v.20.5New Feature
Support for Kafka Format Settings and Table-Level Configuration in ClickHouse
Support for all format settings in Kafka, expose some setting on table level, adjust the defaults for better performance. #11388 (filimonov).
Why it matters
To provide more granular control over Kafka table format settings, enabling users to customize data parsing and improve performance by adjusting default parameters better suited for common workloads.How to use it
Users can configure Kafka table format settings directly in the table definition by specifying the desired format settings under theFORMAT clause or table engine parameters. This allows tuning of input data parsing without external transformations.