTF-8 string (valid values: compaction="COMPACTION" | retention="RETENTION" | orphan_file_deletion="ORPHAN_FILE_DELETION").

    The type of table optimizer. Currently, the only valid value is compaction.

  • TableOptimizerConfigurationRequired: A TableOptimizerConfiguration object.

    A TableOptimizerConfiguration object representing the configuration of a table optimizer.

Response
  • No Response parameters.

Errors
  • EntityNotFoundException

  • InvalidInputException

  • AccessDeniedException

  • ValidationException

  • InternalServiceException

  • ThrottlingException

  • ConcurrentModificationException