This tutorial will explain (with examples) how to generate sequence number using row_number and monotonically_increasing_id functions

PySpark: Dataframe Sequence Number

There are multiple ways to generate sequence number (incremental number) in Pyspark, this tutorial will explain (with examples) how to generate sequence number using below listed methods.


row_number(): By using row_number analytical function
monotonically_increasing_id(): By using monotonically_increasing_id column function