global variable in spark streaming with no dependency on key

Hi Gurus, Please help. But please don't tell me to use updateStateByKey because I need a global variable (something like the clock time) across the micro batches but not depending on key. For my case, it is not acceptable to maintain a state for each key since each key comes in different times.

Re: global variable in spark streaming with no dependency on key

See if SparkContext.accumulator helps. On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Joanne Contact joannenetw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gurus, Please help. But please don't tell me to use updateStateByKey because I need a global variable (something like the clock time) across the micro batches but not

Re: global variable in spark streaming with no dependency on key

Thanks. I tried. The problem is I have to updateStatebyKey to maintain other states related to keys. Not sure where to pass this accumulator variable into updateStateBykey. On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Hemant Bhanawat hemant9...@gmail.com wrote: See if SparkContext.accumulator helps. On