lakehouse.databricks.common.optimize_table

lakehouse.databricks.common.optimize_table(spark, delta_db, delta_table)

A function to optimize a delta table

Parameters

sparkspark context

spark context passed from the calling spark instance

delta_dbstring

The name of the delta db where the table exists

delta_tablestring

The name of the table to be optimized

Returns

In the case of an Exception a JSON object describing the error is returned

{"error-message": f"error optimizing table {delta_db}.{delta_table}- {Exception}"}