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Missing Test Date Column in Forecast Validation

User: "SkyTrader"
New Altair Community Member
Updated by Jocelyn
Hi
I was following the Elaborate Your Time Series Analysis video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2182&v=Hvdh8ItfiGA&feature=emb_logo

It clearly shows a date column when you're doing a performance (regression) analysis using ARIMA. Pls see YouTube "Elaborate Your Time Series" video image.


I set up my process the same as the video but don't have this test date to refer to?
Pls see images:



and yet I set the attribute as Date as in the video instructions? 



So could someone please tell me how do I get a date reference?

Also is there a way to swap the order of the close column and the forecast column so that the forecast column comes first before the actual close?

Cheers,
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    User: "tftemme"
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    That's sound like a problem with the meta data propagation. For the background: Meta data is used to provide such information as attribute names and the like in the parameters, when the process is not yet executed (while you configure it). Sometimes it can happen that there is a problem with it, or it can also happen that the meta data cannot be evaluated, cause the information would depend on the execution of the operators itself and are not known upfront.

    Without looking into the whole process, I cannot figure out what happens in your case. You can always check the meta data (so what information are available), by hovering with your mouse courser over the ports. So check the 'training' output port before the ARIMA operator and maybe also the 'example set' input port of the Forecast Validation operator.

    Also you can always just type in the name of the attributes directly. So just add 'Date' for the indices attribute.

    Hopes this helps
    Best regards,
    Fabian
    User: "SkyTrader"
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    Thanks for the help @tftemme, much appreciated.

    I decided to go back to my Read Excel and used the import wizard again and all the attributes are now populating the dropdown menu and now I've set the "has indices" to Date, and the date column has appeared and everything looks good!





    User: "tftemme"
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    Great.

    What you also can do, to better handle Meta Data and the like is to put the Read Excel operator into another process, and then directly Store the data set in the repository. Then you can retrieve the data set in the original process from repository, instead of always reading it from disc.

    This has the advantage that it can potentially speed up the process (the reading can be slow), and that data sets in the repository always have proper Meta Data stored.

    Don't forget to execute the reading process, when you have updated input data.