Hi Tamara! Yes, there is. Since count/collect/print trigger an execution of the ExecutionEnvironment, you can get the result afterwards using env.getLastExecutionResult().
Best, Max On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Tamara Mendt <tammyme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey! > > I am currently running a job in which I wish to use collect to trigger my > job execution, but I also need to have access to the final accumulator > results. Up until now I have been accessing the accumulator results through > the JobExecutionResult that the function execute() returns. > > Not surprisingly, if I use collect() and execute() I get the following > exception: > > java.lang.RuntimeException: No new data sinks have been defined since the > last execution. The last execution refers to the latest call to > 'execute()', 'count()', 'collect()', or 'print()'. > at > org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment.createProgramPlan(ExecutionEnvironment.java:921) > at > org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment.createProgramPlan(ExecutionEnvironment.java:904) > at > org.apache.flink.api.java.LocalEnvironment.execute(LocalEnvironment.java:50) > > > Is there some way in which I can access the accumulator results while > using the collect method to trigger execution? > > Cheers, >