Hi Arvid,
Thanks a lot for the response and yes I am aware of FLIP-17.
Eleanore
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 2:16 AM Arvid Heise <
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> Hi Eleanore,
>
> we understand side-input as something more general than simple broadcast
> input, see FLIP-17 for details [1].
>
> If a broadcast fits your use case, you can use that of course. We are
> aiming for something, where a side input can also be co-partitioned. We are
> currently laying the foundations for that feature.
>
> [1]
>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-17+Side+Inputs+for+DataStream+API>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 6:46 AM Jin Yi <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> there is a recent published article in the flink official website for
>> running beam on top of flink
>>
https://flink.apache.org/ecosystem/2020/02/22/apache-beam-how-beam-runs-on-top-of-flink.html>>
>> In the article:
>>
>> - You get additional features like side inputs and cross-language
>> pipelines that are not supported natively in Flink but only supported when
>> using Beam with Flink
>>
>> Ultimately, Beam pipeline will be translated into Flink job. So does
>> beam's side input translates into Flink Broadcast stream?
>>
>> If I look at org.apache.beam.runners.flink.FlinkStreamingTransformTranslators,
>> it looks like converting the the side input into broadcast stream, then why
>> it says Flink does not support it natively?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>> Eleanore
>>
>>