Add hard_deletes config and new_record Option for Snapshots

.changes/unreleased/Features-20241104-120653.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add new hard_deletes="new_record" mode for snapshots.
+time: 2024-11-04T12:06:53.225939-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: peterallenwebb
+  Issue: "317"

dbt-tests-adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/simple_snapshot/new_record_mode.py

@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.util import check_relations_equal, run_dbt
+
+_seed_new_record_mode = """
+create table {database}.{schema}.seed (
+    id INTEGER,
+    first_name VARCHAR(50),
+    last_name VARCHAR(50),
+    email VARCHAR(50),
+    gender VARCHAR(50),
+    ip_address VARCHAR(20),
+    updated_at TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE
+);
+
+create table {database}.{schema}.snapshot_expected (
+    id INTEGER,
+    first_name VARCHAR(50),
+    last_name VARCHAR(50),
+    email VARCHAR(50),
+    gender VARCHAR(50),
+    ip_address VARCHAR(20),
+
+    -- snapshotting fields
+    updated_at TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE,
+    dbt_valid_from TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE,
+    dbt_valid_to   TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE,
+    dbt_scd_id     TEXT,
+    dbt_updated_at TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE,
+    dbt_is_deleted TEXT
+);
+
+
+-- seed inserts
+--  use the same email for two users to verify that duplicated check_cols values
+--  are handled appropriately
+insert into {database}.{schema}.seed (id, first_name, last_name, email, gender, ip_address, updated_at) values
+(1, 'Judith', 'Kennedy', '(not provided)', 'Female', '54.60.24.128', '2015-12-24 12:19:28'),
+(2, 'Arthur', 'Kelly', '(not provided)', 'Male', '62.56.24.215', '2015-10-28 16:22:15'),
+(3, 'Rachel', 'Moreno', '[email protected]', 'Female', '31.222.249.23', '2016-04-05 02:05:30'),
+(4, 'Ralph', 'Turner', '[email protected]', 'Male', '157.83.76.114', '2016-08-08 00:06:51'),
+(5, 'Laura', 'Gonzales', '[email protected]', 'Female', '30.54.105.168', '2016-09-01 08:25:38'),
+(6, 'Katherine', 'Lopez', '[email protected]', 'Female', '169.138.46.89', '2016-08-30 18:52:11'),
+(7, 'Jeremy', 'Hamilton', '[email protected]', 'Male', '231.189.13.133', '2016-07-17 02:09:46'),
+(8, 'Heather', 'Rose', '[email protected]', 'Female', '87.165.201.65', '2015-12-29 22:03:56'),
+(9, 'Gregory', 'Kelly', '[email protected]', 'Male', '154.209.99.7', '2016-03-24 21:18:16'),
+(10, 'Rachel', 'Lopez', '[email protected]', 'Female', '237.165.82.71', '2016-08-20 15:44:49'),
+(11, 'Donna', 'Welch', '[email protected]', 'Female', '103.33.110.138', '2016-02-27 01:41:48'),
+(12, 'Russell', 'Lawrence', '[email protected]', 'Male', '189.115.73.4', '2016-06-11 03:07:09'),
+(13, 'Michelle', 'Montgomery', '[email protected]', 'Female', '243.220.95.82', '2016-06-18 16:27:19'),
+(14, 'Walter', 'Castillo', '[email protected]', 'Male', '71.159.238.196', '2016-10-06 01:55:44'),
+(15, 'Robin', 'Mills', '[email protected]', 'Female', '172.190.5.50', '2016-10-31 11:41:21'),
+(16, 'Raymond', 'Holmes', '[email protected]', 'Male', '148.153.166.95', '2016-10-03 08:16:38'),
+(17, 'Gary', 'Bishop', '[email protected]', 'Male', '161.108.182.13', '2016-08-29 19:35:20'),
+(18, 'Anna', 'Riley', '[email protected]', 'Female', '253.31.108.22', '2015-12-11 04:34:27'),
+(19, 'Sarah', 'Knight', '[email protected]', 'Female', '222.220.3.177', '2016-09-26 00:49:06'),
+(20, 'Phyllis', 'Fox', null, 'Female', '163.191.232.95', '2016-08-21 10:35:19');
+
+
+-- populate snapshot table
+insert into {database}.{schema}.snapshot_expected (
+    id,
+    first_name,
+    last_name,
+    email,
+    gender,
+    ip_address,
+    updated_at,
+    dbt_valid_from,
+    dbt_valid_to,
+    dbt_updated_at,
+    dbt_scd_id,
+    dbt_is_deleted
+)
+
+select
+    id,
+    first_name,
+    last_name,
+    email,
+    gender,
+    ip_address,
+    updated_at,
+    -- fields added by snapshotting
+    updated_at as dbt_valid_from,
+    null::timestamp as dbt_valid_to,
+    updated_at as dbt_updated_at,
+    md5(id || '-' || first_name || '|' || updated_at::text) as dbt_scd_id,
+    'False' as dbt_is_deleted
+from {database}.{schema}.seed;
+"""
+
+_snapshot_actual_sql = """
+{% snapshot snapshot_actual %}
+
+    {{
+        config(
+            unique_key='id || ' ~ "'-'" ~ ' || first_name',
+        )
+    }}
+
+    select * from {{target.database}}.{{target.schema}}.seed
+
+{% endsnapshot %}
+"""
+
+_snapshots_yml = """
+snapshots:
+  - name: snapshot_actual
+    config:
+      strategy: timestamp
+      updated_at: updated_at
+      hard_deletes: new_record
+"""
+
+_ref_snapshot_sql = """
+select * from {{ ref('snapshot_actual') }}
+"""
+
+
+_invalidate_sql = """
+-- update records 11 - 21. Change email and updated_at field
+update {schema}.seed set
+    updated_at = updated_at + interval '1 hour',
+    email      =  case when id = 20 then '[email protected]' else 'new_' || email end
+where id >= 10 and id <= 20;
+
+
+-- invalidate records 11 - 21
+update {schema}.snapshot_expected set
+    dbt_valid_to   = updated_at + interval '1 hour'
+where id >= 10 and id <= 20;
+
+"""
+
+_update_sql = """
+-- insert v2 of the 11 - 21 records
+
+insert into {database}.{schema}.snapshot_expected (
+    id,
+    first_name,
+    last_name,
+    email,
+    gender,
+    ip_address,
+    updated_at,
+    dbt_valid_from,
+    dbt_valid_to,
+    dbt_updated_at,
+    dbt_scd_id,
+    dbt_is_deleted
+)
+
+select
+    id,
+    first_name,
+    last_name,
+    email,
+    gender,
+    ip_address,
+    updated_at,
+    -- fields added by snapshotting
+    updated_at as dbt_valid_from,
+    null::timestamp as dbt_valid_to,
+    updated_at as dbt_updated_at,
+    md5(id || '-' || first_name || '|' || updated_at::text) as dbt_scd_id,
+    'False' as dbt_is_deleted
+from {database}.{schema}.seed
+where id >= 10 and id <= 20;
+"""
+
+_delete_sql = """
+delete from {schema}.seed where id = 1
+"""
+
+
+class SnapshotNewRecordMode:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def snapshots(self):
+        return {"snapshot.sql": _snapshot_actual_sql}
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            "snapshots.yml": _snapshots_yml,
+            "ref_snapshot.sql": _ref_snapshot_sql,
+        }
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def seed_new_record_mode(self):
+        return _seed_new_record_mode
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def invalidate_sql(self):
+        return _invalidate_sql
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def update_sql(self):
+        return _update_sql
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def delete_sql(self):
+        return _delete_sql
+
+    def test_snapshot_new_record_mode(
+        self, project, seed_new_record_mode, invalidate_sql, update_sql
+    ):
+        project.run_sql(seed_new_record_mode)
+        results = run_dbt(["snapshot"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+        project.run_sql(invalidate_sql)
+        project.run_sql(update_sql)
+
+        results = run_dbt(["snapshot"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+        check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["snapshot_actual", "snapshot_expected"])
+
+        project.run_sql(_delete_sql)
+
+        results = run_dbt(["snapshot"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+        # TODO: Further validate results.

