Timeout when attempting to start a project via R

[Petros]

Hi,

First time post here.

I have just started training models using the R datarobot package which I am really enjoying.

My training set is 1,234,448 records with 319 columns. When I reduce the set to a small sample, say 10K, it has no problem fitting multiple models.

However, when I try the full dataset, which works via the console it fails in R.

Below is the code and the error message:

project <- StartProject(dataSource = trainDat,
projectName = projectName,
target = target,
workerCount = "max",
wait = TRUE,
smartDownsampled= TRUE)

Error in curl::curl_fetch_memory(url, handle = handle) : Timeout was reached: [datarobot.edr.qantasloyalty.net] Operation timed out after 600000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received

[IraWatt]

[Petros]

For some reason setting maxWait to 99999999999 was causing problems.

This worked though. maxWait = 99999.

Thanks again!

[IraWatt · Accepted solution]

I would have thought max wait would fix it looking at your error and the Docs. Does the error change at all when you update the max wait value?

[Petros]

Hi @IraWatt ,

Thanks for your response.

I can upload it via DataRobot web app and it will train multiple models. I have then identified the model and within R have done the preds. Obviously I would like to do this end to end. 

I did try the max wait but to no avail. I am trying again and will see how it goes.

[IraWatt]

@Petros, you may also want to try adding in the 'maxWait' parameter with a high value, by default its 600 (seconds). eg.

project <- StartProject(dataSource = trainDat,
projectName = projectName,
target = target,
workerCount = "max",
wait = TRUE,
maxWait = 6000,
smartDownsampled= TRUE)

[IraWatt]

Hi @Petros,

Have you tried uploading your dataset into the AI Catalog via the DataRobot web app? From there you can continue to work with that data in your R project. Other than that how big is your data set? Could it have been a combination of internet and data size which triggered the 10 timeout?

All the best,

Ira