If you’d like to show progress and/or output from a task using the jobs UI, refer to the rstudioapi documentation for details start with addJob, which creates a new job in the UI and returns a handle you can use to update the UI as the job progresses. It can also be scripted from R packages (and R code) to show status, progress, and output for any long-running task. RStudio’s new Jobs pane can show more than just the progress of background jobs. You can also monitor the status and progress of your launcher jobs on your RStudio dashboard: Once you have started a job, you can see its status in the Launcher tab, which shows all your jobs (not just those launched from the current session). You can safely quit your R session without affecting any launcher jobs you may have started from it. Unlike local jobs, launcher jobs are independent from the R session. This can include settings like resource constraints as well as configuration parameters like which Docker image to use. When launching a job, you’ll have the opportunity to specify how you want to run it, depending of course on the configuration the compute infrastructure exposes to RStudio Server.
On RStudio Server Pro, you also have the option of running your R script on your company’s compute infrastructure, using the new Job Launcher.
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If you are writing R code and need to run a subtask asynchronously in a background R session, we recommend using the new callr package instead. Note however that the IDE’s background job runner is generally designed for one-off, interactive script runs. This makes it possible to automate and orchestrate more complicated sets of background tasks. You can script the creation of jobs using the rstudioapi package method jobRunScript it has options which correspond to each dialog option above. This output appears in the Jobs pane when you select your job.
You can also emit output using the usual R mechanisms, such as print, message, and cat. When your job reaches that line in your script, the name of the section will appear on the progress bar. Add a section marker like this to your R script: # Apply the model. If you want a little more insight into which part of the script is currently running, you can use RStudio’s code sections feature. The progress bar RStudio shows for your job represents the execution of each top-level statement in your R script. While local jobs are running, a progress bar will appear in the R console summarizing the progress of all running jobs. Your R session will not be suspended (on RStudio Server).You will be warned if you attempt to close the window while jobs are still running (on RStudio Desktop).
Local jobs run as non-interactive child R processes of your main R process, which means that they will be shut down if R is. Results object: This places all the R objects your job creates into a new environment named yourscript_results. Use this option with caution! The objects created by the job will overwrite, without a warning, any objects that have the same name in your environment. Global environment: This places all the R objects your job creates back in your R session’s global environment. If you’d like to import data from your job back into your R session, you have a couple of choices: Note that this can be slow if you have large objects in your environment.Ĭopy job results: By default, the temporary workspace in which the job runs is not saved. This is useful because it will allow your job to see all the same variables you can see in the IDE. Run job with copy of global environment: If ticked, this option saves your global environment and loads it into the job’s R session before it runs. However, if you want to feed data from your current R session into the job, or have the job return data to your current R session, change the dialog options as follows: This is the fastest and safest configuration, good for reproducible scripts that have no side effects. This will give you some options for running your job.īy default, the job will run in a clean R session, and its temporary workspace will be discarded when the job is complete. You can run any R script in a separate session by pulling down the Source menu and choosing Source as Local Job. You can use these to run your scripts in the background while you continue to use the IDE.Ī “local job” is an R script that runs in a separate, dedicated R session. In RStudio 1.2, we’re introducing two new features to keep you productive while your code’s working: local jobs and remote jobs. When your R scripts take a long time to run, it can be difficult to get much done in RStudio while they do, unless you’re willing to juggle multiple instances of RStudio. When you run an R script in RStudio today, the R console waits for it to complete, and you can’t do much with RStudio until the script is finished running.