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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Cannot delete data frame analytics while its status is ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: delete, plugin.
Overview
DELETE is an Elasticsearch API which removes a document from a specific index. This API requires an index name and _id document to delete the document.
Delete a document
DELETE /my_index/_doc/1
Notes
- A delete request throws 404 error code if the document does not already exist in the index.
- If you want to delete a set of documents that matches a query, you need to use delete by query API.
Log Context
Log “Cannot delete data frame analytics [{}] while its status is [{}]”classname is TransportDeleteDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
String id = request.getId();
PersistentTasksCustomMetadata tasks = state.getMetadata().custom(PersistentTasksCustomMetadata.TYPE);
DataFrameAnalyticsState taskState = MlTasks.getDataFrameAnalyticsState(id; tasks);
if (taskState != DataFrameAnalyticsState.STOPPED) {
listener.onFailure(
ExceptionsHelper.conflictStatusException("Cannot delete data frame analytics [{}] while its status is [{}]"; id; taskState)
);
return;
}
// We clean up the memory tracker on delete because there is no stop; the task stops by itself
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