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QUERY_HISTORY view

The MD_INFORMATION_SCHEMA.QUERY_HISTORY view provides organization admins with a consolidated view of all queries run across their full organization.

Schema​

When you query the MD_INFORMATION_SCHEMA.QUERY_HISTORY view, the query results contain one row for each query that was run in the organization. Note that the information in this view will have some delays.

The MD_INFORMATION_SCHEMA.QUERY_HISTORY view has the following schema:

Column NameData TypeValue
QUERY_IDUUIDA unique ID representing the particular query run
QUERY_TEXTSTRINGQuery SQL text (up to 100k chars)
START_TIMETIMESTAMPTZStart time of the query
END_TIMETIMESTAMPTZEnd time of the query
EXECUTION_TIMEINTERVALDuration where the query is actively executing
WAIT_TIMEINTERVALDuration where the query is waiting on resources to become available. For example a query needs to wait because other queries are using all available execution threads, or a query might be waiting on data to become available (in case of data upload).
TOTAL_ELAPSED_TIMEINTERVALTotal duration of the query
ERROR_MESSAGESTRINGError message, if the query returned an error
ERROR_TYPESTRINGError type, if the query returned an error
USER_AGENTSTRINGUser agent of the client
USER_NAMESTRINGIdentifier for the MotherDuck user in their organization
QUERY_NRUBIGINTID of the query within the transaction that ran the query. Number that just increments for each query that is run within a given transaction
TRANSACTION_NRUBIGINTID of the transaction that contained the query. Number that just increments for each new transaction on a given connection
CONNECTION_IDUUIDUnique ID for the client DuckDB connection where the query was issued
DUCKDB_IDUUIDUnique ID for the client DuckDB instance where the query was issued
DUCKDB_VERSIONSTRINGClient DuckDB version that issued the query
INSTANCE_TYPESTRINGThe type of duckling that the query was run on (Pulse / Standard / Jumbo / ...)
QUERY_TYPESTRINGThe nature of the query (DDL / DML / QUERY / ...)
BYTES_UPLOADEDUBIGINTNumber of bytes uploaded from client to server (relevant for hybrid queries)
BYTES_DOWNLOADEDUBIGINTNumber of bytes downloaded from server to client (relevant for hybrid queries)
BYTES_SPILLED_TO_DISKUBIGINTTotal number of bytes spilled to disk for "larger than in-memory" workloads

Note that the fields START_TIME, END_TIME, TOTAL_ELAPSED_TIME, ERROR_MESSAGE, and ERROR_TYPE are currently just captured on the server (i.e. when query starts and ends on server), in the future they will be based on client information too (taking better into account the full hybrid context).

Example usage​

from MD_INFORMATION_SCHEMA.QUERY_HISTORY limit 10;