mlflow
The mlflow
module provides a high-level “fluent” API for starting and managing MLflow runs.
For example:
import mlflow
mlflow.start_run()
mlflow.log_param("my", "param")
mlflow.log_metric("score", 100)
mlflow.end_run()
You can also use the context manager syntax like this:
with mlflow.start_run() as run:
mlflow.log_param("my", "param")
mlflow.log_metric("score", 100)
which automatically terminates the run at the end of the with
block.
The fluent tracking API is not currently threadsafe. Any concurrent callers to the tracking API must implement mutual exclusion manually.
For a lower level API, see the mlflow.tracking
module.
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class
mlflow.
ActiveRun
(run)[source] Wrapper around
mlflow.entities.Run
to enable using Pythonwith
syntax.
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mlflow.
log_param
(key, value)[source] Log a parameter under the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
key – Parameter name (string)
value – Parameter value (string, but will be string-ified if not)
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mlflow.
log_params
(params)[source] Log a batch of params for the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
params – Dictionary of param_name: String -> value: (String, but will be string-ified if not)
- Returns
None
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mlflow.
log_metric
(key, value, step=None)[source] Log a metric under the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
key – Metric name (string).
value – Metric value (float). Note that some special values such as +/- Infinity may be replaced by other values depending on the store. For example, the SQLAlchemy store replaces +/- Infinity with max / min float values.
step – Metric step (int). Defaults to zero if unspecified.
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mlflow.
log_metrics
(metrics, step=None)[source] Log multiple metrics for the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
metrics – Dictionary of metric_name: String -> value: Float. Note that some special values such as +/- Infinity may be replaced by other values depending on the store. For example, sql based store may replace +/- Infinity with max / min float values.
step – A single integer step at which to log the specified Metrics. If unspecified, each metric is logged at step zero.
- Returns
None
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mlflow.
set_tag
(key, value)[source] Set a tag under the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
key – Tag name (string)
value – Tag value (string, but will be string-ified if not)
Log a batch of tags for the current run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
tags – Dictionary of tag_name: String -> value: (String, but will be string-ified if not)
- Returns
None
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mlflow.
delete_tag
(key)[source] Delete a tag from a run. This is irreversible. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
key – Name of the tag
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mlflow.
log_artifacts
(local_dir, artifact_path=None)[source] Log all the contents of a local directory as artifacts of the run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
local_dir – Path to the directory of files to write.
artifact_path – If provided, the directory in
artifact_uri
to write to.
import os import mlflow # Create some files to preserve as artifacts features = "rooms, zipcode, median_price, school_rating, transport" data = {"state": "TX", "Available": 25, "Type": "Detached"} # Create couple of artifact files under the directory "data" os.makedirs("data", exist_ok=True) with open("data/data.json", 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f: json.dump(data, f, indent=2) with open("data/features.txt", 'w') as f: f.write(features) # Write all files in "data" to root artifact_uri/states with mlflow.start_run(): mlflow.log_artifacts("data", artifact_path="states")
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mlflow.
log_artifact
(local_path, artifact_path=None)[source] Log a local file or directory as an artifact of the currently active run. If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
local_path – Path to the file to write.
artifact_path – If provided, the directory in
artifact_uri
to write to.
import mlflow # Create a features.txt artifact file features = "rooms, zipcode, median_price, school_rating, transport" with open("features.txt", 'w') as f: f.write(features) # With artifact_path=None write features.txt under # root artifact_uri/artifacts directory with mlflow.start_run(): mlflow.log_artifact("features.txt")
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mlflow.
active_run
()[source] Get the currently active
Run
, or None if no such run exists.Note: You cannot access currently-active run attributes (parameters, metrics, etc.) through the run returned by
mlflow.active_run
. In order to access such attributes, use themlflow.tracking.MlflowClient
as follows:import mlflow mlflow.start_run() run = mlflow.active_run() print("Active run_id: {}".format(run.info.run_id)) mlflow.end_run()
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mlflow.
start_run
(run_id=None, experiment_id=None, run_name=None, nested=False)[source] Start a new MLflow run, setting it as the active run under which metrics and parameters will be logged. The return value can be used as a context manager within a
with
block; otherwise, you must callend_run()
to terminate the current run.If you pass a
run_id
or theMLFLOW_RUN_ID
environment variable is set,start_run
attempts to resume a run with the specified run ID and other parameters are ignored.run_id
takes precedence overMLFLOW_RUN_ID
.If resuming an existing run, the run status is set to
RunStatus.RUNNING
.MLflow sets a variety of default tags on the run, as defined in MLflow system tags.
