Schema Export
May 15, 2025About 1 min
Schema Export
1. Overview
The schema export tool export-schema.sh/bat is located in the tools directory. It can export schema from a specified database in IoTDB to a script file.
2. Detailed Functionality
2.1 Parameter
| Short Param | Full Param | Description | Required | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
-h | -- host | Hostname | No | 127.0.0.1 | 
-p | --port | Port number | No | 6667 | 
-u | --username | Username | No | root | 
-pw | --password | Password | No | root | 
-sql_dialect | --sql_dialect | Specifies whether the server usestree model ortable model | No | tree | 
-db | --database | Target database to export (only applies when-sql_dialect=table) | Required if-sql_dialect=table | - | 
-table | --table | Target table to export (only applies when-sql_dialect=table) | No | - | 
-t | --target | Output directory (created if it doesn't exist) | Yes | |
-path | --path_pattern | Path pattern for metadata export | Required if-sql_dialect=tree | |
-pfn | --prefix_file_name | Output filename prefix | No | dump_dbname.sql | 
-lpf | --lines_per_file | Maximum lines per dump file (only applies when-sql_dialect=tree) | No | 10000 | 
-timeout | --query_timeout | Query timeout in milliseconds (-1= no timeout) | No | -1Range:-1 to Long. max=9223372036854775807 | 
-help | --help | Display help information | No | 
2.2 Command
Shell
# Unix/OS X
> tools/export-schema.sh [-sql_dialect<sql_dialect>] -db<database> -table<table>  
                [-h <host>] [-p <port>] [-u <username>] [-pw <password>] 
                -t <target_directory> [-path <exportPathPattern>] [-pfn <prefix_file_name>] 
                [-lpf <lines_per_file>] [-timeout <query_timeout>]
# Windows
# Before version V2.0.4.x  
> tools\export-schema.bat [-sql_dialect<sql_dialect>] -db<database> -table<table>  
                [-h <host>] [-p <port>] [-u <username>] [-pw <password>] 
                -t <target_directory> [-path <exportPathPattern>] [-pfn <prefix_file_name>] 
                [-lpf <lines_per_file>] [-timeout <query_timeout>]
                
# V2.0.4.x and later versions
> tools\windows\schema\export-schema.bat [-sql_dialect<sql_dialect>] -db<database> -table<table>  
                [-h <host>] [-p <port>] [-u <username>] [-pw <password>] 
                -t <target_directory> [-path <exportPathPattern>] [-pfn <prefix_file_name>] 
                [-lpf <lines_per_file>] [-timeout <query_timeout>]2.3 Examples
# Export schema under root.treedb
./export-schema.sh -sql_dialect tree -t /home/ -path "root.treedb.**"
# Output
Timeseries,Alias,DataType,Encoding,Compression
root.treedb.device.temperature,,DOUBLE,GORILLA,LZ4
root.treedb.device.humidity,,DOUBLE,GORILLA,LZ4