Data ingestion and data cataloging

Now that we have our datasets ready, we have two choices to bring them into DataRobot. We can go to either the Create New Project / Drag Dataset page (Figure 1.5) or the AI Catalog page (Figure 1.17). If the dataset is relatively small, we may prefer to start with the Create New Project method. After a few iterations, when the dataset has stabilized, you can move it into the AI Catalog page so that it can be reused in other projects.

Let's start by uploading our automobile dataset as a local file that we created in Chapter 4, Preparing Data for DataRobot. You can name the project Automobile Example 1, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 5.1 – Uploading dataset for a new project

You will notice that DataRobot automatically starts analyzing the data and performs a quick exploratory analysis. You can see that it found 30 features and 205 rows of data.

Note

If you are using an Excel file that has...