- Parameters
run_id – If specified, get the run with the specified UUID and log parameters and metrics under that run. The run’s end time is unset and its status is set to running, but the run’s other attributes (
source_version
,source_type
, etc.) are not changed.experiment_id – ID of the experiment under which to create the current run (applicable only when
run_id
is not specified). Ifexperiment_id
argument is unspecified, will look for valid experiment in the following order: activated usingset_experiment
,MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_NAME
environment variable,MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_ID
environment variable, or the default experiment as defined by the tracking server.run_name – Name of new run (stored as a
mlflow.runName
tag). Used only whenrun_id
is unspecified.nested – Controls whether run is nested in parent run.
True
creates a nest run.
- Returns
mlflow.ActiveRun
object that acts as a context manager wrapping the run’s state.
import mlflow # Create nested runs with mlflow.start_run(run_name='PARENT_RUN') as parent_run: mlflow.log_param("parent", "yes") with mlflow.start_run(run_name='CHILD_RUN', nested=True) as child_run: mlflow.log_param("child", "yes") print("parent run_id: {}".format(parent_run.info.run_id)) print("child run_id : {}".format(child_run.info.run_id)) print("--") # Search all child runs with a parent id query = "tags.mlflow.parentRunId = '{}'".format(parent_run.info.run_id) results = mlflow.search_runs(filter_string=query) print(results[["run_id", "params.child", "tags.mlflow.runName"]])
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mlflow.
end_run
(status='FINISHED')[source] End an active MLflow run (if there is one).
import mlflow # Start run and get status mlflow.start_run() run = mlflow.active_run() print("run_id: {}; status: {}".format(run.info.run_id, run.info.status)) # End run and get status mlflow.end_run() run = mlflow.get_run(run.info.run_id) print("run_id: {}; status: {}".format(run.info.run_id, run.info.status)) print("--") # Check for any active runs print("Active run: {}".format(mlflow.active_run()))
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mlflow.
search_runs
(experiment_ids=None, filter_string='', run_view_type=1, max_results=100000, order_by=None)[source] Get a pandas DataFrame of runs that fit the search criteria.
- Parameters
experiment_ids – List of experiment IDs. None will default to the active experiment.
filter_string – Filter query string, defaults to searching all runs.
run_view_type – one of enum values
ACTIVE_ONLY
,DELETED_ONLY
, orALL
runs defined inmlflow.entities.ViewType
.max_results – The maximum number of runs to put in the dataframe. Default is 100,000 to avoid causing out-of-memory issues on the user’s machine.
order_by – List of columns to order by (e.g., “metrics.rmse”). The
order_by
column can contain an optionalDESC
orASC
value. The default isASC
. The default ordering is to sort bystart_time DESC
, thenrun_id
.
- Returns
A pandas.DataFrame of runs, where each metric, parameter, and tag are expanded into their own columns named metrics.*, params.*, and tags.* respectively. For runs that don’t have a particular metric, parameter, or tag, their value will be (NumPy) Nan, None, or None respectively.
import mlflow # Create an experiment and log two runs under it experiment_id = mlflow.create_experiment("Social NLP Experiments") with mlflow.start_run(experiment_id=experiment_id): mlflow.log_metric("m", 1.55) mlflow.set_tag("s.release", "1.1.0-RC") with mlflow.start_run(experiment_id=experiment_id): mlflow.log_metric("m", 2.50) mlflow.set_tag("s.release", "1.2.0-GA") # Search all runs in experiment_id df = mlflow.search_runs([experiment_id], order_by=["metrics.m DESC"]) print(df[["metrics.m", "tags.s.release", "run_id"]]) print("--") # Search the experiment_id using a filter_string with tag # that has a case insensitive pattern filter_string = "tags.s.release ILIKE '%rc%'" df = mlflow.search_runs([experiment_id], filter_string=filter_string) print(df[["metrics.m", "tags.s.release", "run_id"]])
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mlflow.
get_artifact_uri
(artifact_path=None)[source] Get the absolute URI of the specified artifact in the currently active run. If path is not specified, the artifact root URI of the currently active run will be returned; calls to
log_artifact
andlog_artifacts
write artifact(s) to subdirectories of the artifact root URI.If no run is active, this method will create a new active run.
