modin.pandas.Series.move_to¶
- Series.move_to(backend: str, inplace: bool = False, *, switch_operation: Optional[str] = None) Optional[Self] [source]¶
Move the data in this
Series
from its current backend to the given one.Further operations on this
Series
will use the new backend instead of the current one.- Parameters:
backend (str) – The name of the backend to set.
inplace (bool, default: False) – Whether to modify this
Series
in place.switch_operation (Optional[str], default: None) – The name of the operation that triggered the set_backend call. Internal argument used for displaying progress bar information.
- Returns:
If
inplace
is False, returns a new instance of theSeries
with the given backend. Ifinplace
isTrue
, returns None.- Return type:
Series
or None
Notes
- This method will
convert the data in this
Series
to a pandas DataFrame in this Python processload the data from pandas to the new backend.
Either step may be slow and/or memory-intensive, especially if this
Series
’s data is large, or one or both of the backends do not store their data locally.