Congifuring Feature Types

Congifuring Feature Types

While creating a dataset of File type, you can change the variable type of the features displayed in the Features box.
After selecting a file, the features in it are displayed in the Features box. To configure the variable type of a feature, follow the steps given below.

  1. Hover over the feature that you want to configure.
    A Gear icon () and a Close icon () are displayed.
  2. To configure the feature, click the Gear icon ().

    Type Configurations dialog box is displayed.
  3. From the Variable Type drop-down, select the variable type you want to assign to the selected feature.
    The available variable types and associated data types are given in the table below.

    Variable Type

    Data Type

    Remark

    Numerical

    Integer, Float

    —

    Textual

    Text

    —

    Interval

    Date

    • For Interval type, you can select from the currently supported formats or configure a customized format.
    • For the currently supported date/time format(s), refer to Table 6: Date and Time Formats Supported by Rubiscape.
    • To configure customized date and time formats, refer to Table 7: Customized Formats for Date and Time in Interval Type Features.

    Categorical

    Text

    —

    Geographical

    Text

    • It is available only if the variable type is Categorical.
    • You can configure any categorical or textual column as Geographical.
    • For steps to create a dataset containing a geographical column, refer to //Cross reference to Creating a Dataset with Geographical Variable Type.
  4. The supported date and time formats are displayed in the table below.

    Date Formats

    13-12-1947

    13.December.47

    1947/13/12

    47/13/12

    12-13-1947

    13/12/1947

    1947/13/Dec

    47/13/Dec

    12-13-1947

    13/12/47

    1947/13/December

    47/13/December

    12.13.1947

    13/December/1947

    1947/Dec/13

    47/Dec/13

    12.13.47

    13/December/47

    1947/December/13

    47/December/13

    12/13/1947

    1947-12-13

    47-12-13

    Dec-13-1947

    12/13/47

    1947-13-12

    47-13-12

    Dec-13-47

    13-12-47

    1947-13-Dec

    47-13-Dec

    Dec.13.1947

    13-12-1947

    1947-13-December

    47-13-December

    Dec.13.47

    13-Dec-1947

    1947-Dec-13

    47-Dec-13

    Dec/13/1947

    13-Dec-47

    1947-December-13

    47-December-13

    Dec/13/47

    13-December-1947

    1947.12.13

    47.12.13

    December-13-1947

    13-December-47

    1947.13.12

    47.13.12

    December-13-47

    13.12.1947

    1947.13.Dec

    47.13.Dec

    December.13.1947

    13.12.47

    1947.13.December

    47.13.December

    December.13.47

    13.Dec.1947

    1947.Dec.13

    47.Dec.13

    December/13/1947

    13.Dec.47

    1947.December.13

    47.December.13

    December/13/47

    13.December.1947

    1947/12/13

    47/12/13


    Time Formats

    13:30:55

    01:30:55 PM

    1:30:55 PM

    13:30

    1:30 PM

    01:30 PM



    (info)Notes:

    • A separator is used when the value contains date as well as time. For example, 1947-12-13T13:30:55
    • Supported separators are Space ( ), Hyphen (-), Comma (,), Semicolon (;), Colon (:), Dot (.), T, and U.

     The different customized formats supported for date and time are given in the table below.

    Directive

    Explanation

    Example

    %a

    Abbreviated weekday name

    Sun, Mon, ..., Sat

    %A

    Full weekday name

    Sunday, Monday, ..., Saturday

    %w

    Weekday as a decimal number

    0, 1, ..., 6

    %d

    Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal

    01, 02, ..., 31

    %-d

    Day of the month as a decimal number

    1, 2, ..., 30

    %b

    Abbreviated month name

    Jan, Feb, ..., Dec

    %B

    Full month name

    January, February, ..., December

    %m

    Month as a zero-padded decimal number

    01, 02, ..., 12

    %-m

    Month as a decimal number

    1, 2, ..., 12

    %y

    Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number

    00, 01, ..., 99

    %-y

    Year without century as a decimal number.

    0, 1, ..., 99

    %Y

    Year with century as a decimal number.

    2013, 2019, 2021, ...

    %H

    Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number

    00, 01, ..., 23

    %-H

    Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number

    0, 1, ..., 23

    %I

    Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number

    01, 02, ..., 12

    %-I

    Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number

    1, 2, ... 12

    %p

    Locale’s AM or PM.

    AM, PM

    %M

    Minute as a zero-padded decimal number

    00, 01, ..., 59

    %-M

    Minute as a decimal number

    0, 1, ..., 59

    %S

    Second as a zero-padded decimal number

    00, 01, ..., 59

    %-S

    Second as a decimal number

    0, 1, ..., 59

    %f

    Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left

    000000 to 999999

    %z

    UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM

    +0530, -0530, ...

    %Z

    Time zone name (abbreviation)

    CST, IST, ...