- Parameters
artifact_path – The run-relative artifact path for which to obtain an absolute URI. For example, “path/to/artifact”. If unspecified, the artifact root URI for the currently active run will be returned.
- Returns
An absolute URI referring to the specified artifact or the currently adtive run’s artifact root. For example, if an artifact path is provided and the currently active run uses an S3-backed store, this may be a uri of the form
s3://<bucket_name>/path/to/artifact/root/path/to/artifact
. If an artifact path is not provided and the currently active run uses an S3-backed store, this may be a URI of the forms3://<bucket_name>/path/to/artifact/root
.
import mlflow features = "rooms, zipcode, median_price, school_rating, transport" with open("features.txt", 'w') as f: f.write(features) # Log the artifact in a directory "features" under the root artifact_uri/features with mlflow.start_run(): mlflow.log_artifact("features.txt", artifact_path="features") # Fetch the artifact uri root directory artifact_uri = mlflow.get_artifact_uri() print("Artifact uri: {}".format(artifact_uri)) # Fetch a specific artifact uri artifact_uri = mlflow.get_artifact_uri(artifact_path="features/features.txt") print("Artifact uri: {}".format(artifact_uri))
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mlflow.
get_tracking_uri
()[source] Get the current tracking URI. This may not correspond to the tracking URI of the currently active run, since the tracking URI can be updated via
set_tracking_uri
.- Returns
The tracking URI.
import mlflow # Get the current tracking uri tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri() print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri))
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mlflow.
set_tracking_uri
(uri)[source] Set the tracking server URI. This does not affect the currently active run (if one exists), but takes effect for successive runs.
- Parameters
uri –
An empty string, or a local file path, prefixed with
file:/
. Data is stored locally at the provided file (or./mlruns
if empty).An HTTP URI like
https://my-tracking-server:5000
.A Databricks workspace, provided as the string “databricks” or, to use a Databricks CLI profile, “databricks://<profileName>”.
import mlflow mlflow.set_tracking_uri("file:///tmp/my_tracking") tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri() print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri))
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mlflow.
get_experiment
(experiment_id)[source] Retrieve an experiment by experiment_id from the backend store
- Parameters
experiment_id – The string-ified experiment ID returned from
create_experiment
.- Returns
import mlflow experiment = mlflow.get_experiment("0") print("Name: {}".format(experiment.name)) print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location)) print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags)) print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
get_experiment_by_name
(name)[source] Retrieve an experiment by experiment name from the backend store
- Parameters
name – The case senstive experiment name.
- Returns
import mlflow # Case sensitive name experiment = mlflow.get_experiment_by_name("Default") print("Experiment_id: {}".format(experiment.experiment_id)) print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location)) print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags)) print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
create_experiment
(name, artifact_location=None)[source] Create an experiment.
- Parameters
name – The experiment name, which must be unique and is case sensitive
artifact_location – The location to store run artifacts. If not provided, the server picks an appropriate default.
- Returns
String ID of the created experiment.
import mlflow # Create an experiment name, which must be unique and case sensitive experiment_id = mlflow.create_experiment("Social NLP Experiments") experiment = mlflow.get_experiment(experiment_id) print("Name: {}".format(experiment.name)) print("Experiment_id: {}".format(experiment.experiment_id)) print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location)) print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags)) print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
set_experiment
(experiment_name)[source] Set given experiment as active experiment. If experiment does not exist, create an experiment with provided name.
- Parameters
experiment_name – Case sensitive name of an experiment to be activated.
import mlflow # Set an experiment name, which must be unique and case sensitive. mlflow.set_experiment("Social NLP Experiments") # Get Experiment Details experiment = mlflow.get_experiment_by_name("Social NLP Experiments") print("Experiment_id: {}".format(experiment.experiment_id)) print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location)) print("Tags: {}".format(experiment.tags)) print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
delete_experiment
(experiment_id)[source] Delete an experiment from the backend store.
- Parameters
experiment_id – The The string-ified experiment ID returned from
create_experiment
.
import mlflow experiment_id = mlflow.create_experiment("New Experiment") mlflow.delete_experiment(experiment_id) # Examine the deleted experiment details. experiment = mlflow.get_experiment(experiment_id) print("Name: {}".format(experiment.name)) print("Artifact Location: {}".format(experiment.artifact_location)) print("Lifecycle_stage: {}".format(experiment.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
get_run
(run_id)[source] Fetch the run from backend store. The resulting
Run
contains a collection of run metadata –RunInfo
, as well as a collection of run parameters, tags, and metrics –RunData
. In the case where multiple metrics with the same key are logged for the run, theRunData
contains the most recently logged value at the largest step for each metric.- Parameters
run_id – Unique identifier for the run.
