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' >>>