Github user sunjincheng121 commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4157#discussion_r125423153 --- Diff: flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/api/queryConfig.scala --- @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ class BatchQueryConfig private[table] extends QueryConfig class StreamQueryConfig private[table] extends QueryConfig { /** + * The non-windowed groupby aggregate update the calculation result according a configuration of + * time interval. By default non-windowed groupby aggregate will update calculation result each + * row. + */ + private var unboundedAggregateUpdateInterval: Time = Time.milliseconds(0) --- End diff -- I think `updateRate` meant update result in a fixed frequency, so we should register a process-time timer. i.e., System clock driven the trigger. And `updateInterval` meant update result according coming data. so I we should register a event-time timer. i.e, Data driven the trigger. I think it again, I suggest using `updateInterval`, i.e., we emit result according event-time of data. What do you think?
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