Materialize dictionaries in group keys (#7647)

Given that group keys inherently have few repeated values, especially
when grouping on a single column, the use of dictionary encoding is
unlikely to be yielding significant returns

datafusion/core/tests/path_partition.rs

@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ async fn parquet_distinct_partition_col() -> Result<()> {
     assert_eq!(min_limit, resulting_limit);
 
     let s = ScalarValue::try_from_array(results[0].column(1), 0)?;
-    let month = match extract_as_utf(&s) {
-        Some(month) => month,
-        s => panic!("Expected month as Dict(_, Utf8) found {s:?}"),
+    let month = match s {
+        ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(month)) => month,
+        s => panic!("Expected month as Utf8 found {s:?}"),
     };
 
     let sql_on_partition_boundary = format!(
@@ -191,15 +191,6 @@ async fn parquet_distinct_partition_col() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn extract_as_utf(v: &ScalarValue) -> Option<String> {
-    if let ScalarValue::Dictionary(_, v) = v {
-        if let ScalarValue::Utf8(v) = v.as_ref() {
-            return v.clone();
-        }
-    }
-    None
-}
-
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn csv_filter_with_file_col() -> Result<()> {
     let ctx = SessionContext::new();

datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/group_values/row.rs

@@ -17,22 +17,18 @@
 
 use crate::aggregates::group_values::GroupValues;
 use ahash::RandomState;
-use arrow::compute::cast;
 use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use arrow::row::{RowConverter, Rows, SortField};
-use arrow_array::{Array, ArrayRef};
-use arrow_schema::{DataType, SchemaRef};
+use arrow_array::ArrayRef;
+use arrow_schema::SchemaRef;
 use datafusion_common::hash_utils::create_hashes;
-use datafusion_common::{DataFusionError, Result};
+use datafusion_common::Result;
 use datafusion_execution::memory_pool::proxy::{RawTableAllocExt, VecAllocExt};
 use datafusion_physical_expr::EmitTo;
 use hashbrown::raw::RawTable;
 
 /// A [`GroupValues`] making use of [`Rows`]
 pub struct GroupValuesRows {
-    /// The output schema
-    schema: SchemaRef,
-
     /// Converter for the group values
     row_converter: RowConverter,
 
@@ -79,7 +75,6 @@ impl GroupValuesRows {
         let map = RawTable::with_capacity(0);
 
         Ok(Self {
-            schema,
             row_converter,
             map,
             map_size: 0,
@@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ impl GroupValues for GroupValuesRows {
             .take()
             .expect("Can not emit from empty rows");
 
-        let mut output = match emit_to {
+        let output = match emit_to {
             EmitTo::All => {
                 let output = self.row_converter.convert_rows(&group_values)?;
                 group_values.clear();
@@ -203,20 +198,6 @@ impl GroupValues for GroupValuesRows {
             }
         };
 
-        // TODO: Materialize dictionaries in group keys (#7647)
-        for (field, array) in self.schema.fields.iter().zip(&mut output) {
-            let expected = field.data_type();
-            if let DataType::Dictionary(_, v) = expected {
-                let actual = array.data_type();
-                if v.as_ref() != actual {
-                    return Err(DataFusionError::Internal(format!(
-                        "Converted group rows expected dictionary of {v} got {actual}"
-                    )));
-                }
-                *array = cast(array.as_ref(), expected)?;
-            }
-        }
-
         self.group_values = Some(group_values);
         Ok(output)
     }

datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/mod.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use crate::{
 use arrow::array::ArrayRef;
 use arrow::datatypes::{Field, Schema, SchemaRef};
 use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+use arrow_schema::DataType;
 use datafusion_common::stats::Precision;
 use datafusion_common::{not_impl_err, plan_err, DataFusionError, Result};
 use datafusion_execution::TaskContext;
@@ -286,6 +287,9 @@ pub struct AggregateExec {
     limit: Option<usize>,
     /// Input plan, could be a partial aggregate or the input to the aggregate
     pub input: Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>,
+    /// Original aggregation schema, could be different from `schema` before dictionary group
+    /// keys get materialized
+    original_schema: SchemaRef,
     /// Schema after the aggregate is applied
     schema: SchemaRef,
     /// Input schema before any aggregation is applied. For partial aggregate this will be the
@@ -469,15 +473,19 @@ impl AggregateExec {
         input: Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>,
         input_schema: SchemaRef,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let schema = create_schema(
+        let original_schema = create_schema(
             &input.schema(),
             &group_by.expr,
             &aggr_expr,
             group_by.contains_null(),
             mode,
         )?;
 
-        let schema = Arc::new(schema);
+        let schema = Arc::new(materialize_dict_group_keys(
+            &original_schema,
+            group_by.expr.len(),
+        ));
+        let original_schema = Arc::new(original_schema);
         // Reset ordering requirement to `None` if aggregator is not order-sensitive
         order_by_expr = aggr_expr
             .iter()
@@ -552,6 +560,7 @@ impl AggregateExec {
             filter_expr,
             order_by_expr,
             input,
+            original_schema,
             schema,
             input_schema,
             projection_mapping,
@@ -973,6 +982,24 @@ fn create_schema(
     Ok(Schema::new(fields))
 }
 
+/// returns schema with dictionary group keys materialized as their value types
+/// The actual convertion happens in `RowConverter` and we don't do unnecessary
+/// conversion back into dictionaries
+fn materialize_dict_group_keys(schema: &Schema, group_count: usize) -> Schema {
+    let fields = schema
+        .fields
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(i, field)| match field.data_type() {
+            DataType::Dictionary(_, value_data_type) if i < group_count => {
+                Field::new(field.name(), *value_data_type.clone(), field.is_nullable())
+            }
+            _ => Field::clone(field),
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    Schema::new(fields)
+}
+
 fn group_schema(schema: &Schema, group_count: usize) -> SchemaRef {
     let group_fields = schema.fields()[0..group_count].to_vec();
     Arc::new(Schema::new(group_fields))

datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/row_hash.rs

@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ impl GroupedHashAggregateStream {
             .map(create_group_accumulator)
             .collect::<Result<_>>()?;
 
-        let group_schema = group_schema(&agg_schema, agg_group_by.expr.len());
+        // we need to use original schema so RowConverter in group_values below
+        // will do the proper coversion of dictionaries into value types
+        let group_schema = group_schema(&agg.original_schema, agg_group_by.expr.len());
         let spill_expr = group_schema
             .fields
             .into_iter()