    %j

    Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number

    001, 002, ..., 366

    %-j

    Day of the year as a decimal number

    1, 2, ..., 366

    %U

    Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.

    00, 01, ..., 53

    %W

    Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.

    00, 01, ..., 53

    %c

    Locale’s appropriate date and time representation

    Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013

    %x

    Locale’s appropriate date representation

    09/30/13

    %X

    Locale’s appropriate time representation

    7:06:05

  5. Select the required variable type and other relevant information. For configuring the Interval type variable, refer to Configuring Interval Type Feature.
  6. Click Done.

    The variable type of the selected feature is updated.

Configuring Interval Type Feature

In Rubiscape, you should verify the date and/or time format of the Interval type feature while creating the dataset. To use the dataset, you should configure the feature’s date and/or time format corresponding to the format used in the input file. To configure the Interval type feature, you can select from existing date and time formats (Table: Date and Time Formats supported by Rubiscape) or use a customized format for date and time (Table: Customized Formats for Date and Time in Interval Type Features).

To configure the date and time format of the Interval type feature, follow the steps given below.

  1. Hover over the Interval type feature for which you want to configure the date and time format.
    A Gear icon ( ) and a Close icon () are displayed.

    (info) 

    Note:

    The Interval type feature is represented by the interval icon ( ) before the feature name.

  2. To configure the feature, click the Gear icon ().



    Type Configurations dialog box is displayed.

  3. Enter the required values in the fields, and then click Done.

    (info)Notes:

    • There are two radio buttons on the Type Configurations window. These are Custom and Selection.
    • The Selection radio button is selected by default.

    • When you create a dataset containing the date feature, the date and time formats are automatically detected. You do not have to select them manually. On clicking the Gear Icon (() corresponding to any date-time feature, you can see the detected date and time formats for that feature on the Type Configurations page.

    • The Date Format selected from the drop-down should correspond to the date format used in the feature in the input file.
    • The Time Format selected from the drop-down should correspond to the time format used in the feature in the input file.
    • When input data contains DateTime format, you should select all three fields: Date Format, Separator, and Time Format. Alternatively, you should configure the corresponding customized format.
    • You should select the Custom radio button to configure the customized date and time format of the Interval type feature. Refer to Configuring Customized Date and Time Format.
    • If a “ ” (space) separator needs to be entered, the Separator field is kept empty since “ ” (space) is the default value.
    • If any other separator needs to be entered, it should be the same as that in the feature in the input file.




    The Date Format and Time Format for the Interval type feature are configured.

The feature column in the explored dataset displays the values in ISO standard date and time format supported in Rubiscape (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS).

(info)Notes:

  • If the feature contains only date values, the explored dataset displays the values in the feature column, for example, 2020-12-31T00:00:00
  • If the feature contains only time values, the explored dataset displays the values in the feature column, for example. 1900-01-01T13:34:59
  • If the feature contains both date and time values, the explored dataset displays the values in the feature column, for example, 2020-12-31T13:34:59

The different fields present on the Type Configurations dialog box of the Interval type feature are given below.


Field

Description

Remark

Variable Type

It allows you to select the variable type that you want to assign to the selected feature.


By default, it displays the variable type of the selected feature.

The available options are,

  • Numerical
  • Textual
  • Interval
  • Categorical
  • Geographical

Data Type

It displays the data type of the selected feature, based on the variable type of the feature.

Refer to Table: Variable Types in Features.

Custom

This radio button, when selected, allows you to enter the customized date and time formats used in the feature.

Refer to Configuring Customized Date and Time Format.

Enable Date Format

The checkbox is selected to display the Date Format field.

  • The checkbox is selected by default if the values in the detected feature are in date format and vice-versa.
  • The checkbox is not selected by default if the values in the detected feature are not in date format.
  • Alternatively, the checkbox is not selected by default if the date format is not detected.

Date Format

It allows you to select the date format used in the feature.

  • Date Format is displayed only when the Enable Date Format checkbox is selected.
  • When the Enable Date Format checkbox is selected by default, Date Format reads and displays the existing date format used in the feature.
  • The date format displayed in the field is represented by the corresponding format available in the drop-down.
  • When Date Format is enabled the first time using the Enable Date Format checkbox, the data field displays None by default.

Separator

It allows you to enter a separator to split the Date Format and Time Format. It also allows you to enter the separator T if your feature uses the ISO standard date and time format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS).

  • The default separator is “ ” (space).
  • The separator entered should be the same as that used in the feature in the input file.
  • The following separators are considered as valid separators in Rubiscape: “,”, “.”, “ ”, “:”, “;”, “-”, ”/”, (comma, dot, space, colon, semicolon, hyphen, and solidus), and T.
  • In Rubiscape, the default ISO date and time format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS. YYYY-MM-DD - date component, HH:MM:SS - time component, and T - time designator that precedes the time components.

