Task: Format Data
Formatting transformations refer to primarily syntactic modifications made to the data that do not change its meaning, but might be required by the modeling tool.
Purpose

As a final step before Conducting Modeling, it is helpful to check whether certain techniques require a particular format or order to the data. For example, it is not uncommon that a sequence algorithm requires the data to be presorted before running the model. Even if the model can perform the sorting for you, it may save processing time to use a Sort node prior to modeling.

Consider the following questions when formatting data:

  • Which models do you plan to use?
  • Do these models require a particular data format or order?
Relationships
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Process Usage

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