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.move extents

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This command runs in the context of a specific database. It moves the specified extents from the source table to the destination table.

Note

  • For more information on extents, see Extents (data shards) overview.
  • A .move command either completes or fails for all source extents. There are no partial outcomes.

Permissions

You must have at least Table Admin permissions for the source and destination tables.

Restrictions

  • Both source and destination tables must be in the context database.
  • All columns in the source table are expected to exist in the destination table with the same name and data type.

Syntax

.move [async] extents all from table sourceTableName to table destinationTableName [ with (propertyName = propertyValue [, ...])]

.move [async] extents from table sourceTableName to table destinationTableName [ with (propertyName = propertyValue [, ...])] ( GUID1 [, GUID2 ...] )

.move [async] extents to table destinationTableName [ with (propertyName = propertyValue [,...])] <| query

async (optional). Execute the command asynchronously.

  • An Operation ID (Guid) is returned.
  • The operation's status can be monitored. Use the .show operations command.
  • The results of a successful execution can be retrieved. Use the .show operation details command.

There are three ways to specify which extents to move:

  • Move all extents of a specific table.
  • Specify explicitly the extent IDs in the source table.
  • Provide a query whose results specify the extent IDs in the source tables.

Properties

The following properties are supported. All properties are optional.

Property name Type Description
setNewIngestionTime bool If set to true, a new ingestion time will be assigned to all records in extents being moved. This is useful when records should be processed by workloads that depend on database cursors, such as materialized views and continuous data export .

Specify extents with a query

.move extents to table TableName <| ...query...

The extents are specified using a Kusto query that returns a recordset with a column called ExtentId.

Return output (for sync execution)

Output parameter Type Description
OriginalExtentId string A unique identifier (GUID) for the original extent in the source table, which has been moved to the destination table.
ResultExtentId string A unique identifier (GUID) for the result extent that has been moved from the source table to the destination table. Upon failure - "Failed".
Details string Includes the failure details, in case the operation fails.

Examples

Move all extents

Move all extents in table MyTable to table MyOtherTable:

.move extents all from table MyTable to table MyOtherTable

Move two specific extents

Move two specific extents (by their extent IDs) from table MyTable to table MyOtherTable:

.move extents from table MyTable to table MyOtherTable (AE6CD250-BE62-4978-90F2-5CB7A10D16D7,399F9254-4751-49E3-8192-C1CA78020706)

Move all extents from specific tables

Move all extents from specific tables (MyTable1, MyTable2) to table MyOtherTable:

.move extents to table MyOtherTable <| .show tables (MyTable1,MyTable2) extents

Move all extents with set new ingestion time

.move extents all from table MyTable to table MyOtherTable with (setNewIngestionTime=true)

Sample output

OriginalExtentId ResultExtentId Details
e133f050-a1e2-4dad-8552-1f5cf47cab69 0d96ab2d-9dd2-4d2c-a45e-b24c65aa6687
cdbeb35b-87ea-499f-b545-defbae091b57 a90a303c-8a14-4207-8f35-d8ea94ca45be
4fcb4598-9a31-4614-903c-0c67c286da8c 97aafea1-59ff-4312-b06b-08f42187872f
2dfdef64-62a3-4950-a130-96b5b1083b5a 0fb7f3da-5e28-4f09-a000-e62eb41592df