Nick Pentreath created SPARK-14891: -------------------------------------- Summary: ALS in ML never validates input schema Key: SPARK-14891 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-14891 Project: Spark Issue Type: Bug Components: ML Reporter: Nick Pentreath
Currently, {{ALS.fit}} never validates the input schema. There is a {{transformSchema}} impl that calls {{validateAndTransformSchema}}, but it is never called in either {{ALS.fit}} or {{ALSModel.transform}}. This was highlighted in SPARK-13857 (and failing PySpark tests [here|https://amplab.cs.berkeley.edu/jenkins/job/SparkPullRequestBuilder/56849/consoleFull])when adding a call to {{transformSchema}} in {{ALSModel.transform}} that actually validates the input schema. The PySpark docstring tests result in Long inputs by default, which fail validation as Int is required. Currently, the inputs for user and item ids are cast to Int, with no input type validation (or warning message). So users could pass in Long, Float, Double, etc. It's also not made clear anywhere in the docs that only Int types for user and item are supported. Enforcing validation seems the best option but might break user code that previously "just worked" especially in PySpark. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org