nsivabalan commented on code in PR #5244: URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/5244#discussion_r846676628
########## hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieFileIndex.scala: ########## @@ -196,12 +191,20 @@ case class HoodieFileIndex(spark: SparkSession, * @return list of pruned (data-skipped) candidate base-files' names */ private def lookupCandidateFilesInMetadataTable(queryFilters: Seq[Expression]): Try[Option[Set[String]]] = Try { - if (!isDataSkippingEnabled || queryFilters.isEmpty || !HoodieTableMetadataUtil.getCompletedMetadataPartitions(metaClient.getTableConfig) - .contains(HoodieTableMetadataUtil.PARTITION_NAME_COLUMN_STATS)) { + // NOTE: Data Skipping is only effective when it references columns that are indexed w/in + // the Column Stats Index (CSI). Following cases could not be effectively handled by Data Skipping: + // - Expressions on top-level column's fields (ie, for ex filters like "struct.field > 0", since + // CSI only contains stats for top-level columns, in this case for "struct") + // - Any expression not directly referencing top-level column (for ex, sub-queries, since there's + // nothing CSI in particular could be applied for) + lazy val queryReferencedColumns = collectReferencedColumns(spark, queryFilters, schema) + + if (!isMetadataTableEnabled || !isColumnStatsIndexAvailable || !isDataSkippingEnabled) { Review Comment: also, how do we deduce what columns have been indexed in MDT CSI? for eg, we have two flows. a. hoodie.metadata.index.column.stats.all_columns.enable = true, where in all cols will be enabled. b. hoodie.metadata.index.column.stats.column.list set to list of columns to be indexed. So, when we are looking to apply data skipping on the query side, should we check for these configs and decided whether a particular col is indexed by CSI or not ? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@hudi.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org