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Step 5 — Import Report

The Import Report is the fifth and final step of the Data Import Wizard.

Workflow

  • After you click Finish in Step 4 of the Data Import Wizard, two progress bars inform you about the status:

    • Data Discretization:

      DataImportWizard-4-DiscretizationProgressBar

    • Dataset Creation:

      DataImportWizard-4-DatasetCreationProgressBar

    • Missing Values Estimation:

      DataImportWizard-4-MissingValuesEstimationProgressBar

  • Depending on the size of your dataset, the selected discretization algorithms, and the number of missing values, this may take anywhere from a fraction of a second to several minutes.

  • Once completed, BayesiaLab opens up a new Graph Window with all imported variables now represented as nodes.

  • At the same time, a prompt appears, offering you the Import Report.

  • Note that this report is entirely optional. So whether you display it or not does not affect the completion of the Data Import Wizard.
  • Click Yes to bring up the Import Report window.
  • The first column displays the names of the imported variables.
  • The second column displays the type associated with each variable.
    • For a Weight variable, no further information is available or provided.
    • For a Learn/Test variable, the association with BayesiaLab’s Learn and Test labels is shown, plus the corresponding number of cases.
  • The third column shows all States of each variable, if applicable.
  • The right part of the report depends on the variable type:
    • Discrete Variables:
      • The report shows each state and, adjacent to it, any aggregations that were performed. Furthermore, the color of the rightmost cell in the row highlights that an aggregation took place.
    • Continuous Variables:
      • The names of the discretized states are shown.
      • The next two columns to the right report the lower and upper thresholds for each interval.
      • The rightmost column is colored according to the discretization algorithm used.
  • The Asked/Obtained column indicates the requested discretization algorithm versus the one that was used as the fallback option.
  • Note that you can save this Import Report as an HTML file, so you can subsequently open the fully-formatted report in Excel or any other spreadsheet software.

Workflow Animation

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