diff --git a/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/BigQueryClient.java b/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/BigQueryClient.java
index a68e0d7dd..3f065adcc 100644
--- a/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/BigQueryClient.java
+++ b/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/BigQueryClient.java
@@ -600,14 +600,18 @@ public static String fullTableName(TableId tableId) {
     }
   }
 
-  public long calculateTableSize(TableId tableId, Optional<String> filter) {
-    return calculateTableSize(getTable(tableId), filter);
+  public long calculateTableSize(
+      TableId tableId, Optional<String> filter, OptionalLong snapshotTimeMillis) {
+    return calculateTableSize(getTable(tableId), filter, snapshotTimeMillis);
   }
 
-  public long calculateTableSize(TableInfo tableInfo, Optional<String> filter) {
+  public long calculateTableSize(
+      TableInfo tableInfo, Optional<String> filter, OptionalLong snapshotTimeMillis) {
     TableDefinition.Type type = tableInfo.getDefinition().getType();
+
     if ((type == TableDefinition.Type.EXTERNAL || type == TableDefinition.Type.TABLE)
-        && !filter.isPresent()) {
+        && !filter.isPresent()
+        && !snapshotTimeMillis.isPresent()) {
       if (isBigQueryNativeTable(tableInfo)
           && tableInfo.getRequirePartitionFilter() != null
           && tableInfo.getRequirePartitionFilter()) {
@@ -628,11 +632,17 @@ public long calculateTableSize(TableInfo tableInfo, Optional<String> filter) {
     } else if (type == TableDefinition.Type.VIEW
         || type == TableDefinition.Type.MATERIALIZED_VIEW
         || ((type == TableDefinition.Type.TABLE || type == TableDefinition.Type.EXTERNAL)
-            && filter.isPresent())) {
+            && (filter.isPresent() || snapshotTimeMillis.isPresent()))) {
       // run a query
       String table = fullTableName(tableInfo.getTableId());
+      String timeTravelClause =
+          snapshotTimeMillis.isPresent()
+              ? String.format(
+                  "FOR SYSTEM TIME AS OF TIMESTAMP_MILLIS(%d)", snapshotTimeMillis.getAsLong())
+              : "";
       String whereClause = filter.map(f -> "WHERE " + f).orElse("");
-      return getNumberOfRows(String.format("SELECT COUNT(*) from `%s` %s", table, whereClause));
+      return getNumberOfRows(
+          String.format("SELECT COUNT(*) from `%s` %s %s", table, timeTravelClause, whereClause));
     } else {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
           String.format(
diff --git a/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/ReadSessionCreator.java b/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/ReadSessionCreator.java
index 3edf29349..e98de9389 100644
--- a/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/ReadSessionCreator.java
+++ b/bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/connector/common/ReadSessionCreator.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -98,14 +99,16 @@ public ReadSessionResponse create(
     log.info(
         "|creation a read session for table {}, parameters: "
             + "|selectedFields=[{}],"
-            + "|filter=[{}]"
-            + "|snapshotTimeMillis[{}]",
+            + "|filter=[{}],"
+            + "|snapshotTimeMillis[{}],"
+            + "|view=[{}]",
         actualTable.getFriendlyName(),
         String.join(",", selectedFields),
         filter.orElse("None"),
         config.getSnapshotTimeMillis().isPresent()
             ? String.valueOf(config.getSnapshotTimeMillis().getAsLong())
-            : "None");
+            : "None",
+        isInputTableAView(tableDetails));
 
     String tablePath = toTablePath(actualTable.getTableId());
     CreateReadSessionRequest request =
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@ TableInfo getActualTable(
       // get it from the view
       String querySql =
           bigQueryClient.createSql(
-              table.getTableId(), requiredColumns, filters, config.getSnapshotTimeMillis());
+              table.getTableId(), requiredColumns, filters, OptionalLong.empty());
       log.debug("querySql is {}", querySql);
       return bigQueryClient.materializeViewToTable(
           querySql, table.getTableId(), config.getMaterializationExpirationTimeInMinutes());
diff --git a/spark-bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/direct/DirectBigQueryRelation.java b/spark-bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/direct/DirectBigQueryRelation.java
index 7636129d6..9a4fe7b3a 100644
--- a/spark-bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/direct/DirectBigQueryRelation.java
+++ b/spark-bigquery-connector-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/direct/DirectBigQueryRelation.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalLong;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
@@ -130,7 +131,11 @@ public RDD<Row> buildScan(String[] requiredColumns, Filter[] filters) {
               BigQueryUtil.emptyIfNeeded(compiledFilter));
       return (RDD<Row>)
           generateEmptyRowRDD(
-              actualTable, readSessionCreator.isInputTableAView(table) ? "" : compiledFilter);
+              actualTable,
+              readSessionCreator.isInputTableAView(table) ? "" : compiledFilter,
+              readSessionCreator.isInputTableAView(table)
+                  ? OptionalLong.empty()
+                  : options.getSnapshotTimeMillis());
     } else if (requiredColumns.length == 0) {
       log.debug("Not using optimized empty projection");
     }
@@ -182,11 +187,13 @@ String getCompiledFilter(Filter[] filters) {
     }
   }
 
-  private RDD<?> generateEmptyRowRDD(TableInfo tableInfo, String filter) {
+  private RDD<?> generateEmptyRowRDD(
+      TableInfo tableInfo, String filter, OptionalLong snapshotTimeMillis) {
     emptyRowRDDsCreated += 1;
     Optional<String> optionalFilter =
         (filter.length() == 0) ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(filter);
-    long numberOfRows = bigQueryClient.calculateTableSize(tableInfo, optionalFilter);
+    long numberOfRows =
+        bigQueryClient.calculateTableSize(tableInfo, optionalFilter, snapshotTimeMillis);
 
     Function1<Object, InternalRow> objectToInternalRowConverter =
         new ObjectToInternalRowConverter();
diff --git a/spark-bigquery-dsv2/spark-bigquery-dsv2-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/v2/context/BigQueryDataSourceReaderContext.java b/spark-bigquery-dsv2/spark-bigquery-dsv2-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/v2/context/BigQueryDataSourceReaderContext.java
index d35a34841..8c9803024 100644
--- a/spark-bigquery-dsv2/spark-bigquery-dsv2-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/v2/context/BigQueryDataSourceReaderContext.java
+++ b/spark-bigquery-dsv2/spark-bigquery-dsv2-common/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/v2/context/BigQueryDataSourceReaderContext.java
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ private ReadSessionResponse createReadSession() {
 
   Stream<InputPartitionContext<InternalRow>> createEmptyProjectionPartitions() {
     Optional<String> filter = getCombinedFilter();
-    long rowCount = bigQueryClient.calculateTableSize(tableId, filter);
+    long rowCount =
+        bigQueryClient.calculateTableSize(
+            tableId, filter, readSessionCreatorConfig.getSnapshotTimeMillis());
     logger.info("Used optimized BQ count(*) path. Count: " + rowCount);
     int partitionsCount = readSessionCreatorConfig.getDefaultParallelism();
     int partitionSize = (int) (rowCount / partitionsCount);