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Source code for airflow.example_dags.plugins.custom_partition_timetable

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from __future__ import annotations

from airflow.plugins_manager import AirflowPlugin
from airflow.timetables.trigger import CronTriggerTimetable


# [START custom_partition_timetable]
[docs] class ScheduledRuntimePartitionTimetable(CronTriggerTimetable): """ A schedulable timetable whose partition key is decided at task runtime. Runs fire on the given cron cadence, exactly like an ordinary :class:`~airflow.timetables.trigger.CronTriggerTimetable`. The partition key, however, is not derived from the schedule: it is set while the producing task runs — typically after the task checks whether the period's source data has arrived — by calling ``outlet_events[self].add_partitions(...)``. This uses runtime partitioning on a regular cron schedule: the timetable stays schedulable (``can_be_scheduled`` is ``True``) yet sets ``partitioned_at_runtime = True`` so the partition key is deferred to task runtime. It differs from :class:`~airflow.sdk.PartitionedAtRuntime` (which also defers the key to runtime but never schedules a run on its own) and from :class:`~airflow.timetables.trigger.CronPartitionTimetable` (which works out the partition key from the cadence ahead of the run). ``partitioned`` stays ``False``: no partition key is worked out ahead of the run. Registering it via the ``AirflowPlugin.timetables`` registry makes it usable by Dag authors without modifying core Airflow. """
[docs] partitioned_at_runtime = True
[docs] class ScheduledRuntimePartitionTimetablePlugin(AirflowPlugin):
[docs] name = "scheduled_runtime_partition_timetable_plugin"
[docs] timetables = [ScheduledRuntimePartitionTimetable]
# [END custom_partition_timetable]

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