PipelineViewDataSink

laktory.models.datasinks.PipelineViewDataSink

Bases: BaseDataSink

Data sink writing to a Declarative Pipeline (formerly Delta Live Tables) view. This view is virtual and does not materialize data.

Examples:

```python tag:skip-run from laktory import models

df = spark.createDataFrame([{"x": 1}, {"x": 2}, {"x": 3}])

sink = models.PipelineViewDataSink( pipeline_view_name="my_view", ) sink.write(df) ``` References

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• Data Sources and Sinks

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
as_stream	If True output DataFrame is written as Streaming DataFrame. If None, write mode is derived fromDataFrame. TYPE: bool | None | VariableType DEFAULT: None
checkpoint_path_	Path to which the checkpoint file for which a streaming dataframe should be written. TYPE: str | Path | VariableType DEFAULT: None
custom_writer	Custom writer that fully replaces Laktory's built-in write logic. Laktory manages the streaming query lifecycle (foreachBatch, trigger, checkpoint, start/await). Can be set as a plain string (func_name only) or a full CustomWriter object with func_name, func_args, and func_kwargs. Mutually exclusive with mode and merge_cdc_options. TYPE: CustomWriter | None | VariableType DEFAULT: None
databricks_data_profiling_config	Databricks Data Quality Monitor data profiling configuration TYPE: Literal[None] | VariableType DEFAULT: None
is_quarantine	Sink used to store quarantined results from a pipeline node expectations. TYPE: bool | VariableType DEFAULT: False
merge_cdc_options	Merge options to handle input DataFrames that are Change Data Capture (CDC). Only used when MERGE mode is selected. TYPE: DataSinkMergeCDCOptions | VariableType DEFAULT: None
metadata	Table and columns metadata. TYPE: Literal[None] | VariableType DEFAULT: None
mode	Write mode. Spark OVERWRITE: Overwrite existing data. APPEND: Append contents of this DataFrame to existing data. ERROR: Throw an exception if data already exists. IGNORE: Silently ignore this operation if data already exists. Spark Streaming APPEND: Only the new rows in the streaming DataFrame/Dataset will be written to the sink. COMPLETE: All the rows in the streaming DataFrame/Dataset will be written to the sink every time there are some updates. UPDATE: Only the rows that were updated in the streaming DataFrame/Dataset will be written to the sink every time there are some updates. Polars Delta OVERWRITE: Overwrite existing data. APPEND: Append contents of this DataFrame to existing data. ERROR: Throw an exception if data already exists. IGNORE: Silently ignore this operation if data already exists. Laktory MERGE: Append, update and optionally delete records. Only supported for DELTA format. Requires cdc specification. TYPE: Literal['OVERWRITE', 'ERROR', 'ERRORIFEXISTS', 'COMPLETE', 'IGNORE', 'MERGE', 'UPDATE', 'APPEND'] | None | VariableType DEFAULT: None
pipeline_view_name	Pipeline View name TYPE: str | None | VariableType
reset_mode	Strategy used to reset this sink's data on a full refresh or a reset run. DROP: Drop the table (or delete the file/data) entirely, then recreate it on next write. TRUNCATE: Remove all rows but keep the table/schema/location intact. Only supported by tables (not views) and DELTA file sinks, not with declarative orchestrators. Ignored by shared sinks (shared), which only delete the rows of their writer. To reset only part of a table, declare the rows owned by the sink with shared.where. Can be overridden for a single run (reset_mode run parameter). TYPE: Literal['DROP', 'TRUNCATE'] | VariableType DEFAULT: 'DROP'
schema_definition	Explicit table schema used when creating the table. If not set, schema is inferred from the transformer output DataFrame. TYPE: DataFrameSchema | VariableType DEFAULT: None
shared	Options for a sink written by multiple writers: each writer owns its rows, identified by a writer column or a SQL predicate, and a full refresh of a writer only deletes its own rows. Required on every sink of a target written by several nodes or pipelines. true for the default options. See DataSinkSharedOptions. TYPE: DataSinkSharedOptions | None | VariableType DEFAULT: None
type	Sink Type TYPE: Literal['PIPELINE_VIEW'] | VariableType DEFAULT: 'PIPELINE_VIEW'
writer_kwargs	Keyword arguments passed directly to dataframe backend writer. Passed to .options() method when using PySpark. TYPE: dict[str | VariableType, Any | VariableType] | VariableType DEFAULT: {}
writer_methods	DataFrame backend writer methods. TYPE: list[ReaderWriterMethod | VariableType] | VariableType DEFAULT: []

METHOD	DESCRIPTION
create	Initialize the sink if required.
