Disable range tracking for a specific column in a compressed hypertable.

NameTypeDescription
hypertableREGCLASSHypertable that the column belongs to
column_nameTEXTColumn to disable tracking range statistics for
NameTypeDescription
if_not_existsBOOLEANSet to true so that a notice is sent when ranges are not being tracked for a column. By default, an error is thrown
ColumnTypeDescription
hypertable_idINTEGERID of the hypertable in TimescaleDB.
column_nameTEXTName of the column range tracking is disabled for
disabledBOOLEANReturns true when tracking is disabled. false when if_not_exists is true and the entry was
not removed
Note

To disable_chunk_skipping(), you must have first called enablechunkskippingenablechunkskipping and enabled range tracking on a column in the hypertable.

In this sample, you convert the conditions table to a hypertable with partitioning on the time column. You then specify and enable additional columns to track ranges for. You then disable range tracking:

SELECT create_hypertable('conditions', 'time');
SELECT enable_chunk_skipping('conditions', 'device_id');
SELECT disable_chunk_skipping('conditions', 'device_id');
Note

Best practice is to enable range tracking on columns which are correlated to the partitioning column. In other words, enable tracking on secondary columns that are referenced in the WHERE clauses in your queries. Use this API to disable range tracking on columns when the query patterns don't use this secondary column anymore.

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