Business Analysis Programming Concepts

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11/12/2009

This section contains programming concepts pertaining to the predictor resource.

For more information about scripting the DTS Tasks, see Scripting DTS Tasks.

For more information about creating reports through scripts, see Creating Custom Reports.

Predictor Resource Programming Concepts

The Predictor resource provides the ability to build analysis models used for predicting user behavior and unknown user attributes, as well as for classifying users into groups (segments) based upon similar attributes and behavior. Model configurations (contained in a set of database tables) supply information used to build the models. Objects are exposed to control the build process, access the models and model configurations, and perform the predictions.

Prediction and Segment Analysis Models

Two types of models are available. Prediction models are used for predicting user behavior, such as cross-sell patterns, and unknown user attributes. Segment models are used for classifying users into groups (segments) based on attributes and behavior, and for predicting the segment to which a particular user will most likely belong. For more information, see Analysis Models.

Analysis Model Configurations

The model configurations are contained in a set of database tables. These configurations contain information used to build analysis models, such as data sources and properties of the data attributes. For more information, see Predictor Schema.

Prediction Model Viewer

Available through Commerce Server Manager in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), this browser provides a graphical representation of a prediction model. For more information, see Viewing Analysis Models.

PredictorClient Object

This object provides methods to predict user behavior, unknown user attributes, and the segments of a population to which a user belongs. For more information, see PredictorClient Object.

PredictorServiceAdmin Object

This object provides lists of available models and model configurations. For more information, see PredictorServiceAdmin Object.

PredictorServiceSiteAdmin Object

This object provides methods to rename and delete models and model configurations, and to generate a list of members of a segment. For more information, see PredictorServiceSiteAdmin Object.

PredModelBuilder Object

This object provides methods to control the building of models. For more information, see PredModelBuilder Object.

Segment Viewer

Available through Commerce Server Business Desk, this viewer provides a graphical representation of a segment model. For more information, see Analyzing Population Segments.