filter_writer_rows	Keep the rows written by the writer of a shared sink - matching its writer
is_streaming	Return True if the write should use Spark Structured Streaming.
purge	Delete sink data and checkpoints
read	Read dataframe from sink.
with_writer_column	Add the writer identifier column to a DataFrame written by a shared sink, as the

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION
ldp_auto_cdc_flow_kwargs	Keyword arguments for dp.create_auto_cdc_flow function TYPE: dict[str, str]
purge_target	Identifier of the physical data written by the sink. Sinks of different pipeline TYPE: str | None
sdp_pre_merge_view_name	SPD view applying node transformer prior to applying CDC changes.

ldp_auto_cdc_flow_kwargs property

Keyword arguments for dp.create_auto_cdc_flow function

purge_target property

Identifier of the physical data written by the sink. Sinks of different pipeline nodes sharing a purge_target write to the same data. None if the sink does not materialize data.

sdp_pre_merge_view_name property

SPD view applying node transformer prior to applying CDC changes.

create(df=None)

Initialize the sink if required.

Some sinks (e.g., Unity Catalog or Delta tables) must exist before metadata can be applied or data can be written in append mode.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
df	Input DataFrame that may be used during sink initialization. TYPE: DataFrame DEFAULT: None

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
bool	True if the sink was created, False if it already existed or if creation is not required.

Notes

This method is intended to be overridden by subclasses to implement sink-specific initialization logic.

Source code in laktory/models/datasinks/basedatasink.py

def create(self, df: "AnyFrame" = None) -> bool:
    """
    Initialize the sink if required.

    Some sinks (e.g., Unity Catalog or Delta tables) must exist before
    metadata can be applied or data can be written in append mode.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : DataFrame
        Input DataFrame that may be used during sink initialization.

    Returns
    -------
    bool
        True if the sink was created, False if it already existed or if
        creation is not required.

    Notes
    -----
    This method is intended to be overridden by subclasses to implement
    sink-specific initialization logic.
    """
    return False

filter_writer_rows(df)

Keep the rows written by the writer of a shared sink - matching its writer identifier or shared.where - without the writer column: the output of the writer read back from the shared target. Returns the DataFrame unchanged if the sink is not shared.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
df	DataFrame read from the sink TYPE: AnyFrame

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
AnyFrame	DataFrame with the rows of the writer

Source code in laktory/models/datasinks/basedatasink.py

def filter_writer_rows(self, df: AnyFrame) -> AnyFrame:
    """
    Keep the rows written by the writer of a shared sink - matching its writer
    identifier or `shared.where` - without the writer column: the output of the writer
    read back from the shared target. Returns the DataFrame unchanged if the sink is not
    shared.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df:
        DataFrame read from the sink

    Returns
    -------
    :
        DataFrame with the rows of the writer
    """
    if self.shared is None:
        return df

    is_nw = isinstance(df, (nw.DataFrame, nw.LazyFrame))
    _df = df if is_nw else nw.from_native(df)
    if self.shared.uses_writer_column:
        self._check_writer_id()
        column = self.shared.column
        if column in _df.columns:
            _df = _df.filter(nw.col(column) == self.shared.writer_id).drop(column)
    else:
        _df = nw.from_native(self._filter_where_native(_df))
    return _df if is_nw else _df.to_native()

is_streaming(df=None)

Return True if the write should use Spark Structured Streaming.

Resolution order: 1. If a Narwhals-wrapped PySpark DataFrame is provided, read its native isStreaming attribute. 2. Fall back to self.as_stream (explicit sink configuration). 3. Fall back to the parent node's source as_stream flag. 4. Default to False (static write).

If both the DataFrame state and the configuration are set and they disagree, a TypeError is raised to surface the misconfiguration early.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
df	Optional Narwhals DataFrame or LazyFrame. Must be passed before calling .to_native() so that the Narwhals implementation attribute is still available. DEFAULT: None

Source code in laktory/models/datasinks/basedatasink.py

def is_streaming(self, df=None) -> bool:
    """
    Return `True` if the write should use Spark Structured Streaming.