- Returns
A single
mlflow.entities.Run
object, if the run exists. Otherwise, raises an exception.
import mlflow with mlflow.start_run() as run: mlflow.log_param("p", 0) run_id = run.info.run_id print("run_id: {}; lifecycle_stage: {}".format(run_id, mlflow.get_run(run_id).info.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
delete_run
(run_id)[source] Deletes a run with the given ID.
- Parameters
run_id – Unique identifier for the run to delete.
import mlflow with mlflow.start_run() as run: mlflow.log_param("p", 0) run_id = run.info.run_id mlflow.delete_run(run_id) print("run_id: {}; lifecycle_stage: {}".format(run_id, mlflow.get_run(run_id).info.lifecycle_stage))
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mlflow.
run
(uri, entry_point='main', version=None, parameters=None, docker_args=None, experiment_name=None, experiment_id=None, backend='local', backend_config=None, use_conda=True, storage_dir=None, synchronous=True, run_id=None)[source] Run an MLflow project. The project can be local or stored at a Git URI.
MLflow provides built-in support for running projects locally or remotely on a Databricks or Kubernetes cluster. You can also run projects against other targets by installing an appropriate third-party plugin. See Community Plugins for more information.
For information on using this method in chained workflows, see Building Multistep Workflows.
- Raises
mlflow.exceptions.ExecutionException
If a run launched in blocking mode is unsuccessful.- Parameters
uri – URI of project to run. A local filesystem path or a Git repository URI (e.g. https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow-example) pointing to a project directory containing an MLproject file.
entry_point – Entry point to run within the project. If no entry point with the specified name is found, runs the project file
entry_point
as a script, using “python” to run.py
files and the default shell (specified by environment variable$SHELL
) to run.sh
files.version – For Git-based projects, either a commit hash or a branch name.
parameters – Parameters (dictionary) for the entry point command.
docker_args – Arguments (dictionary) for the docker command.
experiment_name – Name of experiment under which to launch the run.
experiment_id – ID of experiment under which to launch the run.
backend – Execution backend for the run: MLflow provides built-in support for “local”, “databricks”, and “kubernetes” (experimental) backends. If running against Databricks, will run against a Databricks workspace determined as follows: if a Databricks tracking URI of the form
databricks://profile
has been set (e.g. by setting the MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI environment variable), will run against the workspace specified by <profile>. Otherwise, runs against the workspace specified by the default Databricks CLI profile.backend_config – A dictionary, or a path to a JSON file (must end in ‘.json’), which will be passed as config to the backend. The exact content which should be provided is different for each execution backend and is documented at https://www.mlflow.org/docs/latest/projects.html.
use_conda – If True (the default), create a new Conda environment for the run and install project dependencies within that environment. Otherwise, run the project in the current environment without installing any project dependencies.
storage_dir – Used only if
backend
is “local”. MLflow downloads artifacts from distributed URIs passed to parameters of typepath
to subdirectories ofstorage_dir
.synchronous – Whether to block while waiting for a run to complete. Defaults to True. Note that if
synchronous
is False andbackend
is “local”, this method will return, but the current process will block when exiting until the local run completes. If the current process is interrupted, any asynchronous runs launched via this method will be terminated. Ifsynchronous
is True and the run fails, the current process will error out as well.run_id – Note: this argument is used internally by the MLflow project APIs and should not be specified. If specified, the run ID will be used instead of creating a new run.
- Returns
mlflow.projects.SubmittedRun
exposing information (e.g. run ID) about the launched run.
import mlflow project_uri = "https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow-example" params = {"alpha": 0.5, "l1_ratio": 0.01} # Run MLflow project and create a reproducible conda environment # on a local host mlflow.run(project_uri, parameters=params)
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mlflow.
register_model
(model_uri, name, await_registration_for=300)[source] Create a new model version in model registry for the model files specified by
model_uri
. Note that this method assumes the model registry backend URI is the same as that of the tracking backend.- Parameters
model_uri – URI referring to the MLmodel directory. Use a
runs:/
URI if you want to record the run ID with the model in model registry.models:/
URIs are currently not supported.name – Name of the registered model under which to create a new model version. If a registered model with the given name does not exist, it will be created automatically.
await_registration_for – Number of seconds to wait for the model version to finish being created and is in
READY
status. By default, the function waits for five minutes. Specify 0 or None to skip waiting.
