Joining Spark dataframes on the key

Question

I have constructed two dataframes. How can we join multiple Spark dataframes ?

For Example :

PersonDf , ProfileDf with a common column as personId as (key). Now how can we have one Dataframe combining PersonDf and ProfileDf ?

Answer 1

Alias Approach using scala ( this is example given for older version of spark for spark 2.x see my other answer ) :

You can use case class to prepare sample dataset ... which is optional for ex: you can get DataFrame from hiveContext.sql as well..

import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.col

case class Person(name: String, age: Int, personid : Int)

case class Profile(name: String, personid  : Int , profileDescription: String)

    val df1 = sqlContext.createDataFrame(
   Person("Bindu",20,  2) 
:: Person("Raphel",25, 5) 
:: Person("Ram",40, 9):: Nil)


val df2 = sqlContext.createDataFrame(
Profile("Spark",2,  "SparkSQLMaster") 
:: Profile("Spark",5, "SparkGuru") 
:: Profile("Spark",9, "DevHunter"):: Nil
)

// you can do alias to refer column name with aliases to  increase readablity

val df_asPerson = df1.as("dfperson")
val df_asProfile = df2.as("dfprofile")


val joined_df = df_asPerson.join(
    df_asProfile
, col("dfperson.personid") === col("dfprofile.personid")
, "inner")


joined_df.select(
  col("dfperson.name")
, col("dfperson.age")
, col("dfprofile.name")
, col("dfprofile.profileDescription"))
.show

sample Temp table approach which I don't like personally...

The reason to use the registerTempTable( tableName ) method for a DataFrame, is so that in addition to being able to use the Spark-provided methods of a DataFrame, you can also issue SQL queries via the sqlContext.sql( sqlQuery ) method, that use that DataFrame as an SQL table. The tableName parameter specifies the table name to use for that DataFrame in the SQL queries.

df_asPerson.registerTempTable("dfperson");
df_asProfile.registerTempTable("dfprofile")

sqlContext.sql("""SELECT dfperson.name, dfperson.age, dfprofile.profileDescription
                  FROM  dfperson JOIN  dfprofile
                  ON dfperson.personid == dfprofile.personid""")

If you want to know more about joins pls see this nice post : beyond-traditional-join-with-apache-spark

Note : 1) As mentioned by @RaphaelRoth ,

val resultDf = PersonDf.join(ProfileDf,Seq("personId")) is good approach since it doesnt have duplicate columns from both sides if you are using inner join with same table.
2) Spark 2.x example updated in another answer with full set of join operations supported by spark 2.x with examples + result

TIP :

Also, important thing in joins : broadcast function can help to give hint please see my answer

Answer 2

you can use

val resultDf = PersonDf.join(ProfileDf, PersonDf("personId") === ProfileDf("personId"))

or shorter and more flexible (as you can easely specify more than 1 columns for joining)

val resultDf = PersonDf.join(ProfileDf,Seq("personId"))

Answer 3

Apart from my above answer I tried to demonstrate all the spark joins with same case classes using spark 2.x here is my linked in article with full examples and explanation .

All join types : Default inner . Must be one of: inner , cross , outer , full , full_outer , left , left_outer , right , right_outer , left_semi , left_anti .

import org.apache.spark.sql._
import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._


