apache / apache/iceberg-python
Support optional Parquet page index writes
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Description
## Feature Request / Improvement
PyIceberg doesn't expose Parquet page index writing, even though PyArrow supports it with `ParquetWriter(write_page_index=True)`.
### Use case / motivation
Page indexes let readers such as ClickHouse skip non-matching pages during predicate evaluation, avoiding decoding work for selective queries. Tables written by PyIceberg currently lack these indexes, so page-level pruning is not possible regardless of reader support.
### Proposed change
Add an opt-in `write.parquet.page-index-enabled` table property, default false, to preserve current output and file sizes. When enabled, PyIceberg passes `write_page_index=True` to PyArrow's ParquetWriter.
### Implementation
PR #3829 adds the table property, threads it through `_get_parquet_writer_kwargs`, documents it in mkdocs/docs/configuration.md, and includes unit and integration test coverage.
### Tooling note
I developed this with assistance from DS v4 Pro and reviewed the changes myself.
### References
- #3829
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Research direction
Start by reviewing PR #3829, then inspect _get_parquet_writer_kwargs, mkdocs/docs/configuration.md, and the referenced unit and integration tests. Done means the opt-in property remains false by default, enables PyArrow page-index writing when true, and the documented tests pass.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100