Live.log()

Generates metrics logs (usable by dvc plots) by saving the given name: val pair to a .tsv file.

 def log(name: str, val: float, step: int = None):

Usage:

from dvclive import Live

live = Live()

live.log("loss", 0.9)

Description

The first call to live.log(name, val) will create a new file in {path}/{name}.tsv including the header and first row.

For example live.log("loss", 0.9) will create {path}/loss.tsv:

timestamp step  loss
1623671484747 0 0.9

Each subsequent call to live.log(name, val) will add a new row to {path}/{name}.tsv.

The created file {path}/{name}.tsv is usable by dvc plots.

💡 If name contains slashes (i.e. train/loss), the required subfolders will be created and the file will be saved inside the last subfolder (i.e. {path}/train/loss.tsv).

If summary is True, Live.log() DVCLive will update the metrics summary with the latest value logged.

The updated summary {path}.json is usable by dvc metrics.

Parameters

• name - The metrics logs will be saved in {path}/{name}.tsv.

• val - The value to be added in the name column of a new row.

Exceptions

• dvclive.error.InvalidMetricTypeError - thrown if the provided val does not have a supported type.

• dvclive.error.DataAlreadyLoggedError - thrown if the provided name has already been logged whithin the same step.