 /**
  * @author : Ram Ghadiyaram
  */
object SparkJoinTypesDemo extends App {
  private[this] implicit val spark = SparkSession.builder().master("local[*]").getOrCreate()
  spark.sparkContext.setLogLevel("ERROR")
  case class Person(name: String, age: Int, personid: Int)
  case class Profile(profileName: String, personid: Int, profileDescription: String)
  /**
    * * @param joinType Type of join to perform. Default `inner`. Must be one of:
    * *                 `inner`, `cross`, `outer`, `full`, `full_outer`, `left`, `left_outer`,
    * *                 `right`, `right_outer`, `left_semi`, `left_anti`.
    */
  val joinTypes = Seq(
    "inner"
    , "outer"
    , "full"
    , "full_outer"
    , "left"
    , "left_outer"
    , "right"
    , "right_outer"
    , "left_semi"
    , "left_anti"
    //, "cross"
  )
  val df1 = spark.sqlContext.createDataFrame(
    Person("Nataraj", 45, 2)
      :: Person("Srinivas", 45, 5)
      :: Person("Ashik", 22, 9)
      :: Person("Deekshita", 22, 8)
      :: Person("Siddhika", 22, 4)
      :: Person("Madhu", 22, 3)
      :: Person("Meghna", 22, 2)
      :: Person("Snigdha", 22, 2)
      :: Person("Harshita", 22, 6)
      :: Person("Ravi", 42, 0)
      :: Person("Ram", 42, 9)
      :: Person("Chidananda Raju", 35, 9)
      :: Person("Sreekanth Doddy", 29, 9)
      :: Nil)
  val df2 = spark.sqlContext.createDataFrame(
    Profile("Spark", 2, "SparkSQLMaster")
      :: Profile("Spark", 5, "SparkGuru")
      :: Profile("Spark", 9, "DevHunter")
      :: Profile("Spark", 3, "Evangelist")
      :: Profile("Spark", 0, "Committer")
      :: Profile("Spark", 1, "All Rounder")
      :: Nil
  )
  val df_asPerson = df1.as("dfperson")
  val df_asProfile = df2.as("dfprofile")
  val joined_df = df_asPerson.join(
    df_asProfile
    , col("dfperson.personid") === col("dfprofile.personid")
    , "inner")

  println("First example inner join  ")


  // you can do alias to refer column name with aliases to  increase readability
  joined_df.select(
    col("dfperson.name")
    , col("dfperson.age")
    , col("dfprofile.profileName")
    , col("dfprofile.profileDescription"))
    .show
  println("all joins in a loop")
  joinTypes foreach { joinType =>
    println(s"${joinType.toUpperCase()} JOIN")
    df_asPerson.join(right = df_asProfile, usingColumns = Seq("personid"), joinType = joinType)
      .orderBy("personid")
      .show()
  }
  println(
    """
      |Till 1.x  cross join is :  df_asPerson.join(df_asProfile)
      |
      | Explicit Cross Join in 2.x :
      | http://blog.madhukaraphatak.com/migrating-to-spark-two-part-4/
      | Cartesian joins are very expensive without an extra filter that can be pushed down.
      |
      | cross join or cartesian product
      |
      |
    """.stripMargin)

  val crossJoinDf = df_asPerson.crossJoin(right = df_asProfile)
  crossJoinDf.show(200, false)
  println(crossJoinDf.explain())
  println(crossJoinDf.count)

  println("createOrReplaceTempView example ")
  println(
    """
      |Creates a local temporary view using the given name. The lifetime of this
      |   temporary view is tied to the [[SparkSession]] that was used to create this Dataset.
    """.stripMargin)




  df_asPerson.createOrReplaceTempView("dfperson");
  df_asProfile.createOrReplaceTempView("dfprofile")
  val sql =
    s"""
       |SELECT dfperson.name
       |, dfperson.age
       |, dfprofile.profileDescription
       |  FROM  dfperson JOIN  dfprofile
       | ON dfperson.personid == dfprofile.personid
    """.stripMargin
  println(s"createOrReplaceTempView  sql $sql")
  val sqldf = spark.sql(sql)
  sqldf.show


  println(
    """
      |
      |**** EXCEPT DEMO ***
      |
  """.stripMargin)
  println(" df_asPerson.except(df_asProfile) Except demo")
  df_asPerson.except(df_asProfile).show


  println(" df_asProfile.except(df_asPerson) Except demo")
  df_asProfile.except(df_asPerson).show
}

Result :

First example inner join  
+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|           name|age|profileName|profileDescription|
+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|        Nataraj| 45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       Srinivas| 45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|          Ashik| 22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|          Madhu| 22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|         Meghna| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|        Snigdha| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|           Ravi| 42|      Spark|         Committer|
|            Ram| 42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|Chidananda Raju| 35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+

all joins in a loop
INNER JOIN
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name|age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi| 42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       2|        Snigdha| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Nataraj| 45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu| 22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       5|       Srinivas| 45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       9|            Ram| 42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|          Ashik| 22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju| 35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+

