ALTER TABLE ... MODIFY QUERY

CREATE TABLE events (ts DateTime, event_type String)
ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY (event_type, ts);

CREATE TABLE events_by_day (ts DateTime, event_type String, events_cnt UInt64)
ENGINE = SummingMergeTree ORDER BY (event_type, ts);

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mv TO events_by_day AS
SELECT toStartOfDay(ts) ts, event_type, count() events_cnt
FROM events
GROUP BY ts, event_type;

INSERT INTO events
SELECT DATE '2020-01-01' + interval number * 900 second,
       ['imp', 'click'][number%2+1]
FROM numbers(100);

SELECT ts, event_type, sum(events_cnt)
FROM events_by_day
GROUP BY ts, event_type
ORDER BY ts, event_type;

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CREATE TABLE src_table (`a` UInt32) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY a;
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mv (`a` UInt32) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY a AS SELECT a FROM src_table;
INSERT INTO src_table (a) VALUES (1), (2);
SELECT * FROM mv;

┌─a─┐
│ 1 │
│ 2 │
└───┘

ALTER TABLE mv MODIFY QUERY SELECT a * 2 as a FROM src_table;
INSERT INTO src_table (a) VALUES (3), (4);
SELECT * FROM mv;

┌─a─┐
│ 6 │
│ 8 │
└───┘
┌─a─┐
│ 1 │
│ 2 │
└───┘

ALTER TABLE [db.]name MODIFY REFRESH EVERY|AFTER ... [RANDOMIZE FOR ...] [DEPENDS ON ...] [SETTINGS ...]

-- Change the schedule.
ALTER TABLE rmv MODIFY REFRESH EVERY 30 MINUTE;

-- Change retry settings (schedule must be repeated).
ALTER TABLE rmv MODIFY REFRESH EVERY 30 MINUTE
SETTINGS refresh_retries = 5,
         refresh_retry_initial_backoff_ms = 500,
         refresh_retry_max_backoff_ms = 60000;

-- Add or keep a dependency.
ALTER TABLE rmv MODIFY REFRESH EVERY 6 HOUR DEPENDS ON other_rmv;

-- Drop the dependency by omitting `DEPENDS ON`.
ALTER TABLE rmv MODIFY REFRESH EVERY 6 HOUR;