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Spark user interface

Spark user interface

The Spark user interface (Spark UI) helps you to keep track of various aspects of a running Spark application.

The following list includes a few examples:

  • current running stage
  • number of tasks in a stage
  • reason for a longer running stage
  • strangler task in a stage
  • whether the executors in the application are used optimally
  • inspect into memory and disk consumption of the driver and executors

Use the Spark history server to inspect the run of a completed Spark application. To access the Spark history server, see the Access Spark history server.

Accessing the Spark UI

  1. Log in to watsonx.data console.

  2. From the navigation menu, select Infrastructure manager.

  3. Click the name of the Spark engine (from list view or topology view). Engine information window opens.

  4. In the Applications tab, select an application and click the application ID link. The Spark UI opens.

  5. You can view the following details :

    • The Event Time line displays a graphical view of the timeline and the events.
    • Different stages of execution, the storage used, the Spark environment and executor (memory and driver) details.