OUTER JOIN
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name| age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi|  42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       1|           null|null|      Spark|       All Rounder|
|       2|        Nataraj|  45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Snigdha|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu|  22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       4|       Siddhika|  22|       null|              null|
|       5|       Srinivas|  45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       6|       Harshita|  22|       null|              null|
|       8|      Deekshita|  22|       null|              null|
|       9|          Ashik|  22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|            Ram|  42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju|  35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy|  29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+

FULL JOIN
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name| age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi|  42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       1|           null|null|      Spark|       All Rounder|
|       2|        Nataraj|  45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Snigdha|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu|  22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       4|       Siddhika|  22|       null|              null|
|       5|       Srinivas|  45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       6|       Harshita|  22|       null|              null|
|       8|      Deekshita|  22|       null|              null|
|       9|          Ashik|  22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|            Ram|  42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy|  29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju|  35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+

FULL_OUTER JOIN
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name| age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi|  42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       1|           null|null|      Spark|       All Rounder|
|       2|        Nataraj|  45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Snigdha|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu|  22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       4|       Siddhika|  22|       null|              null|
|       5|       Srinivas|  45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       6|       Harshita|  22|       null|              null|
|       8|      Deekshita|  22|       null|              null|
|       9|          Ashik|  22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|            Ram|  42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju|  35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy|  29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+

LEFT JOIN
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name|age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi| 42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       2|        Snigdha| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Nataraj| 45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu| 22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       4|       Siddhika| 22|       null|              null|
|       5|       Srinivas| 45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       6|       Harshita| 22|       null|              null|
|       8|      Deekshita| 22|       null|              null|
|       9|            Ram| 42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|          Ashik| 22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju| 35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+

LEFT_OUTER JOIN
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name|age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi| 42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       2|        Nataraj| 45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Snigdha| 22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu| 22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       4|       Siddhika| 22|       null|              null|
|       5|       Srinivas| 45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       6|       Harshita| 22|       null|              null|
|       8|      Deekshita| 22|       null|              null|
|       9|Chidananda Raju| 35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|          Ashik| 22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|            Ram| 42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+---+-----------+------------------+

RIGHT JOIN
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name| age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi|  42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       1|           null|null|      Spark|       All Rounder|
|       2|        Snigdha|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|         Meghna|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Nataraj|  45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu|  22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       5|       Srinivas|  45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy|  29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju|  35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|            Ram|  42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|          Ashik|  22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+

RIGHT_OUTER JOIN
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|personid|           name| age|profileName|profileDescription|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+
|       0|           Ravi|  42|      Spark|         Committer|
|       1|           null|null|      Spark|       All Rounder|
|       2|         Meghna|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Snigdha|  22|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       2|        Nataraj|  45|      Spark|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       3|          Madhu|  22|      Spark|        Evangelist|
|       5|       Srinivas|  45|      Spark|         SparkGuru|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy|  29|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|          Ashik|  22|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|Chidananda Raju|  35|      Spark|         DevHunter|
|       9|            Ram|  42|      Spark|         DevHunter|
+--------+---------------+----+-----------+------------------+

LEFT_SEMI JOIN
+--------+---------------+---+
|personid|           name|age|
+--------+---------------+---+
|       0|           Ravi| 42|
|       2|        Nataraj| 45|
|       2|         Meghna| 22|
|       2|        Snigdha| 22|
|       3|          Madhu| 22|
|       5|       Srinivas| 45|
|       9|Chidananda Raju| 35|
|       9|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|
|       9|            Ram| 42|
|       9|          Ashik| 22|
+--------+---------------+---+

LEFT_ANTI JOIN
+--------+---------+---+
|personid|     name|age|
+--------+---------+---+
|       4| Siddhika| 22|
|       6| Harshita| 22|
|       8|Deekshita| 22|
+--------+---------+---+


Till 1.x  Cross join is :  `df_asPerson.join(df_asProfile)`

 Explicit Cross Join in 2.x :
 http://blog.madhukaraphatak.com/migrating-to-spark-two-part-4/
 Cartesian joins are very expensive without an extra filter that can be pushed down.

