SPRKSCL1169

Spark element is missing on the method chaining.

Message: Spark element is missing on the method chaining.

Category: Warning.

Description

This issue appears when the SMA detects that a Spark element call is missing on the method chaining. SMA needs to know that Spark element to analyze the statement.

Scenario

Input

Below is an example where load function call is missing on the method chaining.

val reader = spark.read.format("json")
val df = reader.load(path)

Output

The SMA adds the EWI SPRKSCL1169 to the output code to let you know that load function call is missing on the method chaining and SMA can not analyze the statement.

/*EWI: SPRKSCL1169 => Function 'org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader.load' is missing on the method chaining*/
val reader = spark.read.format("json")
val df = reader.load(path)

Recommended fix

Make sure that all function calls of the method chaining are in the same statement.

val reader = spark.read.format("json").load(path)

Additional recommendations

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