Data Preparation using Monarch
What is Data Preparation? How Monarch plays a crucial role?
There is a saying “Garbage in, garbage out.” So, if we do not provide the right dataset or data set having lots of missing values, or incorrect values, it will be difficult for the Machine Learning Algorithm to make correct predictions. The process of preparing the dataset to be fed into Machine Learning Algorithm is called Data Preparation. It takes around 70% of the effort/time to prepare data for Data Scientist.
The data preparation tool of Altair, Monarch plays a pivotal role in the Data Analytics lifecycle. This tool supports ingestion of data from variety of data sources such as PDF, excel, text, HTML etc. It can read data from structured as well as semi-structured files.
Monarch supports various operations such as Join, Append, Pivot etc. This tool is very powerful as this tool combines functionality of both excel as well as SQL. This tool makes life easier for Data Scientist as this tool have auto define option for creating templates for semi-structured files. Also, once data preparation is done for a file, it can be recorded, which further helps in processing the data extraction and preparation from similar file faster. The model can be saved and run on a new file.
There is a free student edition for students to learn the Monarch tool after registering for the same. Also, students can get the certificate once they finish the course and pass the quiz, which can be a great opportunity to share with future employers. This tool is popular in the industry as it is used by multiple companies across sectors for data acquisition and data preparation.
Functionalities of Monarch
Data Access
Connection to any data source is possible, including both structured and unstructured data - including applications, databases, PDF reports, Excel, web pages, Big Data and more.
Data Understanding
Quickly profile and filters the data which helps the end user to figure out if there are any quality issues before working with the data.
Combine, Join, Wrangle, Blend, Append
It supports functionality of both excel as well as SQL which makes Monarch a very powerful data preparation tool. It can effortlessly combine disparate data sources.
Data Preparation
With 80+ pre-built functions, Monarch can easily perform complex tasks. Reusable workflows can be created to avoid performing repetitive tasks.