# CLI Specific Functions `datafusion-cli` comes with build-in functions that are not included in the DataFusion SQL engine by default. These functions are: ## `parquet_metadata` The `parquet_metadata` table function can be used to inspect detailed metadata about a parquet file such as statistics, sizes, and other information. This can be helpful to understand how parquet files are structured. For example, to see information about the `"WatchID"` column in the `hits.parquet` file, you can use: ```sql SELECT path_in_schema, row_group_id, row_group_num_rows, stats_min, stats_max, total_compressed_size FROM parquet_metadata('hits.parquet') WHERE path_in_schema = '"WatchID"' LIMIT 3; +----------------+--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+ | path_in_schema | row_group_id | row_group_num_rows | stats_min | stats_max | total_compressed_size | +----------------+--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+ | "WatchID" | 0 | 450560 | 4611687214012840539 | 9223369186199968220 | 3883759 | | "WatchID" | 1 | 612174 | 4611689135232456464 | 9223371478009085789 | 5176803 | | "WatchID" | 2 | 344064 | 4611692774829951781 | 9223363791697310021 | 3031680 | +----------------+--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+ 3 rows in set. Query took 0.053 seconds. ``` The returned table has the following columns for each row for each column chunk in the file. Please refer to the [Parquet Documentation] for more information in the meaning of these fields. [parquet documentation]: https://parquet.apache.org/ | column_name | data_type | Description | | ----------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | filename | Utf8 | Name of the file | | row_group_id | Int64 | Row group index the column chunk belongs to | | row_group_num_rows | Int64 | Count of rows stored in the row group | | row_group_num_columns | Int64 | Total number of columns in the row group (same for all row groups) | | row_group_bytes | Int64 | Number of bytes used to store the row group (not including metadata) | | column_id | Int64 | ID of the column | | file_offset | Int64 | Offset within the file that this column chunk's data begins | | num_values | Int64 | Total number of values in this column chunk | | path_in_schema | Utf8 | "Path" (column name) of the column chunk in the schema | | type | Utf8 | Parquet data type of the column chunk | | stats_min | Utf8 | The minimum value for this column chunk, if stored in the statistics, cast to a string | | stats_max | Utf8 | The maximum value for this column chunk, if stored in the statistics, cast to a string | | stats_null_count | Int64 | Number of null values in this column chunk, if stored in the statistics | | stats_distinct_count | Int64 | Number of distinct values in this column chunk, if stored in the statistics | | stats_min_value | Utf8 | Same as `stats_min` | | stats_max_value | Utf8 | Same as `stats_max` | | compression | Utf8 | Block level compression (e.g. `SNAPPY`) used for this column chunk | | encodings | Utf8 | All block level encodings (e.g. `[PLAIN_DICTIONARY, PLAIN, RLE]`) used for this column chunk | | index_page_offset | Int64 | Offset in the file of the [`page index`], if any | | dictionary_page_offset | Int64 | Offset in the file of the dictionary page, if any | | data_page_offset | Int64 | Offset in the file of the first data page, if any | | total_compressed_size | Int64 | Number of bytes the column chunk's data after encoding and compression (what is stored in the file) | | total_uncompressed_size | Int64 | Number of bytes the column chunk's data after encoding | [`page index`]: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/master/PageIndex.md ## `metadata_cache` The `metadata_cache` function shows information about the default File Metadata Cache that is used by the [`ListingTable`] implementation in DataFusion. This cache is used to speed up reading metadata from files when scanning directories with many files. For example, after creating a table with the [CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE](../sql/ddl.md#create-external-table) command: ```sql > create external table hits stored as parquet location 's3://clickhouse-public-datasets/hits_compatible/athena_partitioned/'; ``` You can inspect the metadata cache by querying the `metadata_cache` function: ```sql > select * from metadata_cache(); +----------------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+------+------------------+ | path | file_modified | file_size_bytes | e_tag | version | metadata_size_bytes | hits | extra | +----------------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+------+------------------+ | hits_compatible/athena_partitioned/hits_61.parquet | 2022-07-03T15:40:34 | 117270944 | "5db11cad1ca0d80d748fc92c914b010a-6" | NULL | 212949 | 0 | page_index=false | | hits_compatible/athena_partitioned/hits_32.parquet | 2022-07-03T15:37:17 | 94506004 | "2f7db49a9fe242179590b615b94a39d2-5" | NULL | 278157 | 0 | page_index=false | | hits_compatible/athena_partitioned/hits_40.parquet | 2022-07-03T15:38:07 | 142508647 | "9e5852b45a469d5a05bf270a286eab8a-8" | NULL | 212917 | 0 | page_index=false | | hits_compatible/athena_partitioned/hits_93.parquet | 2022-07-03T15:44:07 | 127987774 | "751100bf0dac7d489b9836abf3108b99-7" | NULL | 278318 | 0 | page_index=false | | . | +----------------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+------+------------------+ ``` Since `metadata_cache` is a normal table function, you can use it in most places you can use a table reference. For example, to get the total size consumed by the cached entries: ```sql > select sum(metadata_size_bytes) from metadata_cache(); +-------------------------------------------+ | sum(metadata_cache().metadata_size_bytes) | +-------------------------------------------+ | 22972345 | +-------------------------------------------+ ``` The columns of the returned table are: | column_name | data_type | Description | | ------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | path | Utf8 | File path relative to the object store / filesystem root | | file_modified | Timestamp | Last modified time of the file | | file_size_bytes | UInt64 | Size of the file in bytes | | e_tag | Utf8 | [Entity Tag] (ETag) of the file if available | | version | Utf8 | Version of the file if available (for object stores that support versioning) | | metadata_size_bytes | UInt64 | Size of the cached metadata in memory (not its thrift encoded form) | | hits | UInt64 | Number of times the cached metadata has been accessed | | extra | Utf8 | Extra information about the cached metadata (e.g., if page index information is included) | [`listingtable`]: https://docs.rs/datafusion/latest/datafusion/datasource/listing/struct.ListingTable.html [entity tag]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/ETag