 Cross join or Cartesian product



+---------------+---+--------+-----------+--------+------------------+
|name           |age|personid|profileName|personid|profileDescription|
+---------------+---+--------+-----------+--------+------------------+
|Nataraj        |45 |2       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Nataraj        |45 |2       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Nataraj        |45 |2       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Nataraj        |45 |2       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Nataraj        |45 |2       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Nataraj        |45 |2       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Srinivas       |45 |5       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Srinivas       |45 |5       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Srinivas       |45 |5       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Srinivas       |45 |5       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Srinivas       |45 |5       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Srinivas       |45 |5       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Ashik          |22 |9       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Ashik          |22 |9       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Ashik          |22 |9       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Ashik          |22 |9       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Ashik          |22 |9       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Ashik          |22 |9       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Deekshita      |22 |8       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Deekshita      |22 |8       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Deekshita      |22 |8       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Deekshita      |22 |8       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Deekshita      |22 |8       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Deekshita      |22 |8       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Siddhika       |22 |4       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Siddhika       |22 |4       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Siddhika       |22 |4       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Siddhika       |22 |4       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Siddhika       |22 |4       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Siddhika       |22 |4       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Madhu          |22 |3       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Madhu          |22 |3       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Madhu          |22 |3       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Madhu          |22 |3       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Madhu          |22 |3       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Madhu          |22 |3       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Meghna         |22 |2       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Meghna         |22 |2       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Meghna         |22 |2       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Meghna         |22 |2       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Meghna         |22 |2       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Meghna         |22 |2       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Snigdha        |22 |2       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Snigdha        |22 |2       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Snigdha        |22 |2       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Snigdha        |22 |2       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Snigdha        |22 |2       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Snigdha        |22 |2       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Harshita       |22 |6       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Harshita       |22 |6       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Harshita       |22 |6       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Harshita       |22 |6       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Harshita       |22 |6       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Harshita       |22 |6       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Ravi           |42 |0       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Ravi           |42 |0       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Ravi           |42 |0       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Ravi           |42 |0       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Ravi           |42 |0       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Ravi           |42 |0       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Ram            |42 |9       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Ram            |42 |9       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Ram            |42 |9       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Ram            |42 |9       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Ram            |42 |9       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Ram            |42 |9       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Chidananda Raju|35 |9       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Chidananda Raju|35 |9       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Chidananda Raju|35 |9       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Chidananda Raju|35 |9       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Chidananda Raju|35 |9       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Chidananda Raju|35 |9       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
|Sreekanth Doddy|29 |9       |Spark      |2       |SparkSQLMaster    |
|Sreekanth Doddy|29 |9       |Spark      |5       |SparkGuru         |
|Sreekanth Doddy|29 |9       |Spark      |9       |DevHunter         |
|Sreekanth Doddy|29 |9       |Spark      |3       |Evangelist        |
|Sreekanth Doddy|29 |9       |Spark      |0       |Committer         |
|Sreekanth Doddy|29 |9       |Spark      |1       |All Rounder       |
+---------------+---+--------+-----------+--------+------------------+

== Physical Plan ==
BroadcastNestedLoopJoin BuildRight, Cross
:- LocalTableScan [name#0, age#1, personid#2]
+- BroadcastExchange IdentityBroadcastMode
   +- LocalTableScan [profileName#7, personid#8, profileDescription#9]
()
78
createOrReplaceTempView example 

Creates a local temporary view using the given name. The lifetime of this
   temporary view is tied to the [[SparkSession]] that was used to create this Dataset.

createOrReplaceTempView  sql 
SELECT dfperson.name
, dfperson.age
, dfprofile.profileDescription
  FROM  dfperson JOIN  dfprofile
 ON dfperson.personid == dfprofile.personid

+---------------+---+------------------+
|           name|age|profileDescription|
+---------------+---+------------------+
|        Nataraj| 45|    SparkSQLMaster|
|       Srinivas| 45|         SparkGuru|
|          Ashik| 22|         DevHunter|
|          Madhu| 22|        Evangelist|
|         Meghna| 22|    SparkSQLMaster|
|        Snigdha| 22|    SparkSQLMaster|
|           Ravi| 42|         Committer|
|            Ram| 42|         DevHunter|
|Chidananda Raju| 35|         DevHunter|
|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|         DevHunter|
+---------------+---+------------------+