    Resolution order:
    1. If a Narwhals-wrapped PySpark DataFrame is provided, read its native
       ``isStreaming`` attribute.
    2. Fall back to ``self.as_stream`` (explicit sink configuration).
    3. Fall back to the parent node's source ``as_stream`` flag.
    4. Default to ``False`` (static write).

    If both the DataFrame state and the configuration are set and they
    disagree, a ``TypeError`` is raised to surface the misconfiguration
    early.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df:
        Optional Narwhals DataFrame or LazyFrame. Must be passed before
        calling ``.to_native()`` so that the Narwhals ``implementation``
        attribute is still available.
    """
    # Check if DataFrame is streaming
    df_is_streaming = None
    if df is not None:
        df = nw.from_native(df)
        dataframe_backend = DataFrameBackends(df.implementation)
        if dataframe_backend == DataFrameBackends.PYSPARK:
            df_is_streaming = df.to_native().isStreaming

    # Check if configured as stream from writer or source
    configured_as_stream = self.as_stream
    if configured_as_stream is None:
        node = self.parent_pipeline_node
        if node is not None and node.sources:
            configured_as_stream = node.has_streaming_source

    # Resolve conflict
    if df_is_streaming is not None and configured_as_stream is not None:
        if df_is_streaming != configured_as_stream:
            if df_is_streaming:
                raise TypeError(
                    "Sink configured as static, but received dataframe is streaming."
                )
            else:
                raise TypeError(
                    "Sink configured as stream, but received dataframe is not streaming."
                )

    is_streaming = df_is_streaming or configured_as_stream or False

    return is_streaming

purge(mode=None)

Delete sink data and checkpoints

View is virtual and does not materialize data, so there is nothing to purge regardless of reset_mode.

Source code in laktory/models/datasinks/pipelineviewdatasink.py

def purge(self, mode: Literal["DROP", "TRUNCATE"] | None = None):
    """
    Delete sink data and checkpoints

    View is virtual and does not materialize data, so there is nothing to purge
    regardless of `reset_mode`.
    """
    return

read(as_stream=None, reader_kwargs=None, reader_methods=None)

Read dataframe from sink.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
as_stream	If True, dataframe read as stream. DEFAULT: None
reader_kwargs	Keyword arguments passed to the dataframe backend reader. DEFAULT: None
reader_methods	DataFrame backend reader methods. DEFAULT: None

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
AnyFrame	DataFrame

Source code in laktory/models/datasinks/basedatasink.py

def read(self, as_stream=None, reader_kwargs=None, reader_methods=None):
    """
    Read dataframe from sink.

    Parameters
    ----------
    as_stream:
        If `True`, dataframe read as stream.
    reader_kwargs:
        Keyword arguments passed to the dataframe backend reader.
    reader_methods:
        DataFrame backend reader methods.

    Returns
    -------
    AnyFrame
        DataFrame
    """
    return self.as_source(
        as_stream=as_stream,
        reader_kwargs=reader_kwargs,
        reader_methods=reader_methods,
    ).read()

with_writer_column(df)

Add the writer identifier column to a DataFrame written by a shared sink, as the first column so that its statistics are collected. Returns the DataFrame unchanged if the sink is not shared or identifies its rows with shared.where.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
df	DataFrame to be written TYPE: AnyFrame

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
AnyFrame	DataFrame with writer identifier column

Source code in laktory/models/datasinks/basedatasink.py

def with_writer_column(self, df: AnyFrame) -> AnyFrame:
    """
    Add the writer identifier column to a DataFrame written by a shared sink, as the
    first column so that its statistics are collected. Returns the DataFrame unchanged
    if the sink is not shared or identifies its rows with `shared.where`.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df:
        DataFrame to be written

    Returns
    -------
    :
        DataFrame with writer identifier column
    """
    if self.shared is None or not self.shared.uses_writer_column:
        return df

    self._check_writer_id()
    is_nw = isinstance(df, (nw.DataFrame, nw.LazyFrame))
    _df = df if is_nw else nw.from_native(df)
    column = self.shared.column
    columns = [c for c in _df.columns if c != column]
    _df = _df.with_columns(nw.lit(self.shared.writer_id).alias(column)).select(
        [column] + columns
    )
    return _df if is_nw else _df.to_native()