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featurebyte.DimensionTable

Description

A DimensionTable object represents a source table that holds static descriptive information. DimensionTable objects are created from a SourceTable object via the create_dimension_table method, and by identifying the column representing the primary key column of the source table (dimension_id_column).

After creation, the table can optionally incorporate additional metadata at the column level to further aid feature engineering. This can include identifying columns that identify or reference entities, providing information about the semantics of the table columns, specifying default cleaning operations, or furnishing descriptions of its columns.

Note that using a Dimension table requires special attention. If the data in the table changes slowly, it is not advisable to use it because these changes can cause significant data leaks during model training and adversely affect the inference performance. In such cases, it is recommended to use a Type 2 Slowly Changing Dimension table that maintains a history of changes."

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