jedcunningham commented on code in PR #22867: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/22867#discussion_r846640207
########## docs/apache-airflow/concepts/dynamic-task-mapping.rst: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,256 @@ + .. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + + .. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + .. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +==================== +Dynamic Task Mapping +==================== + +Dynamic Task Mapping allows a way for a workflow to create a number of tasks at runtime based upon current data, rather than the DAG author having to know in advance how many tasks would be needed. + +This is similar to defining your tasks in a for loop, but instead of having the DAG file fetch the data and do that itself, the scheduler can do this based on the output of a previous task. Right before a mapped task is executed the scheduler will create *n* copies of the task, one for each input. + +It is also possible to have a task operate on the collected output of a mapped task, commonly known as map and reduce. + +Simple mapping +============== + +In its simplest form you can map over a list defined directly in your DAG file using the ``expand()`` function instead of calling your task directly. + +.. code-block:: python + + from airflow import DAG + from airflow.decorators import task + + + with DAG(dag_id="simple_mapping", start_date=datetime(2022, 3, 4)): Review Comment: With the way parsing works, it's required even if it isn't explicitly "used". The DAG has to be in globals. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
