Configuration

View properties

Iceberg views support properties to configure view behavior. Below is an overview of currently available view properties.

Property Default Description
write.metadata.compression-codec gzip Metadata compression codec: none or gzip
write.metadata.path view location + /metadata Base location for metadata files
version.history.num-entries 10 Controls the number of versions to retain
replace.drop-dialect.allowed false Controls whether a SQL dialect is allowed to be dropped during a replace operation

View behavior properties

Property Default Description
commit.retry.num-retries 4 Number of times to retry a commit before failing
commit.retry.min-wait-ms 100 Minimum time in milliseconds to wait before retrying a commit
commit.retry.max-wait-ms 60000 (1 min) Maximum time in milliseconds to wait before retrying a commit
commit.retry.total-timeout-ms 1800000 (30 min) Total retry timeout period in milliseconds for a commit