**** EXCEPT DEMO ***


 df_asPerson.except(df_asProfile) Except demo
+---------------+---+--------+
|           name|age|personid|
+---------------+---+--------+
|          Ashik| 22|       9|
|       Harshita| 22|       6|
|          Madhu| 22|       3|
|            Ram| 42|       9|
|           Ravi| 42|       0|
|Chidananda Raju| 35|       9|
|       Siddhika| 22|       4|
|       Srinivas| 45|       5|
|Sreekanth Doddy| 29|       9|
|      Deekshita| 22|       8|
|         Meghna| 22|       2|
|        Snigdha| 22|       2|
|        Nataraj| 45|       2|
+---------------+---+--------+

 df_asProfile.except(df_asPerson) Except demo
+-----------+--------+------------------+
|profileName|personid|profileDescription|
+-----------+--------+------------------+
|      Spark|       5|         SparkGuru|
|      Spark|       9|         DevHunter|
|      Spark|       2|    SparkSQLMaster|
|      Spark|       3|        Evangelist|
|      Spark|       0|         Committer|
|      Spark|       1|       All Rounder|
+-----------+--------+------------------+

As discussed above these are the venn diagrams of all the joins.

Answer 4

One way

// join type can be inner, left, right, fullouter
val mergedDf = df1.join(df2, Seq("keyCol"), "inner")
// keyCol can be multiple column names seperated by comma
val mergedDf = df1.join(df2, Seq("keyCol1", "keyCol2"), "left")

Another way

import spark.implicits._ 
val mergedDf = df1.as("d1").join(df2.as("d2"), ($"d1.colName" === $"d2.colName"))
// to select specific columns as output
val mergedDf = df1.as("d1").join(df2.as("d2"), ($"d1.colName" === $"d2.colName")).select($"d1.*", $"d2.anotherColName")

Answer 5

From https://spark.apache.org/docs/1.5.1/api/java/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.html , use join :

Inner equi-join with another DataFrame using the given column.

PersonDf.join(ProfileDf,$"personId")

OR

PersonDf.join(ProfileDf,PersonDf("personId") === ProfileDf("personId"))

Update:

You can also save the DFs as temp table using df.registerTempTable("tableName") and you can write sql queries using sqlContext .

Answer 6

inner join with scala

val joinedDataFrame = PersonDf.join(ProfileDf ,"personId")
joinedDataFrame.show

Answer 7

Posting a java based solution, incase your team only uses java. The keyword inner will ensure that matching rows only are present in the final dataframe.

            Dataset<Row> joined = PersonDf.join(ProfileDf, 
                    PersonDf.col("personId").equalTo(ProfileDf.col("personId")),
                    "inner");
            joined.show();

Answer 8

Let me explain with an example

1. create emp DataFrame

   import spark.sqlContext.implicits._ val emp = Seq((1,"Smith",-1,"2018","10","M",3000), (2,"Rose",1,"2010","20","M",4000), (3,"Williams",1,"2010","10","M",1000), (4,"Jones",2,"2005","10","F",2000), (5,"Brown",2,"2010","40","",-1), (6,"Brown",2,"2010","50","",-1) ) val empColumns = Seq("emp_id","name","superior_emp_id","year_joined", "emp_dept_id","gender","salary")

   val empDF = emp.toDF(empColumns:_*)

2. Create dept DataFrame

   val dept = Seq(("Finance",10), ("Marketing",20), ("Sales",30), ("IT",40) )

   val deptColumns = Seq("dept_name","dept_id") val deptDF = dept.toDF(deptColumns:_*)

Now let's join emp.emp_dept_id with dept.dept_id

empDF.join(deptDF,empDF("emp_dept_id") ===  deptDF("dept_id"),"inner")
    .show(false)

This results below

+------+--------+---------------+-----------+-----------+------+------+---------+-------+
|emp_id|name    |superior_emp_id|year_joined|emp_dept_id|gender|salary|dept_name|dept_id|
+------+--------+---------------+-----------+-----------+------+------+---------+-------+
|1     |Smith   |-1             |2018       |10         |M     |3000  |Finance  |10     |
|2     |Rose    |1              |2010       |20         |M     |4000  |Marketing|20     |
|3     |Williams|1              |2010       |10         |M     |1000  |Finance  |10     |
|4     |Jones   |2              |2005       |10         |F     |2000  |Finance  |10     |
|5     |Brown   |2              |2010       |40         |      |-1    |IT       |40     |
+------+--------+---------------+-----------+-----------+------+------+---------+-------+

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