Enable Time Format

The checkbox is selected to display the Time Format field.

  • The checkbox is selected by default if the values in the detected feature are in time format and vice-versa.
  • The checkbox is not selected by default if the values in the detected feature are not in time format.
  • Alternatively, the checkbox is not selected by default if the time format is not detected.

Time Format

It allows you to select the time format used in the feature.

  • Time Format is displayed only when the Enable Time Format checkbox is selected.
  • When the Enable Time Format checkbox is selected by default, Time Format reads and displays the existing time format used in the feature.
  • The time format displayed in the field is represented by the corresponding format available in the drop-down.
  • When Time Format is enabled the first time using the Enable Time Format checkbox, the data field displays None by default.

Format String

It displays the date/time format or date and time format and separator using directives and interval designator for customized configuration.

  • It is of type String.
  • The format corresponds to the date/time format or data and time format displayed in Date Format or/and Time Format.

Button

Description

Remark

It saves the values entered for the selected feature and returns to the Update Dataset page.

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(info)Note:

If both Enable Date Format and Enable Time Format checkboxes are selected by default, then the values in the detected feature are in DateTime format.

Configuring Customized Date and Time Format

You can configure the date and time format of the Interval type feature based on the user-defined format used in input data.

Thus, you can configure a customized date and time format if you use one of the formats given below in your input data.

  • Date component values separated by an interval designator other than “.” (dot), “-“ (hyphen), and “/” (solidus).
  • Time component values separated by an interval designator other than “:” (colon), “.” (dot), “-“ (hyphen), and “/” (solidus).
  • Date and time components each separated by an interval designator other “.” (dot), “-“ (hyphen), and “/” (solidus).

Consider a feature in which you have used “:” (colon) as the interval designator between its date values. For example, 2020:12:31/13:34:59

To configure the customized date and time format of the Interval type feature, follow the steps given below.

  1. Hover over the Interval type feature for which you want to configure the customized date and time format.
    A Gear icon ( ) and a Close icon () are displayed.

    (info) 

    Note:

    The Interval type feature is represented by the interval icon () before the feature name.

  2. To configure the feature, click the Gear icon ().



    Type Configurations dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click the Variable Type drop-down and select Interval if a different variable type is detected for the feature.
  4. Select Custom.
  5. Enter the Format String corresponding to the format used in the feature. Refer to Table: Customized Formats for Date and Time in Interval Type Features.

  6. Click Done.

    (info)

    Notes:

    • Here, the interval designator used between date values in the feature is “:” (colon).
    • Here, a “/” (solidus) separator is used in the feature to split the Date Format and Time Format.
    • The Custom selection supports all special characters as interval designators and separators.




The Date/Time Or DateTime Format for the Interval type feature is configured.

The feature column in the explored dataset displays the values in the ISO standard date and time format, supported in Rubiscape (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS).

(info)Notes:

  • If the feature contains only date values, the explored dataset displays the values in the feature column, for example, 2020-12-31T00:00:00.
  • If the feature contains only time values, the explored dataset displays the values in the feature column, for example, 1900-01-01T13:34:59.
  • If the feature contains both date and time values, the explored dataset displays the values in the feature column, for example, 2020-12-31T13:34:59.


File Encoding Formats

The encoding formats supported by Rubiscape are listed in the table below. Please note, selecting the encoding format is optional. The default value is none.

Asci

cp1258

cp862

gb2312

iso8859_2

mac_iceland

big5

cp273

cp863

gbk

iso8859_3

mac_latin2

big5hkscs

cp424

cp864

hz

iso8859_4

mac_roman

cp037

cp437

cp865

iso2022_jp

iso8859_5

mac_turkish

cp1006

cp500

cp866

iso2022_jp_1

iso8859_6

ptcp154

cp1026

cp720

cp869

iso2022_jp_2

iso8859_7

shif_jis

cp1125

cp737

cp874

iso2022_jp_2004

iso8859_8

shift_jis_2004

cp1140

cp775

cp875

iso2022_jp_3

iso8859_9

shift_jisx0213

cp1250

cp850

cp932

iso2022_jp_ext

johab

utf_16

cpl251

cp852

cp949

iso2022_kr

koi8_r

utf_16_be

cp1252

cp855

cp950

iso8859_10

koi8_t

utf_16_le

cp1253

cp856

euc_jis_2004

iso8859_11

koi8_u

utf_32

cp1254

cp857

euc_jisx0213

iso8859_13

kz1048

utf_32_be

cp1255

cp858

euc_jp

iso8859_14

latin_1

utf_32_le

cp1256

cp860

euc_kr

iso8859_15

mac_cyrillic

Jtf_7

cp1257

cp861

gb18030

iso8859_16

mac_greek

utf_8

utf_8_sig

 

 

 

 

 


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