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- FeatureStore
  FeatureStore
  - Class Methods
    Class Methods
    
    FeatureStore.create
    
    FeatureStore.get
    
    FeatureStore.get_by_id
    
    FeatureStore.list
  - Get
    Get
    
    FeatureStore.get_data_source
  - Info
    Info
    
    FeatureStore.created_at
    
    FeatureStore.details
    
    FeatureStore.info
    
    FeatureStore.name
    
    FeatureStore.type
    
    FeatureStore.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    FeatureStore.id
- Catalog
  Catalog
- DataSource
  DataSource
  - List
    List
    
    DataSource.list_databases
    
    DataSource.list_schemas
    
    DataSource.list_source_tables
  - Get
    Get
    
    DataSource.get_source_table
  - Info
    Info
    
    DataSource.type
- SourceTable
  SourceTable
  - Create Table
    Create Table
    
    SourceTable.create_batch_request_table
    
    SourceTable.create_dimension_table
    
    SourceTable.create_event_table
    
    SourceTable.create_item_table
    
    SourceTable.create_observation_table
    
    SourceTable.create_scd_table
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    SourceTable.describe
    
    SourceTable.preview
    
    SourceTable.sample
- Table
  Table
  - Class Methods
    Class Methods
    
    DimensionTable.get_by_id
    
    EventTable.get_by_id
    
    ItemTable.get_by_id
    
    SCDTable.get_by_id
  - Type
    Type
    
    DimensionTable
    
    EventTable
    
    ItemTable
    
    SCDTable
  - Get View
    Get View
    
    DimensionTable.get_view
    
    EventTable.get_view
    
    ItemTable.get_view
    
    SCDTable.get_change_view
    
    SCDTable.get_view
  - Add Metadata
    Add Metadata
    
    Table.update_record_creation_timestamp_column
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    Table.update_status
  - Set Feature Job
    Set Feature Job
    
    EventTable.create_new_feature_job_setting_analysis
    
    EventTable.initialize_default_feature_job_setting
    
    EventTable.list_feature_job_setting_analysis
    
    EventTable.update_default_feature_job_setting
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    Table.describe
    
    Table.preview
    
    Table.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    EventTable.default_feature_job_setting
    
    ItemTable.default_feature_job_setting
    
    Table.catalog_id
    
    Table.column_cleaning_operations
    
    Table.columns
    
    Table.columns_info
    
    Table.created_at
    
    Table.dtypes
    
    Table.info
    
    Table.name
    
    Table.record_creation_timestamp_column
    
    Table.status
    
    Table.type
    
    Table.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    ItemTable.event_table_id
    
    Table.entity_ids
    
    Table.feature_store
    
    Table.id
    
    Table.preview_sql
- TableColumn
  TableColumn
  - Add Metadata
    Add Metadata
    
    TableColumn.as_entity
    
    TableColumn.update_critical_data_info
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    TableColumn.describe
    
    TableColumn.preview
    
    TableColumn.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    TableColumn.name
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    TableColumn.preview_sql
- Entity
  Entity
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    Entity.update_name
  - Info
    Info
    
    Entity.created_at
    
    Entity.info
    
    Entity.name
    
    Entity.name_history
    
    Entity.parents
    
    Entity.serving_names
    
    Entity.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    Entity.id
- Relationship
  Relationship
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    Relationship.disable
    
    Relationship.enable
  - Info
    Info
    
    Relationship.created_at
    
    Relationship.info
    
    Relationship.name
    
    Relationship.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    Relationship.id
- View
  View
  - Type
    Type
    
    ChangeView
    
    DimensionView
    
    EventView
    
    ItemView
    
    SCDView
  - Create
    Create
    
    View.raw
  - Create Feature
    Create Feature
    
    View.as_features
    
    view.groupby
  - Create Table
    Create Table
    
    View.create_batch_request_table
    
    View.create_observation_table
  - Join
    Join
    
    EventView.add_feature
    
    ItemView.join_event_table_attributes
    
    View.join
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    View.describe
    
    View.preview
    
    View.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    ChangeView.default_feature_job_setting
    
    ChangeView.get_default_feature_job_setting
    
    DimensionView.dimension_id_column
    
    EventView.default_feature_job_setting
    
    EventView.event_id_column
    
    ItemView.default_feature_job_setting
    
    ItemView.event_id_column
    
    ItemView.event_table_id
    
    ItemView.item_id_column
    
    SCDView.current_flag_column
    
    SCDView.effective_timestamp_column
    
    SCDView.end_timestamp_column
    
    SCDView.natural_key_column
    
    SCDView.surrogate_key_column
    
    View.columns
    
    View.columns_info
    
    View.dtypes
    
    View.entity_columns
    
    View.get_join_column
    
    View.timestamp_column
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    View.feature_store
    
