--- title: Increment Management Type (Model Object) description: "Increment Management Type decides who sets the range of an incremental load: the load itself or you." --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/increment-management-type-model-object#main-content) [Contact us](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [Go to Customer Portal](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/customer-portal?hsLang=en) [![TRI\_Logo\_biGENIUS\_2020\_RGB\_s](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/TRI_Logo_biGENIUS_2020_RGB_s.png?width=150&height=42&name=TRI_Logo_biGENIUS_2020_RGB_s.png)](https://www.bigenius-x.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/kb-tickets/new) - [Go to Customer Portal](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/customer-portal) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [biGENIUS-X Knowledge Base](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Generators](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/generators?hsLang=en) 3. [Properties](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/generators?hsLang=en#properties) # Increment Management Type (Model Object) **Applies to** Platform: Microsoft SQL Server · Snowflake · Databricks · Fabric Lakehouse · Fabric Warehouse · Oracle Increment Management Type decides who sets the range of an incremental load: the load itself or you. Use `User` when an external process must decide which source rows each load reads. The property has no effect until you map [BG\_IncrementalFilter](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_incrementalfilter?hsLang=en) and so switch on the incremental load. The technical identifier is `IncrementManagementType`. Snowflake dbt and Databricks dbt do not offer it, because dbt projects have no increment table. ### Level and supported objects Set it in Edit Model Object, group Implementation. Model object types that offer it: - Stage - The satellite types except the Record Tracking satellites, in the Raw Vault and the Business Vault - PIT and Business PIT - Fact and Mart Fact Available since Generator 2.2. ### Values - `Auto` (default): each load reads the source rows above the value that the previous load stored. The deployment inserts a start row per dataflow and dataflow set. - `User`: you insert a range before each load. The load reads the rows of the pending range with the lowest [BG\_ID](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_id?hsLang=en) and marks the range as done. The Stage generators for files of Snowflake, Databricks and Fabric Lakehouse and the JDBC Stage generators of Databricks and Fabric Lakehouse offer only `Auto`; on their Stages, the drop-down in Edit Model Object lists no other value. The Snowflake Stage generator for files does not support incremental loads. ### Effect on generated output With `User`, the generated objects differ from `Auto`: - The increment table holds [BG\_LowerThreshold](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_lowerthreshold?hsLang=en), [BG\_UpperThreshold](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_upperthreshold?hsLang=en) and [BG\_IncrementLoadStatus](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_incrementloadstatus?hsLang=en) instead of `BG_IncrementalFilter`. - The deployment inserts no row into the increment table. - The generator creates no Increment Source view for the object. - The Stage table has no `BG_IncrementalFilter`, `BG_DataflowName` and `BG_DataflowSetName` columns. After you change the value, generate and deploy the model object again, because the increment table gets other columns. ### Example A Stage `load_incremental_user` on Microsoft SQL Server maps `BG_IncrementalFilter` to `s1.TRANSACTION_TIME` and has Increment Management Type `User`. The deployment creates this increment table without rows. The primary key on `BG_ID` is not shown: ``` CREATE TABLE [stage].[STG_ST_load_incremental_user_Increment] ( [BG_LoadTimestamp] DATETIMEOFFSET NOT NULL ,[BG_DataflowName] NVARCHAR(255) NULL ,[BG_ID] INT IDENTITY NOT NULL ,[BG_DataflowSetName] NVARCHAR(255) NULL ,[BG_LowerThreshold] DATETIMEOFFSET NULL ,[BG_UpperThreshold] DATETIMEOFFSET NULL ,[BG_IncrementLoadStatus] NVARCHAR(20) NULL ... ) ``` The ranges and the rows each load reads are shown in [BG\_LowerThreshold](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_lowerthreshold?hsLang=en). The procedure is in [Manage the increments yourself](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/configure-an-incremental-load?hsLang=en#manage-the-increments-yourself). ### Related articles - Reference: [BG\_IncrementalFilter](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_incrementalfilter?hsLang=en), [BG\_LowerThreshold](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_lowerthreshold?hsLang=en), [BG\_UpperThreshold](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_upperthreshold?hsLang=en), [BG\_IncrementLoadStatus](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_incrementloadstatus?hsLang=en), [BG\_ID](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/bg_id?hsLang=en) - See also: [Configure an incremental load](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/configure-an-incremental-load?hsLang=en) - [Getting started](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Guidelines](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#guidelines) - [Start working](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#start-working) - [Account](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#account) - 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