Preparing data
After you create a project, or join one, the next step is to add data to the project and prepare the data for analysis.
- Required permissions
- You must have the Admin or Editor role in a project to add or prepare data.
Methods for adding data to a project
You can add data assets from your local system or from connections to data sources. See Adding data to a project.
You can add these types of data assets to a project:
- Data assets from files from your local system, including structured data, unstructured data, and images.
- Connection assets that contain information for connecting to data sources. You can add connections to IBM or third-party data sources. See Connectors.
- Connected data assets that specify a table, view, or file that is accessed through a connection to a data source.
- Connected folder assets that specify a path in IBM Cloud Object Storage.
Methods for preparing structured data
You can choose from these methods to prepare structured data, such as relational tables.
| Task | Method |
|---|---|
| Preserve features | Feature groups |