UpdateViewQuery.java

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package com.example.bigquery;

// [START bigquery_update_view_query]
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableInfo;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.ViewDefinition;

// Sample to update query on a view
public class UpdateViewQuery {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
    String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
    String viewName = "MY_VIEW_NAME";
    String updateQuery =
        String.format("SELECT TimestampField, StringField FROM %s.%s", datasetName, tableName);
    updateViewQuery(datasetName, viewName, updateQuery);
  }

  public static void updateViewQuery(String datasetName, String viewName, String query) {
    try {
      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

      // Retrieve existing view metadata
      TableInfo viewMetadata = bigquery.getTable(TableId.of(datasetName, viewName));

      // Update view query
      ViewDefinition viewDefinition = viewMetadata.getDefinition();
      ViewDefinition updatedViewDefinition = viewDefinition.toBuilder().setQuery(query).build();

      // Set metadata
      bigquery.update(viewMetadata.toBuilder().setDefinition(updatedViewDefinition).build());

      System.out.println("View query updated successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("View query was not updated. \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}
// [END bigquery_update_view_query]