Policies overview

Learn which policies are available for management.

The following table provides an overview of the policies for managing your environment:

PolicyDescription
Auto delete policySets an expiry date for the table. The table is automatically deleted at this expiry time.
Cache policyDefines how to prioritize resources. Allows customers to differentiate between hot data cache and cold data cache.
Callout policyManages the authorized domains for external calls.
Capacity policyControls the compute resources of data management operations.
Encoding policyDefines how data is encoded, compressed, and indexed.
Extent tags retention policyControls the mechanism that automatically removes extent tags from tables.
Ingestion batching policyGroups multiple data ingestion requests into batches for more efficient processing.
Ingestion time policyAdds a hidden datetime column to the table that records the time of ingestion.
ManagedIdentity policyControls which managed identities can be used for what purposes.
Merge policyDefines rules for merging data from different extents into a single extent.
Mirroring policyAllows you to manage your mirroring policy and mirroring policy operations.
Partitioning policyDefines rules for partitioning extents for a specific table or a materialized view.
Retention policyControls the mechanism that automatically removes data from tables or materialized views.
Restricted view access policyAdds an extra layer of permission requirements for principals to access and view the table.
Row level security policyDefines rules for access to rows in a table based on group membership or execution context.
Row order policyMaintains a specific order for rows within an extent.
Sandbox policyControls the usage and behavior of sandboxes, which are isolated environments for query execution.
Sharding policyDefines rules for how extents are created.
Streaming ingestion policyConfigurations for streaming data ingestion.
Update policyAllows for data to be appended to a target table upon adding data to a source table.
Query weak consistency policyControls the level of consistency for query results.