Entity Object | Teradata Package for Python - Entity Object - Teradata Package for Python

Teradata® Package for Python User Guide

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Teradata Package for Python
Release Number
20.00
Publication Date
March 2025
Content Type
User Guide
Publication ID
B700-4006-200K
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage

Entity stores all details of an Entity. The following example explains creating an Entity for column account in sales data.

>>> df = DataFrame("sales")
>>> df
              Feb    Jan    Mar    Apr    datetime
accounts
Orange Inc  210.0    NaN    NaN  250.0  04/01/2017
Jones LLC   200.0  150.0  140.0  180.0  04/01/2017
Blue Inc     90.0   50.0   95.0  101.0  04/01/2017
Alpha Co    210.0  200.0  215.0  250.0  04/01/2017
Yellow Inc   90.0    NaN    NaN    NaN  04/01/2017
>>> from teradataml import Entity
>>> entity = Entity('sales_accounts', df.accounts, description='Monthly sales Entity')
>>> entity
Entity(name=sales_accounts)
>>>

Properties

name
Specifies the name of the Entity in the Feature Store.

Example:

>>> entity.name
'sales_accounts'
>>>
columns
Specifies the names of the columns that uniquely identify the data.

Example:

>>> entity.columns
['accounts']
description
Specifies the description for the Entity.

Example:

>>> entity.description
'Monthly sales Entity'
>>>