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
Metrics Timeseries Data TIMESERIES True This dataset corresponds to the historical time series data for all the metrics you are trying to forecast.
Metric Attributes ITEM_ATTRIBUTES This dataset corresponds to all the attributes or meta-data that you have about the metrics 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: Metrics Timeseries 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 financial 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.
FUTURE N Known values ahead of time (eg., State Holidays, National Holidays etc.) that can be easily included in the training dataset.
[ATTRIBUTE RELEVANT TO FORECASTING] Y Any relevant attribute pertaining to the financial metric being forecasted. For e.g., store locations, number of stores, number of people in sales, etc.

Feature Group: Metric Attributes

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

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).
[ATTRIBUTE RELEVANT TO FINANCIAL METRIC] Y Any relevant attribute about the metric. For financial metrics around 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.