SYS_UNLOAD_DETAIL - Amazon Redshift
Table columnsSample queries
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SYS_UNLOAD_DETAIL

Use SYS_UNLOAD_DETAIL to view details of an UNLOAD operation. It records one row for each file created by an UNLOAD statement. For example, if an UNLOAD creates 12 files, SYS_UNLOAD_DETAIL will contain 12 corresponding rows.

SYS_UNLOAD_DETAIL is visible to all users. Superusers can see all rows; regular users can see only their own data. For more information, see Visibility of data in system tables and views.

Table columns

Column name Data type Description
user_id integer The identifier of the user who generated the entry.
query_id integer The query identifier of the UNLOAD command.
session_id integer The ID of the process associated with the query statement.
transaction_id bigint The ID of the transaction associated with the query statement.
file_name character (1280) The complete Amazon S3 object path for the file.
start_time timestamp The time when the transaction began.
end_time timestamp The time when the transaction completed.
line_count bigint The number of lines (rows) unloaded to the file.
transfer_size bigint The number of bytes transferred.
file_format character (10) The file format of the unloaded files.

Sample queries

The following query shows the unloaded query details, including format, rows, and file count of unload command.

select query_id, substring(file_name, 0, 50), transfer_size, file_format from sys_unload_detail;

Sample output.

 query_id |                     substring                     | transfer_size | file_format 
----------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+-------------
     9272 | s3://my-bucket/my_unload_doc_venue0000_part_00.gz |        395886 | Text      
     9272 | s3://my-bucket/my_unload_doc_venue0001_part_00.gz |        406444 | Text      
     9272 | s3://my-bucket/my_unload_doc_venue0002_part_00.gz |        409431 | Text      
     9272 | s3://my-bucket/my_unload_doc_venue0003_part_00.gz |        403051 | Text      
     9272 | s3://my-bucket/my_unload_doc_venue0004_part_00.gz |        413592 | Text      
     9272 | s3://my-bucket/my_unload_doc_venue0005_part_00.gz |        395689 | Text      
(6 rows)