    View.preview_sql
- ViewColumn
  ViewColumn
  - Create Feature
    Create Feature
    
    ViewColumn.as_feature
  - Transform
    Transform
    
    ViewColumn.abs
    
    ViewColumn.astype
    
    ViewColumn.ceil
    
    ViewColumn.dt.day
    
    ViewColumn.dt.day_of_week
    
    ViewColumn.dt.hour
    
    ViewColumn.dt.microsecond
    
    ViewColumn.dt.millisecond
    
    ViewColumn.dt.minute
    
    ViewColumn.dt.month
    
    ViewColumn.dt.quarter
    
    ViewColumn.dt.second
    
    ViewColumn.dt.tz_offset
    
    ViewColumn.dt.week
    
    ViewColumn.dt.year
    
    ViewColumn.exp
    
    ViewColumn.fillna
    
    ViewColumn.floor
    
    ViewColumn.isin
    
    ViewColumn.isnull
    
    ViewColumn.log
    
    ViewColumn.notnull
    
    ViewColumn.pow
    
    ViewColumn.sqrt
    
    ViewColumn.str.contains
    
    ViewColumn.str.len
    
    ViewColumn.str.lower
    
    ViewColumn.str.lstrip
    
    ViewColumn.str.pad
    
    ViewColumn.str.replace
    
    ViewColumn.str.rstrip
    
    ViewColumn.str.slice
    
    ViewColumn.str.strip
    
    ViewColumn.str.upper
  - Lags
    Lags
    
    ChangeViewColumn.lag
    
    EventViewColumn.lag
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    ViewColumn.describe
    
    ViewColumn.preview
    
    ViewColumn.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    ViewColumn.dtype
    
    ViewColumn.is_datetime
    
    ViewColumn.is_numeric
    
    ViewColumn.name
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    ViewColumn.feature_store
    
    ViewColumn.preview_sql
- Feature
  Feature
  - Save
    Save
    
    Feature.save
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    Feature.as_default_version
    
    Feature.create_new_version
    
    Feature.delete
    
    Feature.get_feature_jobs_status
    
    Feature.list_versions
    
    Feature.update_default_version_mode
    
    Feature.update_readiness
  - Transform
    Transform
    
    Feature.abs
    
    Feature.astype
    
    Feature.cd.cosine_similarity
    
    Feature.cd.entropy
    
    Feature.cd.get_rank
    
    Feature.cd.get_relative_frequency
    
    Feature.cd.get_value
    
    Feature.cd.most_frequent
    
    Feature.cd.unique_count
    
    Feature.ceil
    
    Feature.dt.day
    
    Feature.dt.day_of_week
    
    Feature.dt.hour
    
    Feature.dt.microsecond
    
    Feature.dt.millisecond
    
    Feature.dt.minute
    
    Feature.dt.month
    
    Feature.dt.quarter
    
    Feature.dt.second
    
    Feature.dt.tz_offset
    
    Feature.dt.week
    
    Feature.dt.year
    
    Feature.exp
    
    Feature.fillna
    
    Feature.floor
    
    Feature.isin
    
    Feature.isnull
    
    Feature.log
    
    Feature.notnull
    
    Feature.pow
    
    Feature.sqrt
    
    Feature.str.contains
    
    Feature.str.len
    
    Feature.str.lower
    
    Feature.str.lstrip
    
    Feature.str.pad
    
    Feature.str.replace
    
    Feature.str.rstrip
    
    Feature.str.slice
    
    Feature.str.strip
    
    Feature.str.upper
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    Feature.preview
  - Info
    Info
    
    Feature.created_at
    
    Feature.dtype Feature.dtype
    Table of contents
    
    Description
    
    Returns
    
    Feature.info
    
    Feature.is_datetime
    
    Feature.is_default
    
    Feature.is_numeric
    
    Feature.name
    
    Feature.readiness
    
    Feature.saved
    
    Feature.updated_at
    
    Feature.version
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    Feature.catalog_id
    
    Feature.definition
    
    Feature.entity_ids
    
    Feature.feature_list_ids
    
    Feature.feature_namespace_id
    
    Feature.feature_store
    
    Feature.id
    
    Feature.primary_entity
    
    Feature.sql
- FeatureGroup
  FeatureGroup
  - Constructor
    Constructor
    
    FeatureGroup
  - Save
    Save
    
    FeatureGroup.save
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    FeatureGroup.drop
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    FeatureGroup.preview
  - Info
    Info
    
    FeatureGroup.feature_names
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    FeatureGroup.sql
- FeatureList
  FeatureList
  - Create Feature Group
    Create Feature Group
    
    FeatureList.drop
  - Constructor
    Constructor
    
    FeatureList
  - Save
    Save
    
    FeatureList.save
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    FeatureList.as_default_version
    
