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Early access Add refresh, compression, and data retention policies to a in one step. The added compression and retention policies apply to the , not to the original . 
timescaledb_experimental.add_policies(
     relation REGCLASS,
     if_not_exists BOOL = false,
     refresh_start_offset "any" = NULL,
     refresh_end_offset "any" = NULL,
     compress_after "any" = NULL,
     drop_after "any" = NULL)
) RETURNS BOOL
add_policies() does not allow the schedule_interval for the to be set, instead using a default value of 1 hour.If you would like to set this add your policies manually (see add_continuous_aggregate_policy).

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Samples

Given a named example_continuous_aggregate, add three policies to it:
  1. Regularly refresh the to materialize data between 1 day and 2 days old.
  2. Compress data in the after 20 days.
  3. Drop data in the after 1 year.
SELECT timescaledb_experimental.add_policies(
    'example_continuous_aggregate',
    refresh_start_offset => '1 day'::interval,
    refresh_end_offset => '2 day'::interval,
    compress_after => '20 days'::interval,
    drop_after => '1 year'::interval
);

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Arguments

NameTypeDefaultRequiredDescription
relationREGCLASS-✔The that the policies should be applied to
if_not_existsBOOLfalse-When true, prints a warning instead of erroring if the doesn’t exist.
refresh_start_offsetINTERVAL or INTEGER--The start of the refresh window, expressed as an offset from the policy run time.
refresh_end_offsetINTERVAL or INTEGER--The end of the refresh window, expressed as an offset from the policy run time. Must be greater than refresh_start_offset.
compress_afterINTERVAL or INTEGER-- s are compressed if they exclusively contain data older than this interval.
drop_afterINTERVAL or INTEGER-- s are dropped if they exclusively contain data older than this interval.
For arguments that could be either an INTERVAL or an INTEGER, use an INTERVAL if your time bucket is based on timestamps. Use an INTEGER if your time bucket is based on integers.

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Returns

Returns true if successful.