configure_category_order
Configures the order of categories in a categorical or list of categories column.
Usage
The following example shows how the step can be used in a recipe.Examples
Examples
Inputs & Outputs
The following are the inputs expected by the step and the outputs it produces. These are generally columns (ds.first_name), datasets (ds or ds[["first_name", "last_name"]]) or models (referenced
by name e.g. "churn-clf").
Inputs
Inputs
Categorical column to be configured (may be a column of lists of categories).
Outputs
Outputs
Configuration
The following parameters can be used to configure the behaviour of the step by including them in a json object as the last “input” to the step, i.e.step(..., {"param": "value", ...}) -> (output).
Parameters
Parameters
Kind of ordering.
Determines the order of categories. E.g. to show first the categories having the greatest row count in the whole dataset,
select
"BACKGROUND". To show those categories first having the greatest number of rows in the current selection, use
"FOREGROUND", etc.Values must be one of the following:BACKGROUNDFOREGROUNDUPLIFTTFIDFORDINAL