Creating Predictors in Mongo

Predictors are the machine learning models that enable us to forecast future data based on the available data. By using the db.predictors.insert() method, we create and train predictors in Mongo.

The db.predictors.insert() Method

Description

The db.predictors.insert() method creates and trains a new model.

Syntax

Here is the syntax:

db.predictors.insert({
     name: "predictor_name",
     predict: "target_column",
     connection: "integration_name",
     select_data_query: "db.collection_name.find({})"
});

On execution, we get:

WriteResult({
    "nInserted" : 1
})

Where:

Expressions	Description
name	The name of the model to be created.
predict	The name of the target column to be predicted.
connection	The name of the integration created via the db.databases.insertOne() method or file upload.
select_data_query	Object that stores the data collection name to be used for training and validation and additional arguments for filtering the data.

Checking Predictor Status

After running the db.predictors.insert() method, execute the db.predictors.find() method from the mindsdb.predictors collection to check the status of the model.

db.predictors.find({name: "model_name"});

Example

Creating a Predictor

This example shows how you can create and train the home_rentals_model machine learning model to predict the rental prices for real estate properties inside the dataset.

db.predictors.insert({
     name: "home_rentals_model",
     predict: "rental_price",
     connection: "mongo_integration",
     select_data_query: "db.home_rentals.find({})"
});

On execution, we get:

WriteResult({
    "nInserted" : 1
})

Checking Predictor Status

To check the predictor status, query the mindsdb.predictors using the db.predictors.find() command.

db.predictors.find({name: "home_rentals_model"});

On execution, we get:

{ 
    "name" : "home_rentals_model", 
    "status" : "complete", 
    "accuracy" : 0.91, 
    "predict" : "rental_price", 
    "update_status" : "up_to_date", 
    "mindsdb_version" : "22.8.3.1", 
    "error" : null,
    "select_data_query" : "", 
    "training_options" : ""
}