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BG migration for MR metrics target_project_id

What does this MR do?

This MR adds target_project_id column to merge_request_metrics and keeps it in sync with merge_requests.target_project_id.

The goal of this denormalization is to get better query timings when querying the merged_at column in merge_requests_metrics table. Currently when querying merged_at, the DB needs to process all MR records and join the metrics table for the given project/projects.

Efficient queries on MRs and the merged_at column will be required for MR analytics (throughput) feature: #229045 (closed)

I tested the import / export feature. Importing an older GL export is working, the target_project_id will be set automatically by the before_save callback on MergeRequest::Metrics. I didn't notice N+1 query on merge_requests (finding the target_project_id), probably because we have the inverse_of set up.

Inefficient query:

SELECT count("merge_requests".id)
FROM "merge_requests"
INNER JOIN merge_request_metrics ON merge_request_metrics.merge_request_id=merge_requests.id AND (merged_at > '2020-05-01 00:00') AND (merged_at < '2020-05-31 23:59')
WHERE merge_requests.target_project_id IN (278964, 7764) 

ERROR: canceling statement due to statement timeout

New query:

SELECT count("merge_request_metrics".merge_request_id)
FROM "merge_requests"
INNER JOIN merge_request_metrics ON merge_request_metrics.merge_request_id=merge_requests.id AND (merged_at > '2020-05-01 00:00') AND (merged_at < '2020-05-31 23:59')
WHERE merge_request_metrics.target_project_id IN (278964, 7764) 

Note: There is an index on merged_at and target_project_id, I'll add it in a follow up issue where the query is going to be implemented.

Joining the merge_requests table will be required if we need extra filtering on the data (assignee, author, labels, etc.).

Migrations

Up

== 20200723125205 AddTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: migrating ====================
-- add_column(:merge_request_metrics, :target_project_id, :integer)
   -> 0.0008s
== 20200723125205 AddTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: migrated (0.0045s) ===========

== 20200723128332 AddFkToMetricsTargetProjectId: migrating ====================
-- transaction_open?()
   -> 0.0000s
-- index_exists?(:merge_request_metrics, :target_project_id, {:algorithm=>:concurrently})
   -> 0.0031s
-- add_index(:merge_request_metrics, :target_project_id, {:algorithm=>:concurrently})
   -> 0.0051s
-- transaction_open?()
   -> 0.0000s
-- foreign_keys(:merge_request_metrics)
   -> 0.0019s
-- execute("ALTER TABLE merge_request_metrics\nADD CONSTRAINT fk_56067dcb44\nFOREIGN KEY (target_project_id)\nREFERENCES projects (id)\nON DELETE CASCADE\nNOT VALID;\n")
   -> 0.0023s
-- execute("ALTER TABLE merge_request_metrics VALIDATE CONSTRAINT fk_56067dcb44;")
   -> 0.0026s
== 20200723128332 AddFkToMetricsTargetProjectId: migrated (0.0177s) ===========

== 20200723132258 ScheduleCopyOfMrTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: migrating =======
== 20200723132258 ScheduleCopyOfMrTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: migrated (0.0450s)

Down

== 20200723132258 ScheduleCopyOfMrTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: reverting =======
== 20200723132258 ScheduleCopyOfMrTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: reverted (0.0000s)

== 20200723128332 AddFkToMetricsTargetProjectId: reverting ====================
-- remove_foreign_key(:merge_request_metrics, {:column=>:target_project_id})
   -> 0.0059s
-- transaction_open?()
   -> 0.0000s
-- index_exists?(:merge_request_metrics, :target_project_id, {:algorithm=>:concurrently})
   -> 0.0038s
-- remove_index(:merge_request_metrics, {:algorithm=>:concurrently, :column=>:target_project_id})
   -> 0.0048s
== 20200723128332 AddFkToMetricsTargetProjectId: reverted (0.0148s) ===========

== 20200723125205 AddTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: reverting ====================
-- remove_column(:merge_request_metrics, :target_project_id, :integer)
   -> 0.0013s
== 20200723125205 AddTargetProjectIdToMrMetrics: reverted (0.0039s) ===========

BG migration

48M records, 5K batches. Estimated runtime: about 13 days

WITH merge_requests_batch AS
  (SELECT id,
          target_project_id
   FROM merge_requests
   WHERE id BETWEEN 27079 AND 33101)
UPDATE merge_request_metrics
SET target_project_id = merge_requests_batch.target_project_id
FROM merge_requests_batch
WHERE merge_request_metrics.merge_request_id=merge_requests_batch.id

Plan

The plan is from DB lab, most of the time is spent in IO.

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

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Edited by Adam Hegyi

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