Standard performance mode is now supported for materialized view or streaming table refreshes in jobs

UpdateJul 6, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Materialized view and streaming table refreshes that are orchestrated through a SQL task in a Lakeflow job now respect the job's Performance optimized setting. When the setting is turned off, the refresh uses standard performance mode, which consumes fewer DBUs.

SQL Streaming Performance

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