How to look ahead or back at the records relative to your current record

mazdamazda Member Posts: 11 Contributor II
edited November 2018 in Help
I like to set values for my newly created attribute based on a previous value of another attribute (previous record of another attribute).  To do this I need to look back or point to another record relative to where I am.  Any idea how I could do this in RapidMiner?

Greatly appreciate any ideas you have.

Thanks,
Mazda

Answers

  • MariusHelfMariusHelf RapidMiner Certified Expert, Member Posts: 1,869 Unicorn
    Maybe the Windowing operator of the Value Series extension could be useful for you.

    Otherwise you could try a combination of Loop Examples and Generate Macro as in the process below.
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    <process version="5.2.001">
      <context>
        <input/>
        <output/>
        <macros/>
      </context>
      <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" name="Process">
        <process expanded="true" height="541" width="969">
          <operator activated="true" class="generate_data" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" height="60" name="Generate Data" width="90" x="112" y="30"/>
          <operator activated="true" class="loop_examples" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" height="76" name="Loop Examples" width="90" x="313" y="30">
            <process expanded="true" height="541" width="969">
              <operator activated="true" class="generate_macro" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" height="76" name="Generate Macro" width="90" x="45" y="30">
                <list key="function_descriptions">
                  <parameter key="ex_minus_1" value="%{example}-1"/>
                </list>
              </operator>
              <operator activated="true" class="handle_exception" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" height="76" name="Handle Exception" width="90" x="313" y="30">
                <process expanded="true" height="541" width="459">
                  <operator activated="true" class="extract_macro" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" height="60" name="Extract Macro" width="90" x="112" y="30">
                    <parameter key="macro" value="value"/>
                    <parameter key="macro_type" value="data_value"/>
                    <parameter key="attribute_name" value="att1"/>
                    <parameter key="example_index" value="%{ex_minus_1}"/>
                  </operator>
                  <operator activated="true" class="print_to_console" compatibility="5.2.001" expanded="true" height="76" name="Print to Console" width="90" x="313" y="30">
                    <parameter key="log_value" value="%{value}"/>
                  </operator>
                  <connect from_port="in 1" to_op="Extract Macro" to_port="example set"/>
                  <connect from_op="Extract Macro" from_port="example set" to_op="Print to Console" to_port="through 1"/>
                  <connect from_op="Print to Console" from_port="through 1" to_port="out 1"/>
                  <portSpacing port="source_in 1" spacing="0"/>
                  <portSpacing port="source_in 2" spacing="0"/>
                  <portSpacing port="sink_out 1" spacing="0"/>
                  <portSpacing port="sink_out 2" spacing="0"/>
                </process>
                <process expanded="true" height="541" width="459">
                  <connect from_port="in 1" to_port="out 1"/>
                  <portSpacing port="source_in 1" spacing="0"/>
                  <portSpacing port="source_in 2" spacing="0"/>
                  <portSpacing port="sink_out 1" spacing="0"/>
                  <portSpacing port="sink_out 2" spacing="0"/>
                </process>
              </operator>
              <connect from_port="example set" to_op="Generate Macro" to_port="through 1"/>
              <connect from_op="Generate Macro" from_port="through 1" to_op="Handle Exception" to_port="in 1"/>
              <connect from_op="Handle Exception" from_port="out 1" to_port="example set"/>
              <portSpacing port="source_example set" spacing="0"/>
              <portSpacing port="sink_example set" spacing="0"/>
              <portSpacing port="sink_output 1" spacing="0"/>
            </process>
          </operator>
          <connect from_op="Generate Data" from_port="output" to_op="Loop Examples" to_port="example set"/>
          <connect from_op="Loop Examples" from_port="example set" to_port="result 1"/>
          <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
        </process>
      </operator>
    </process>
  • mazdamazda Member Posts: 11 Contributor II
    Thank you Marius, I'll try your suggestion and repost.

    Mazda
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