Implement microbatch incremental strategy

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 - Add `include_full_name_in_path` config boolean for external locations. This writes tables to {location_root}/{catalog}/{schema}/{table} ([823](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/823))
 - Add a new `workflow_job` submission method for python, which creates a long-lived Databricks Workflow instead of a one-time run (thanks @kdazzle!) ([762](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/762))
 - Allow for additional options to be passed to the Databricks Job API when using other python submission methods. For example, enable email_notifications (thanks @kdazzle!) ([762](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/762))
+- Support microbatch incremental strategy using replace_where ([825](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/825))
 
 ### Under the Hood
 

dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py

@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ def run_sql_for_tests(
             conn.transaction_open = False
 
     def valid_incremental_strategies(self) -> List[str]:
-        return ["append", "merge", "insert_overwrite", "replace_where"]
+        return ["append", "merge", "insert_overwrite", "replace_where", "microbatch"]
 
     @property
     def python_submission_helpers(self) -> Dict[str, Type[PythonJobHelper]]:
@@ -699,12 +699,14 @@ def get_persist_doc_columns(
         # an error when we tried to alter the table.
         for column in existing_columns:
             name = column.column
-            if (
-                name in columns
-                and "description" in columns[name]
-                and columns[name]["description"] != (column.comment or "")
-            ):
-                return_columns[name] = columns[name]
+            if name in columns:
+                config_column = columns[name]
+                if isinstance(config_column, dict):
+                    comment = columns[name].get("description", "")
+                else:
+                    comment = config_column.description
+                if comment != (column.comment or ""):
+                    return_columns[name] = columns[name]
 
         return return_columns
 

dbt/include/databricks/macros/materializations/incremental/strategies.sql

@@ -170,3 +170,18 @@ select {{source_cols_csv}} from {{ source_relation }}
     {%- endfor %})
   {%- endif -%}
 {% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro databricks__get_incremental_microbatch_sql(arg_dict) %}
+  {%- set incremental_predicates = [] if arg_dict.get('incremental_predicates') is none else arg_dict.get('incremental_predicates') -%}
+  {%- set event_time = model.config.event_time -%}
+  {%- set start_time = config.get("__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_start") -%}
+  {%- set end_time = config.get("__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_end") -%}
+  {%- if start_time -%}
+    {%- do incremental_predicates.append("cast(" ~ event_time ~ " as TIMESTAMP) >= '" ~ start_time ~ "'") -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+  {%- if end_time -%}
+    {%- do incremental_predicates.append("cast(" ~ event_time ~ " as TIMESTAMP) < '" ~ end_time ~ "'") -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+  {%- do arg_dict.update({'incremental_predicates': incremental_predicates}) -%}
+  {{ return(get_replace_where_sql(arg_dict)) }}
+{% endmacro %}

dbt/include/databricks/macros/materializations/incremental/validate.sql

@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
     Use the 'merge' or 'replace_where' strategy instead
   {%- endset %}
 
-  {% if raw_strategy not in ['append', 'merge', 'insert_overwrite', 'replace_where'] %}
+  {% if raw_strategy not in ['append', 'merge', 'insert_overwrite', 'replace_where', 'microbatch'] %}
     {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(invalid_strategy_msg) %}
   {%-else %}
     {% if raw_strategy == 'merge' and file_format not in ['delta', 'hudi'] %}
       {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(invalid_delta_only_msg) %}
     {% endif %}
-    {% if raw_strategy == 'replace_where' and file_format not in ['delta'] %}
+    {% if raw_strategy in ('replace_where', 'microbatch') and file_format not in ['delta'] %}
       {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(invalid_delta_only_msg) %}
     {% endif %}
   {% endif %}

tests/functional/adapter/microbatch/fixtures.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+schema = """version: 2
+models:
+  - name: input_model
+
+  - name: microbatch_model
+    config:
+      persist_docs:
+        relation: True
+        columns: True
+    description: This is a microbatch model
+    columns:
+      - name: id
+        description: "Id of the model"
+      - name: event_time
+        description: "Timestamp of the event"
+"""

tests/functional/adapter/microbatch/test_microbatch.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_microbatch import (
+    BaseMicrobatch,
+)
+import pytest
+
+from tests.functional.adapter.microbatch import fixtures
+
+
+class TestDatabricksMicrobatch(BaseMicrobatch):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self, microbatch_model_sql, input_model_sql):
+        return {
+            "schema.yml": fixtures.schema,
+            "input_model.sql": input_model_sql,
+            "microbatch_model.sql": microbatch_model_sql,
+        }