SCHEMATA_REPLICAS view

The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS view contains information about schemata replicas.

Required role

To get the permissions that you need to query the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS view, ask your administrator to grant you the BigQuery Data Viewer (roles/bigquery.dataViewer) IAM role on the project. For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.

Schema

The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS view contains information about dataset replicas. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS view has the following schema:
Column Type Description
catalog_name STRING The project ID of the project that contains the dataset.
schema_name STRING The dataset ID of the dataset.
replica_name STRING The name of the replica.
location STRING The region or multi-region the replica was created in.
replica_primary_assigned BOOL If the value is TRUE, the replica has the primary assignment.
replica_primary_assignment_complete BOOL If the value is TRUE, the primary assignment is complete. If the value is FALSE, the replica is not (yet) the primary replica, even if replica_primary_assigned equals TRUE.
creation_time TIMESTAMP The replica's creation time. When the replica is first created, it is not fully synced with the primary replica until creation_complete equals TRUE. The value of creation_time is set before creation_complete equals TRUE.
creation_complete BOOL If the value is TRUE, the initial full sync of the primary replica to the secondary replica is complete.
replication_time TIMESTAMP

The value for replication_time indicates the staleness of the dataset.

Some tables in the replica might be ahead of this timestamp. This value is only visible in the secondary region.

If the dataset contains a table with streaming data, the value of replication_time will not be accurate.
sync_status JSON The status of the sync between the primary and secondary replica. Returns NULL if the replica is a primary replica.

Scope and syntax

Queries against this view must include a region qualifier. The following table explains the region scope for this view:

View name Resource scope Region scope
[PROJECT_ID.]`region-REGION`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS[_BY_PROJECT] Project level REGION
Replace the following:

  • Optional: PROJECT_ID: the ID of your Google Cloud project. If not specified, the default project is used.

  • REGION: any dataset region name. For example, `region-us`.

    • Examples

    This section lists example queries of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS view.

    Example: List all replicated datasets in a region

    The following example lists all the replicated datasets in the US region:

    SELECT * FROM `region-us`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS;

    The result is similar to the following:

    +---------------------+-------------------+--------------+----------+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------+-------------------+------------------+
|    catalog_name     |    schema_name    | replica_name | location | replica_primary_assigned | replica_primary_assignment_complete |    creation_time    | creation_complete | replication_time |
+---------------------+-------------------+--------------+----------+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| myproject           | replica1          | us-east7     | us-east7 |                     true |                                true | 2023-04-17 20:42:45 |              true |             NULL |
| myproject           | replica1          | us-east4     | us-east4 |                    false |                               false | 2023-04-17 20:44:26 |              true |             NULL |
+---------------------+-------------------+--------------+----------+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------+-------------------+------------------+

    Example: List replicated datasets and the primary replica for each

    The following example lists all replicated datasets and their primary replica in the US region:

    SELECT
 catalog_name,
 schema_name,
 replica_name AS primary_replica_name,
 location AS primary_replica_location,
 replica_primary_assignment_complete AS is_primary,
FROM
 `region-us`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS
WHERE
 replica_primary_assignment_complete = TRUE
 AND replica_primary_assigned = TRUE;

    The result is similar to the following: 

    +---------------------+-------------+----------------------+--------------------------+------------+
|    catalog_name     | schema_name | primary_replica_name | primary_replica_location | is_primary |
+---------------------+-------------+----------------------+--------------------------+------------+
| myproject           | my_schema1  | us-east4             | us-east4                 |       true |
| myproject           | my_schema2  | us                   | US                       |       true |
| myproject           | my_schema2  | us                   | US                       |       true |
+---------------------+-------------+----------------------+--------------------------+------------+

    Example: List replicated datasets and their replica states

    The following example lists all replicated datasets and their replica states:

    SELECT
  catalog_name,
  schema_name,
  replica_name,
  CASE
    WHEN (replica_primary_assignment_complete = TRUE AND replica_primary_assigned = TRUE) THEN 'PRIMARY'
    WHEN (replica_primary_assignment_complete = FALSE
    AND replica_primary_assigned = FALSE) THEN 'SECONDARY'
  ELSE
  'PENDING'
END
  AS replica_state,
FROM
  `region-us`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS;

    The result is similar to the following:

    +---------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------+
|    catalog_name     | schema_name | replica_name | replica_state |
+---------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------+
| myproject           | my_schema1  | us-east4     | PRIMARY       |
| myproject           | my_schema1  | my_replica   | SECONDARY     |
+---------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------+

    Example: List when each replica was created and whether the initial backfill is complete

    The following example lists all replicas and when that replica was created. When a secondary replica is created, its data is not fully synced with the primary replica until creation_complete equals TRUE.

    SELECT
 catalog_name,
 schema_name,
 replica_name,
 creation_time AS creation_time,
FROM
 `region-us`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS
WHERE
 creation_complete = TRUE;

    The result is similar to the following: 

    +---------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------------+
|    catalog_name     | schema_name | replica_name |    creation_time    |
+---------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------------+
| myproject           | my_schema1  | us-east4     | 2023-06-15 00:09:11 |
| myproject           | my_schema2  | us           | 2023-06-15 00:19:27 |
| myproject           | my_schema2  | my_replica2  | 2023-06-15 00:19:50 |
| myproject           | my_schema1  | my_replica   | 2023-06-15 00:16:19 |
+---------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------------+

    Example: Show the most recent synced time

    The following example shows the most recent timestamp when the secondary replica caught up with the primary replica.

    You must run this query in the region that contains the secondary replica. Some tables in the dataset might be ahead of the reported replication time.

    SELECT
 catalog_name,
 schema_name,
 replica_name,
 -- Calculate the replication lag in seconds.
 TIMESTAMP_DIFF(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), replication_time, SECOND) AS replication_lag_seconds, -- RLS
 -- Calculate the replication lag in minutes.
 TIMESTAMP_DIFF(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), replication_time, MINUTE) AS replication_lag_minutes, -- RLM
 -- Show the last sync time for easier interpretation.
 replication_time AS secondary_replica_fully_synced_as_of_time,
FROM
 `region-us`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA_REPLICAS

    The result is similar to the following:

    +---------------------+-------------+--------------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------------+
|    catalog_name     | schema_name | replica_name | rls | rlm | secondary_replica_fully_synced_as_of_time |
+---------------------+-------------+--------------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------------+
| myproject           | my_schema1  | us-east4     |  23 |   0 |                       2023-06-15 00:18:49 |
| myproject           | my_schema2  | us           |  67 |   1 |                       2023-06-15 00:22:49 |
| myproject           | my_schema1  | my_replica   |  11 |   0 |                       2023-06-15 00:28:49 |
| myproject           | my_schema2  | my_replica2  | 125 |   2 |                       2023-06-15 00:29:20 |
+---------------------+-------------+--------------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------------+

    A value of NULL indicates that the secondary replica was never fully synced to the primary replica.