Association Discovery with the BigML Dashboard
8.6 Descriptive Information
Each association set has an associated name, description, category and tags. Those options are editable through the More info menu on the top right of the association set view. (See Figure 8.22 .)
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8.6.1 Association Set Name
If you do not specify a name for your association sets, BigML assigns a default name. The name always follow the structure “Association Set for <association name>”.
Association set names are displayed on the list view and also on the top bar of the association set view. Association set names are indexed to be used in searches. You can rename your association sets at any time from the More info menu option.
The name cannot be longer than 256 characters. More than one association set can have the same name even within the same project, but they will always have different identifiers.
8.6.2 Description
Each association set also has a description that it is very useful for documenting your Machine Learning projects. Association sets take the description from the association used to create them.
Descriptions can be written using plain text and also markdown. BigML provides a simple markdown editor that accepts a subset of markdown syntax. (See Figure 8.23 .)
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Descriptions cannot be longer than 8192 characters and can use almost any character.
8.6.3 Category
Each association set has associated a category. Categories are useful to classify association sets according to the domain which your data comes from. This is useful when you use BigML to solve problems across industries or multiple customers. By default, association sets take the category from the association used to create them.
An association set category must be one of the categories listed on Table 8.1 .
Category Aerospace and Defense Automotive, Engineering and Manufacturing Banking and Finance Chemical and Pharmaceutical Consumer and Retail Demographics and Surveys Energy, Oil and Gas Fraud and Crime Healthcare Higher Education and Scientific Research Human Resources and Psychology Insurance Law and Order Media, Marketing and Advertising Miscellaneous Physical, Earth and Life Sciences Professional Services Public Sector and Nonprofit Sports and Games Technology and Communications Transportation and Logistics Travel and Leisure Uncategorized Utilities
8.6.4 Tags
An association set can also have a number of tags associated with it that can help to retrieve it via the BigML API or to provide some extra information. An association set inherits the tags from the association used to create it.
Each tag is limited to a maximum of 128 characters. Each association set can have up to 32 different tags.