SPRKPY1019

pyspark.sql.functions.datediff has a workaround

Category

Warning.

Description

This issue appears when the tool detects the usage of pyspark.sql.functions.datediff which has a workaround. Note: This workaround is deprecated because a later tool version supports the daydiff snowpark function as a helper.

Input code:

contacts = (contacts
            #days since last event
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastEvent', datediff(lit(today),'lastEvent'))
            #days since deployment
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastDeployment', datediff(lit(today),'lastDeploymentEnd'))
            #days since online training
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastTraining', datediff(lit(today),'lastTraining'))
            #days since last RC login
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastRollCallLogin', datediff(lit(today),'adx_identity_lastsuccessfullogin'))
            #days since last EMS login
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastEMSLogin', datediff(lit(today),'vms_lastuserlogin'))
           )

Output code:

#EWI: SPRKPY1019 => pyspark.sql.functions.datediff has a workaround, see documentation for more info
contacts = (contacts
            #days since last event
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastEvent', datediff(lit(today),'lastEvent'))
            #days since deployment
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastDeployment', datediff(lit(today),'lastDeploymentEnd'))
            #days since online training
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastTraining', datediff(lit(today),'lastTraining'))
            #days since last RC login
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastRollCallLogin', datediff(lit(today),'adx_identity_lastsuccessfullogin'))
            #days since last EMS login
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastEMSLogin', datediff(lit(today),'vms_lastuserlogin'))
           )

Scenario:

datediff(end: ColumnOrName, start: ColumnOrName) Action: Import snowpark_extensions package, which contains a helper for datediff function.

import snowpark_extensions
contacts = (contacts
            #days since last event
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastEvent', datediff(lit(today),'lastEvent'))
            #days since deployment
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastDeployment', datediff(lit(today),'lastDeploymentEnd'))
            #days since online training
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastTraining', datediff(lit(today),'lastTraining'))
            #days since last RC login
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastRollCallLogin', datediff(lit(today),'adx_identity_lastsuccessfullogin'))
            #days since last EMS login
            .withColumn('daysSinceLastEMSLogin', datediff(lit(today),'vms_lastuserlogin'))
           )

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