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Backfilling materialized views in ClickHouse: A practical guide

Mark Needham

Learn how to properly backfill historical data when adding materialized views to existing ClickHouse tables.

This tutorial walks you through a common challenge when working with large datasets and shows you how to maintain data consistency across your analytics pipeline.

In this video, you'll discover:

  • How to create efficient materialized views for aggregating data
  • Why backfilling is necessary when adding views to tables with existing data
  • A step-by-step approach using temporary tables for backfilling large datasets
  • Practical techniques to avoid memory issues with large backfill operations
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