Create Union

Merges data from one or more tables with comparable data types into a new table.

The following merges are supported:

UNION (DISTINCT/ALL) - For data set union details and examples, see Union. For limitations, see Union Limitations and Cautions.

INTERSECT (DISTINCT/ALL) - For data set intersection details and examples, see Intersect. For limitations, see Intersect Limitations.

EXCEPT (DISTINCT/ALL) - For data set subtraction details and examples, see Except. For limitations, see Except Limitations.

MERGE VIEWS - For a given set of filtered views on a single table, creates a single filtered view containing all of the unique records across all of the given filtered data sets.

Non-charN 'string' and 'bytes' column types cannot be merged, nor can columns marked as store-only.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
table_name	string	Name of the table to be created. Has the same naming restrictions as tables.
table_names	array of strings	The list of table names to merge. Must contain the names of one or more existing tables.
input_column_names	array of arrays of strings	The list of columns from each of the corresponding input tables.
output_column_names	array of strings	The list of names of the columns to be stored in the output table.
options	map of string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description collection_name Name of a collection which is to contain the output table. If the collection provided is non-existent, the collection will be automatically created. If empty, the output table will be a top-level table. The default value is ''. materialize_on_gpu No longer used. See Resource Management Concepts for information about how resources are managed, Tier Strategy Concepts for how resources are targeted for VRAM, and Tier Strategy Usage for how to specify a table's priority in VRAM. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false mode If merge_views, then this operation will merge the provided views. All input parameter table_names must be views from the same underlying base table. The default value is union_all. Supported Values Description union_all Retains all rows from the specified tables. union Retains all unique rows from the specified tables (synonym for union_distinct). union_distinct Retains all unique rows from the specified tables. except Retains all unique rows from the first table that do not appear in the second table (only works on 2 tables). except_all Retains all rows(including duplicates) from the first table that do not appear in the second table (only works on 2 tables). intersect Retains all unique rows that appear in both of the specified tables (only works on 2 tables). intersect_all Retains all rows(including duplicates) that appear in both of the specified tables (only works on 2 tables). merge_views Merge two or more views (or views of views) of the same base data set into a new view. If this mode is selected input parameter input_column_names AND input parameter output_column_names must be empty. The resulting view would match the results of a SQL OR operation, e.g., if filter 1 creates a view using the expression 'x = 20' and filter 2 creates a view using the expression 'x <= 10', then the merge views operation creates a new view using the expression 'x = 20 OR x <= 10'. chunk_size Indicates the number of records per chunk to be used for this output table. create_indexes Comma-separated list of columns on which to create indexes on the output table. The columns specified must be present in input parameter output_column_names. ttl Sets the TTL of the output table specified in input parameter table_name. persist If true, then the output table specified in input parameter table_name will be persisted and will not expire unless a ttl is specified. If false, then the output table will be an in-memory table and will expire unless a ttl is specified otherwise. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false view_id ID of view of which this output table is a member. The default value is ''. force_replicated If true, then the output table specified in input parameter table_name will be replicated even if the source tables are not. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false

Output Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
table_name	string	Value of input parameter table_name.
info	map of string to strings	Additional information. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Possible Parameters (keys) Parameter Description count Number of records in the final table