docs/content/code-security/codeql-cli/codeql-cli-manual/dataset-measure.md

title, versions, topics, type, product, autogenerated, intro

title	versions	topics	type	product	autogenerated	intro
dataset measure	fpt ghae ghec ghes * * * *	Advanced Security Code scanning CodeQL	reference	{% data reusables.gated-features.codeql %}	codeql-cli	[Plumbing] Collect statistics about the relations in a particular dataset.

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Synopsis

codeql dataset measure --output=<file> [--threads=<num>] <options>... -- <dataset>

Description

[Plumbing] Collect statistics about the relations in a particular dataset.

This command is typically only used when developing a CodeQL extractor, after a change that affects the database schema and which therefore needs to have an accompanying change to the statistics used by the query optimizer.

Primary options

<dataset>

[Mandatory] Path to the raw QL dataset to measure.

-o, --output=<file>

[Mandatory] The output file to which statistics should be written, typically with a '.dbscheme.stats' extension.

-j, --threads=<num>

The number of concurrent threads to use.

Defaults to 1. You can pass 0 to use one thread per core on the machine, or -N to leave N cores unused (except still use at least one thread).

Common options

-h, --help

Show this help text.

-J=<opt>

[Advanced] Give option to the JVM running the command.

(Beware that options containing spaces will not be handled correctly.)

-v, --verbose

Incrementally increase the number of progress messages printed.

-q, --quiet

Incrementally decrease the number of progress messages printed.

--verbosity=<level>

[Advanced] Explicitly set the verbosity level to one of errors, warnings, progress, progress+, progress++, progress+++. Overrides -v and -q.

--logdir=<dir>

[Advanced] Write detailed logs to one or more files in the given directory, with generated names that include timestamps and the name of the running subcommand.

(To write a log file with a name you have full control over, instead give --log-to-stderr and redirect stderr as desired.)