Required Feature Group Types

To train a model under this use case, you will need to create feature groups of the following type(s):

Feature Group Type API Configuration Name Required Description
Historical Data TIMESERIES True This dataset corresponds to the historical time series data for all the metrics you are trying to forecast.
Product Attributes ITEM_ATTRIBUTES This dataset corresponds to all the attributes or meta-data that you have about the sales of the product you are forecasting.

Note: Once you upload the datasets under each Feature Group Type that comply with their respective required schemas, you will need to create Machine learning (ML) features that would be used to train your ML model(s). We use the term, "Feature Group" for a group of ML features (dataset columns) under a specific Feature Group Type. Our system support extensible schemas that enables you to provide any number of additional columns/features that you think are relevant to that Feature Group Type.


Feature Group: Historical Data

This dataset corresponds to the historical time series data for all the metrics you are trying to forecast.

Feature Mapping Feature Type Required Description
ITEM_ID categorical Y The name of the metric that you are trying to forecast (e.g., Revenue from a particular product line).
VALUE numerical Y The target value of the financial metric.
DATE timestamp Y Date (day, year or month) that corresponds to the value of the target metric.

Feature Group: Product Attributes

This dataset corresponds to all the attributes or meta-data that you have about the sales of the product you are forecasting.

Feature Mapping Feature Type Required Description
ITEM_ID categorical Y The name or id of the product/item that you are trying to forecast (e.g Revenue from a particular product line).
[ATTRIBUTE RELEVANT TO SALES METRIC] Y Any relevant attribute about the item. For sales of a particular product line, it could be attributes of the product like brand, size, etc. We suggest providing at least 5-6 attributes per lead and up to a maximum of 1000 attributes.