diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IConnectorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IConnectorDescriptor.java
index ec8ab76..c816d26 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IConnectorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IConnectorDescriptor.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     public ConnectorDescriptorId getConnectorId();
 
     /**
-     * Factory method to create the send side writer that writes into this connector.
+     * Factory method to create the send side writer that writes into this
+     * connector.
      * 
      * @param ctx
      *            Context
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@
             throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
-     * Factory metod to create the receive side reader that reads data from this connector.
+     * Factory metod to create the receive side reader that reads data from this
+     * connector.
      * 
      * @param ctx
      *            Context
@@ -96,12 +98,23 @@
             ICCApplicationContext appCtx);
 
     /**
-     * Indicate which consumer partitions may receive data from the given producer partition.
+     * Indicate which consumer partitions may receive data from the given
+     * producer partition.
      */
     public void indicateTargetPartitions(int nProducerPartitions, int nConsumerPartitions, int producerIndex,
             BitSet targetBitmap);
 
     /**
+     * Gets the display name.
+     */
+    public String getDisplayName();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the display name.
+     */
+    public void setDisplayName(String displayName);
+
+    /**
      * Translate this connector descriptor to JSON.
      * 
      * @return
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IOperatorDescriptor.java
index 78847eb..c37a530 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
     public RecordDescriptor[] getOutputRecordDescriptors();
 
     /**
-     * Contributes the activity graph that describes the behavior of this operator.
+     * Contributes the activity graph that describes the behavior of this
+     * operator.
      * 
      * @param builder
      *            - graph builder
@@ -78,6 +79,16 @@
             ICCApplicationContext appCtx);
 
     /**
+     * Gets the display name.
+     */
+    public String getDisplayName();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the display name.
+     */
+    public void setDisplayName(String displayName);
+
+    /**
      * Translates this operator descriptor to JSON.
      */
     public JSONObject toJSON() throws JSONException;
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractConnectorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractConnectorDescriptor.java
index 4ffc060..37154bc 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractConnectorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractConnectorDescriptor.java
@@ -28,21 +28,33 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     protected final ConnectorDescriptorId id;
 
+    protected String displayName;
+
     public AbstractConnectorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec) {
         this.id = spec.createConnectorDescriptor();
         spec.getConnectorMap().put(id, this);
+        displayName = getClass().getName() + "[" + id + "]";
     }
 
     public ConnectorDescriptorId getConnectorId() {
         return id;
     }
 
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return displayName;
+    }
+
+    public void setDisplayName(String displayName) {
+        this.displayName = displayName;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JSONObject toJSON() throws JSONException {
         JSONObject jconn = new JSONObject();
 
         jconn.put("id", getConnectorId().getId());
         jconn.put("java-class", getClass().getName());
+        jconn.put("display-name", displayName);
 
         return jconn;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractOperatorDescriptor.java
index 1bb13ca..1a60290 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@
 
     protected final int outputArity;
 
+    protected String displayName;
+
     public AbstractOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, int inputArity, int outputArity) {
         odId = spec.createOperatorDescriptorId();
         this.inputArity = inputArity;
         this.outputArity = outputArity;
         recordDescriptors = new RecordDescriptor[outputArity];
         spec.getOperatorMap().put(getOperatorId(), this);
+        displayName = getClass().getName() + "[" + odId + "]";
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -66,6 +69,14 @@
         return recordDescriptors;
     }
 
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return displayName;
+    }
+
+    public void setDisplayName(String displayName) {
+        this.displayName = displayName;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void contributeSchedulingConstraints(IConstraintAcceptor constraintAcceptor, JobActivityGraph plan,
             ICCApplicationContext appCtx) {
@@ -79,6 +90,7 @@
         jop.put("java-class", getClass().getName());
         jop.put("in-arity", getInputArity());
         jop.put("out-arity", getOutputArity());
+        jop.put("display-name", displayName);
         return jop;
     }
 }
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