- Returns
Single
mlflow.entities.model_registry.ModelVersion
object created by backend.
import mlflow.sklearn from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestRegressor mlflow.set_tracking_uri("sqlite:////tmp/mlruns.db") params = {"n_estimators": 3, "random_state": 42} # Log MLflow entities with mlflow.start_run() as run: rfr = RandomForestRegressor(**params) mlflow.log_params(params) mlflow.sklearn.log_model(rfr, artifact_path="sklearn-model") model_uri = "runs:/{}/sklearn-model".format(run.info.run_id) mv = mlflow.register_model(model_uri, "RandomForestRegressionModel") print("Name: {}".format(mv.name)) print("Version: {}".format(mv.version))
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mlflow.
get_registry_uri
()[source] Get the current registry URI. If none has been specified, defaults to the tracking URI.
- Returns
The registry URI.
# Get the current model registry uri mr_uri = mlflow.get_registry_uri() print("Current model registry uri: {}".format(mr_uri)) # Get the current tracking uri tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri() print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri)) # They should be the same assert mr_uri == tracking_uri
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mlflow.
set_registry_uri
(uri)[source] Set the registry server URI. This method is especially useful if you have a registry server that’s different from the tracking server.
- Parameters
uri –
An empty string, or a local file path, prefixed with
file:/
. Data is stored locally at the provided file (or./mlruns
if empty).An HTTP URI like
https://my-tracking-server:5000
.A Databricks workspace, provided as the string “databricks” or, to use a Databricks CLI profile, “databricks://<profileName>”.
import mflow # Set model registry uri, fetch the set uri, and compare # it with the tracking uri. They should be different mlflow.set_registry_uri("sqlite:////tmp/registry.db") mr_uri = mlflow.get_registry_uri() print("Current registry uri: {}".format(mr_uri)) tracking_uri = mlflow.get_tracking_uri() print("Current tracking uri: {}".format(tracking_uri)) # They should be different assert tracking_uri != mr_uri
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mlflow.
list_run_infos
(experiment_id, run_view_type=1, max_results=1000, order_by=None)[source] Return run information for runs which belong to the experiment_id.
- Parameters
experiment_id – The experiment id which to search
run_view_type – ACTIVE_ONLY, DELETED_ONLY, or ALL runs
max_results – Maximum number of results desired.
order_by – List of order_by clauses. Currently supported values are are
metric.key
,parameter.key
,tag.key
,attribute.key
. For example,order_by=["tag.release ASC", "metric.click_rate DESC"]
.
- Returns
A list of
mlflow.entities.RunInfo
objects that satisfy the search expressions.
import mlflow from mlflow.entities import ViewType # Create two runs with mlflow.start_run() as run1: mlflow.log_param("p", 0) with mlflow.start_run() as run2: mlflow.log_param("p", 1) # Delete the last run mlflow.delete_run(run2.info.run_id) def print_run_infos(run_infos): for r in run_infos: print("- run_id: {}, lifecycle_stage: {}".format(r.run_id, r.lifecycle_stage)) print("Active runs:") print_run_infos(mlflow.list_run_infos("0", run_view_type=ViewType.ACTIVE_ONLY)) print("Deleted runs:") print_run_infos(mlflow.list_run_infos("0", run_view_type=ViewType.DELETED_ONLY)) print("All runs:") print_run_infos(mlflow.list_run_infos("0", run_view_type=ViewType.ALL))
Active runs: - run_id: 4937823b730640d5bed9e3e5057a2b34, lifecycle_stage: active Deleted runs: - run_id: b13f1badbed842cf9975c023d23da300, lifecycle_stage: deleted All runs: - run_id: b13f1badbed842cf9975c023d23da300, lifecycle_stage: deleted - run_id: 4937823b730640d5bed9e3e5057a2b34, lifecycle_stage: active
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mlflow.
autolog
(log_input_examples=False, log_model_signatures=True)[source] Enable autologging for all supported integrations.
The parameters are passed to any autologging integrations that support them.
See the tracking docs for a list of supported autologging integrations.
- Parameters
log_input_examples – If
True
, input examples from training datasets are collected and logged along with model artifacts during training. IfFalse
, input examples are not logged.log_model_signatures – If
True
,ModelSignatures
describing model inputs and outputs are collected and logged along with model artifacts during training. IfFalse
, signatures are not logged.