SET QUERY_TAGS
Applies to: Databricks SQL
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Sets, reads, or removes query tags for the current session.
Query tags are custom key-value pairs that you can apply to SQL workloads to enable grouping, filtering, and cost attribution in the system.query.history table. For a complete overview of query tags, see Query tags.
Syntax
SQL
-- Set or update one or more query tags for the current session
SET QUERY_TAGS[<tag_key>] = <tag_value> [, ...]
-- Read the query tags defined on the session
SET QUERY_TAGS;
Parameters
-
tag_key
A string literal. Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.
-
tag_value
A string literal,
NULL, orUNSET.- Leading and trailing whitespace is removed.
- If the trimmed result is an empty string, it is treated as
NULL(key-only tag). UNSETremoves the specified key from query tags.
Examples
SQL
-- Set two key-value pairs to annotate subsequent statement executions in this session.
> SET QUERY_TAGS['team'] = 'marketing', QUERY_TAGS['cost_center'] = '701';
-- Execute a query with the tags attached
> SELECT * FROM sales_data;
-- Update tags: change team value, add new tag, and remove cost_center tag
> SET QUERY_TAGS['team'] = 'engineering', QUERY_TAGS['env'] = 'prod', QUERY_TAGS['cost_center'] = UNSET;
-- Display all tags currently set on the session
> SET QUERY_TAGS;
key value
---------- -----------
team engineering
env prod
-- Set a key-only tag (value is NULL)
> SET QUERY_TAGS['experiment'] = NULL;
-- Execute another query with the updated tags
-- This statement execution will be tagged with team:engineering, env:prod, experiment
> SELECT * FROM sales_data;