[SPARK-8480] Add setName for Dataframe

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: bulk-closed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter Rudenko
• Created: 19/Jun/15 13:55
• Updated: 21/May/19 04:14
• Resolved: 21/May/19 04:14

Description

Rdd has a method setName, so in spark UI, it's more easily to understand what's this cache for. E.g. ("data for LogisticRegression model", etc.). Would be nice to have the same method for Dataframe, since it displays a logical schema, in cache page, which could be quite big.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: SPARK-20539 support optional dataframe name
• is duplicated by: SPARK-21265 Cache method could specified name
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #15343 (srowen)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16609 (emlyn)