    FeatureList.create_new_version
    
    FeatureList.delete
    
    FeatureList.get_feature_jobs_status
    
    FeatureList.list_versions
    
    FeatureList.update_default_version_mode
    
    FeatureList.update_status
  - Serve
    Serve
    
    FeatureList.compute_historical_feature_table
    
    FeatureList.compute_historical_features
  - Deploy
    Deploy
    
    FeatureList.deploy
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    FeatureList.preview
  - Info
    Info
    
    FeatureList.created_at
    
    FeatureList.feature_names
    
    FeatureList.info
    
    FeatureList.is_default
    
    FeatureList.list_features
    
    FeatureList.name
    
    FeatureList.production_ready_fraction
    
    FeatureList.saved
    
    FeatureList.status
    
    FeatureList.updated_at
    
    FeatureList.version
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    FeatureList.catalog_id
    
    FeatureList.feature_ids
    
    FeatureList.id
    
    FeatureList.primary_entity
    
    FeatureList.sql
- ObservationTable
  ObservationTable
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    ObservationTable.delete
    
    ObservationTable.download
    
    ObservationTable.to_pandas
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    ObservationTable.describe
    
    ObservationTable.preview
    
    ObservationTable.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    ObservationTable.context_id
    
    ObservationTable.created_at
    
    ObservationTable.name
    
    ObservationTable.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    ObservationTable.id
- HistoricalFeatureTable
  HistoricalFeatureTable
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.delete
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.download
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.describe
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.preview
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.created_at
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.name
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.feature_list_id
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.id
    
    HistoricalFeatureTable.observation_table_id
- Deployment
  Deployment
  - Class Methods
    Class Methods
    
    Deployment.get
    
    Deployment.get_by_id
    
    Deployment.list
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    Deployment.disable
    
    Deployment.enable
  - Serve
    Serve
    
    Deployment.compute_batch_feature_table
    
    Deployment.get_online_serving_code
  - Info
    Info
    
    Deployment.enabled
    
    Deployment.name
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    Deployment.feature_list_id
- BatchRequestTable
  BatchRequestTable
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    BatchRequestTable.delete
    
    BatchRequestTable.download
    
    BatchRequestTable.to_pandas
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    BatchRequestTable.describe
    
    BatchRequestTable.preview
    
    BatchRequestTable.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    BatchRequestTable.context_id
    
    BatchRequestTable.created_at
    
    BatchRequestTable.name
    
    BatchRequestTable.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    BatchRequestTable.id
- BatchFeatureTable
  BatchFeatureTable
  - Manage
    Manage
    
    BatchFeatureTable.delete
    
    BatchFeatureTable.download
  - Explore
    Explore
    
    BatchFeatureTable.describe
    
    BatchFeatureTable.preview
    
    BatchFeatureTable.sample
  - Info
    Info
    
    BatchFeatureTable.created_at
    
    BatchFeatureTable.name
    
    BatchFeatureTable.updated_at
  - Lineage
    Lineage
    
    BatchFeatureTable.batch_request_table_id
    
    BatchFeatureTable.deployment_id
    
    BatchFeatureTable.id
- Utility Classes
  Utility Classes
  - Credential
    
    Credential
    
    AccessTokenCredential
    
    GCSStorageCredential
    
    S3StorageCredential
    
    UsernamePasswordCredential
  - Feature
    Feature
    
    FeatureVersionInfo
  - Feature Job Setting
    Feature Job Setting
    
    FeatureJobSetting
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis.backtest
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis.display_report
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis.download_report
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis.get_by_id
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis.get_recommendation
    
    FeatureJobSettingAnalysis.info
    
    TableFeatureJobSetting
  - Groupby
    Groupby
    
    view.GroupBy
    
    view.GroupBy.aggregate
    
    view.GroupBy.aggregate_asat
    
    view.GroupBy.aggregate_over
  - Enums
    Enums
    
    AggFunc
    
    DefaultVersionMode
    
    FeatureListStatus
    
    SourceType
    
    StorageType
    
    TableStatus
  - Cleaning Operation
    Cleaning Operation
    
    ColumnCleaningOperation
    
    DisguisedValueImputation
    
    MissingValueImputation
    
    StringValueImputation
    
    TableCleaningOperation
    
    UnexpectedValueImputation
    
    ValueBeyondEndpointImputation
  - Warehouse
    Warehouse
    
    DatabricksDetails
    
    SnowflakeDetails
    
    SparkDetails
  - RequestColumn
    RequestColumn
    
    RequestColumn.point_in_time
- Utility Methods
  Utility Methods
  - List
    List
    
    list_unsaved_features
  - Transform
    Transform
    
    to_timedelta
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featurebyte.Feature.dtype¶

dtype: DBVarType

Description¶

Returns the data type of the Feature.

Returns¶

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