Task

Specification

Magpie, Scala, Python, and R Script Tasks

{
  "name": String,
  "description": String,
  "state": String,
  "predecessorName": String,
  "failureMode": String,
  "maxRetries": Int,
  "timeout": String
}

SQL Mapper Task

{
  "name": String,
  "description": String,
  "state": String,
  "predecessorName": String,
  "targetTableName": String,
  "targetTableSpec": <table spec>,
  "targetSchemaName": String,
  "partitionOptions": 
    {
      "count": Int
      "partitionBy": Array
    },
  "saveMode": String,
  "failureMode": String,
  "maxRetries": Int,
  "timeout": String
}

Nested Job Task

{
  "name": String,
  "description": String,
  "state": String,
  "predecessorName": String,
  "failureMode": String,
  "maxRetries": Int,
  "timeout": String
}

Structure Values

Field Name Type Description Required Default Magpie, Scala, Python, or R Script SQL Mapper Nested Job
name String Task name. Required
X X X
description String Expanded task information.
None X X X
state String Whether the task is enabled or disabled. Supported values: Enabled, Disabled.
Enabled X X X
predecessorName String Name of task. Links task to another task. The completion of the predecessor task will trigger execution.
None X X X
targetTableName String Table that will is created from the SQL query result. targetTableName or targetTableSpec Required

X
targetTableSpec table object Specifications for the table that will is created from the SQL query result. targetTableName or targetTableSpec Required

X
targetSchemaName String Schema to which the table created by the SQL query result should belong. Default is to use the active session schema.
None
X
partitionOptions partition object



X
dataSourceName String Data source that the table will be saved to. If not specified, the default data source will be used.
None
X
count Int The number of partitions to save the resulting table with. Default is to coalesce the result into the number of cores available on the cluster.
None
X
partitionBy Array A comma-separated list of column names to partition the resulting table by. Default is unpartitioned.
None
X
saveMode String

Supported values: ReplaceWithDelete, Replace, Create.

Create creates a new table, erroring if the table already exists.

Replace either creates a new table if the table does not already exist, or replaces the existing version of the table if it does exist.

ReplaceWithDelete is the same as replace, but it deletes the underlying data for the existing table after replacing.


Create
X
failureMode String Task behavior in the event of a failure. Supported value: Halt, Retry.
Halt X X X
maxRetries Int Only applicable to Retry failureMode. The number of times to retry a task that fails before halting.
None X X

X

timeout String

Time to wait for task completion before failing.
i.e. "90 seconds", "5 minutes", "1 hour"


None X X X

Example

{
  "name": "profile_table"
  "description": "Profile table f_transaction."
  "predecessorName": "create_table",
  "failureMode": "Retry",
  "maxRetries": 3,
  "timeout": "5 minutes"
}
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