dbt/adapters/base/impl.py

@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ class FreshnessResponse(TypedDict):
     age: float  # age in seconds
 
 
+class SnapshotStrategy(TypedDict):
+    unique_key: Optional[str]
+    updated_at: Optional[str]
+    row_changed: Optional[str]
+    scd_id: Optional[str]
+    hard_deletes: Optional[str]
+
+
 class BaseAdapter(metaclass=AdapterMeta):
     """The BaseAdapter provides an abstract base class for adapters.
 
@@ -795,8 +803,8 @@ def valid_snapshot_target(
         columns = self.get_columns_in_relation(relation)
         names = set(c.name.lower() for c in columns)
         missing = []
-        # Note: we're not checking dbt_updated_at here because it's not
-        # always present.
+        # Note: we're not checking dbt_updated_at or dbt_is_deleted here because they
+        # aren't always present.
         for column in ("dbt_scd_id", "dbt_valid_from", "dbt_valid_to"):
             desired = column_names[column] if column_names else column
             if desired not in names:
@@ -805,6 +813,28 @@ def valid_snapshot_target(
         if missing:
             raise SnapshotTargetNotSnapshotTableError(missing)
 
+    @available.parse_none
+    def assert_valid_snapshot_target_given_strategy(
+        self, relation: BaseRelation, column_names: Dict[str, str], strategy: SnapshotStrategy
+    ) -> None:
+        # Assert everything we can with the legacy function.
+        self.valid_snapshot_target(relation, column_names)
+
+        # Now do strategy-specific checks.
+        # TODO: Make these checks more comprehensive.
+        if strategy.get("hard_deletes", None) == "new_record":
+            columns = self.get_columns_in_relation(relation)
+            names = set(c.name.lower() for c in columns)
+            missing = []
+
+            for column in ("dbt_is_deleted",):
+                desired = column_names[column] if column_names else column
+                if desired not in names:
+                    missing.append(desired)
+
+            if missing:
+                raise SnapshotTargetNotSnapshotTableError(missing)
+
     @available.parse_none
     def expand_target_column_types(
         self, from_relation: BaseRelation, to_relation: BaseRelation
@@ -1795,6 +1825,29 @@ def _get_adapter_specific_run_info(cls, config) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         return {}
 
+    @available.parse_none
+    @classmethod
+    def get_hard_deletes_behavior(cls, config):
+        """Check the hard_deletes config enum, and the legacy invalidate_hard_deletes
+        config flag in order to determine which behavior should be used for deleted
+        records in a snapshot. The default is to ignore them."""
+        invalidate_hard_deletes = config.get("invalidate_hard_deletes", None)
+        hard_deletes = config.get("hard_deletes", None)
+
+        if invalidate_hard_deletes is not None and hard_deletes is not None:
+            raise DbtValidationError(
+                "You cannot set both the invalidate_hard_deletes and hard_deletes config properties on the same snapshot."
+            )
+
+        if invalidate_hard_deletes or hard_deletes == "invalidate":
+            return "invalidate"
+        elif hard_deletes == "new_record":
+            return "new_record"
+        elif hard_deletes is None or hard_deletes == "ignore":
+            return "ignore"
+
+        raise DbtValidationError("Invalid setting for property hard_deletes.")
+
 
 COLUMNS_EQUAL_SQL = """
 with diff_count as (