ClickHouse/docs/en/sql-reference/statements/alter/projection.md

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49	PROJECTION

Manipulating Projections

The following operations with projections are available:

• ALTER TABLE [db].name ADD PROJECTION name AS SELECT <COLUMN LIST EXPR> [GROUP BY] [ORDER BY] - Adds projection description to tables metadata.

• ALTER TABLE [db].name DROP PROJECTION name - Removes projection description from tables metadata and deletes projection files from disk.

• ALTER TABLE [db.]table MATERIALIZE PROJECTION name IN PARTITION partition_name - The query rebuilds the projection name in the partition partition_name. Implemented as a mutation.

• ALTER TABLE [db.]table CLEAR PROJECTION name IN PARTITION partition_name - Deletes projection files from disk without removing description.

The commands ADD, DROP and CLEAR are lightweight in a sense that they only change metadata or remove files.

Also, they are replicated, syncing projections metadata via ZooKeeper.

!!! note "Note" Projection manipulation is supported only for tables with *MergeTree engine (including replicated variants).