Teradata Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake - fit - Teradata Package for Python - Look here for syntax, methods and examples for the functions included in the Teradata Package for Python.
Teradata® Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake
- Deployment
- VantageCloud
- Edition
- Lake
- Product
- Teradata Package for Python
- Release Number
- 20.00.00.08
- Published
- November 2025
- ft:locale
- en-US
- ft:lastEdition
- 2025-12-05
- dita:id
- TeradataPython_FxRef_Lake_2000
- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage
- teradataml.automl.AutoChurn.fit = fit(self, data, target_column=None, id_column='automl_id')
- DESCRIPTION:
Function triggers the AutoML run. It is designed to handle regression ,
classification and clustering tasks depending on the specified "task_type".
PARAMETERS:
data:
Required Argument.
Specifies the input teradataml DataFrame.
Types: teradataml Dataframe
target_column:
Required Argument. Optional only for clustering tasks.
Specifies target column of dataset.
Types: str or ColumnExpression
id_column:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the unique identifier column in the dataset. By default, function
internally creates a unique id column 'automl_id' if "id_column" is
not provided.
Default Value: "automl_id"
Types: str or ColumnExpression
RETURNS:
None
RAISES:
TeradataMlException, TypeError, ValueError
EXAMPLES:
# Create an instance of the AutoML called "automl_obj" by referring
# "AutoML()" or "AutoRegressor()" or "AutoClassifier()" or
# "AutoFraud()" or "AutoChurn()" or "AutoCluster()" method.
# Perform fit() operation on the "automl_obj".
# Example 1: Fit AutoML by passing column expression for target column.
>>> automl_obj.fit(data = housing_train, target_col = housing_train.price)
# Example 2: Fit AutoML by passing name of target column.
>>> automl_obj.fit(data = housing_train, target_col = "price")
# Example 3: Fit fraud detection model on payment_fraud_df.
>>> automl_obj.fit(data=payment_fraud_df, target_column="isFraud")
# Example 4: Fit churn prediction model on churn_df.
>>> automl_obj.fit(data=churn_df, target_column="churn")
# Example 5: Passing clustering data for training,
# without specifying target column.
>>> automl_obj.fit(data = bank_train)
# Example 6: Fit AutoML by passing id column.
>>> automl_obj.fit(admissions_train, "admitted", id_column="id")