.alter-merge materialized-view policy merge command

Applies to: ✅ Azure Data Explorer

Changes the materialized view's merge policy. The merge policy defines if and how Extents (Data Shards) should get merged.

Permissions

You must have at least Database Admin permissions to run this command.

Syntax

.alter-merge materialized-view MaterializedViewName policy merge PolicyObject

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Parameters

Name Type Required Description
MaterializedViewName string ✔️ The name of the materialized view.
PolicyObject string ✔️ A serialized array of one or more JSON policy objects. For more information, see merge policy.

Example

Change a single property of the policy at the materialized view level, retaining all other properties as before:

.alter-merge materialized-view [materialized_view_name] policy merge ```
{
    "MaxRangeInHours": 24
}```