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Specifying the Data Type and Content Type (Basic Data Mining Tutorial)

Now that you have selected which columns to use for building your structure and training your models, make any necessary changes to the default data and content types that are set by the wizard.

Review and modify content type and data type for each column

  1. On the Specify Columns' Content and Data Type page, click Detect to run an algorithm that determines the default data and content types for each column.

  2. Review the entries in the Content Type and Data Type columns and change them if necessary, to make sure that the settings are the same as those listed in the following table.

    Typically, the wizard will detect numbers and assign an appropriate numeric data type, but there are many scenarios where you might want to handle a number as text instead. For example, the GeographyKey should be handled as text, because it would be inappropriate to perform mathematical operations on this identifier.

    Column

    Content Type

    Data Type

    Address Line1

    Discrete

    Text

    Address Line2

    Discrete

    Text

    Age

    Continuous

    Long

    Bike Buyer

    Discrete

    Long

    Commute Distance

    Discrete

    Text

    CustomerKey

    Key

    Long

    DateLastPurchase

    Continuous

    Date

    Email Address

    Discrete

    Text

    English Education

    Discrete

    Text

    English Occupation

    Discrete

    Text

    FirstName

    Discrete

    Text

    Gender

    Discrete

    Text

    Geography Key

    Discrete

    Text

    House Owner Flag

    Discrete

    Text

    Last Name

    Discrete

    Text

    Marital Status

    Discrete

    Text

    Number Cars Owned

    Discrete

    Long

    Number Children At Home

    Discrete

    Long

    Region

    Discrete

    Text

    Total Children

    Discrete

    Long

    Yearly Income

    Continuous

    Double

  3. Click Next.