CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (Continuous Aggregate)

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The CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW statement is used to create continuous aggregates. To learn more, see the continuous aggregate how-to guides.

The syntax is:


CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW <view_name> [ ( column_name [, ...] ) ]
  WITH ( timescaledb.continuous [, timescaledb.<option> = <value> ] )
  AS
    <select_query>
  [WITH [NO] DATA]

<select_query> is of the form:


SELECT <grouping_exprs>, <aggregate_functions>
    FROM <hypertable or another continuous aggregate>
[WHERE ... ]
GROUP BY time_bucket( <const_value>, <partition_col_of_hypertable> ),
         [ optional grouping exprs>]
[HAVING ...]

The continuous aggregate view defaults to WITH DATA. This means that when the view is created, it refreshes using all the current data in the underlying hypertable or continuous aggregate. This occurs once when the view is created. If you want the view to be refreshed regularly, you can use a refresh policy. If you do not want the view to update when it is first created, use the WITH NO DATA parameter. For more information, see refresh_continuous_aggregate.

Continuous aggregates have some limitations of what types of queries they can support. For more information, see the continuous aggregates section.

The settings for continuous aggregates are in the informational views.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`<view_name>`	TEXT	Name (optionally schema-qualified) of continuous aggregate view to create
`<column_name>`	TEXT	Optional list of names to be used for columns of the view. If not given, the column names are calculated from the query
`WITH` clause	TEXT	Specifies options for the continuous aggregate view
`<select_query>`	TEXT	A `SELECT` query that uses the specified syntax

Required WITH clause options:

Name	Type	Description
`timescaledb.continuous`	BOOLEAN	If `timescaledb.continuous` is not specified, this is a regular PostgresSQL materialized view

Optional WITH clause options:

Name	Type	Description	Default value
`timescaledb.materialized_only`	BOOLEAN	Return only materialized data when querying the continuous aggregate view	`FALSE`
`timescaledb.create_group_indexes`	BOOLEAN	Create indexes on the continuous aggregate for columns in its `GROUP BY` clause. Indexes are in the form `(<GROUP_BY_COLUMN>, time_bucket)`	`TRUE`
`timescaledb.finalized`	BOOLEAN	In TimescaleDB 2.7 and above, use the new version of continuous aggregates, which stores finalized results for aggregate functions. Supports all aggregate functions, including ones that use `FILTER`, `ORDER BY`, and `DISTINCT` clauses.	`TRUE`

For more information, see the real-time aggregates section.

Sample usage

Create a daily continuous aggregate view:


CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW continuous_aggregate_daily( timec, minl, sumt, sumh )
WITH (timescaledb.continuous) AS
  SELECT time_bucket('1day', timec), min(location), sum(temperature), sum(humidity)
    FROM conditions
    GROUP BY time_bucket('1day', timec)

Add a thirty day continuous aggregate on top of the same raw hypertable:


CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW continuous_aggregate_thirty_day( timec, minl, sumt, sumh )
WITH (timescaledb.continuous) AS
  SELECT time_bucket('30day', timec), min(location), sum(temperature), sum(humidity)
    FROM conditions
    GROUP BY time_bucket('30day', timec);

Add an hourly continuous aggregate on top of the same raw hypertable:


CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW continuous_aggregate_hourly( timec, minl, sumt, sumh )
WITH (timescaledb.continuous) AS
  SELECT time_bucket('1h', timec), min(location), sum(temperature), sum(humidity)
    FROM conditions
    GROUP BY time_bucket('1h', timec);

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (Continuous Aggregate)

Parameters

Sample usage

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