cube-js / cube-js/cube

Running Cube with pre-aggregations disabled

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I have a complex Cube project with an external pre-aggregation database and pre-aggregations set up. However, I also wanted to run it locally without pre-aggregations, just to test a few schema changes. In order to do so, I needed to remove the pre-aggregations from my schema files.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
I'd like to be able to run Cube.js with a configuration option that makes Cube.js ignore pre-aggregations and always hit the raw data, e.g.,`CUBEJS_PRE_AGGREGATIONS=false`.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Using dynamic schema generation to wrap my cubes and remove `preAggregations` from them based on a custom configuration flag.

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Research direction

Start with Cube.js configuration handling and the schema files' preAggregations settings; compare the normal and dynamic schema-generation paths. Verify how a proposed CUBEJS_PRE_AGGREGATIONS=false setting would make local queries use raw data while leaving existing schemas intact, including projects using an external pre-aggregation database.

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Assessment

Domain
analytics, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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