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featuretools.entityset.Entity.convert_variable_type

Entity.convert_variable_type(variable_id, new_type, convert_data=True, **kwargs)[source]

Convert variable in dataframe to different type

Parameters

  • variable_id (str) – Id of variable to convert.

  • new_type (subclass of Variable) – Type of variable to convert to.

  • entityset (BaseEntitySet) – EntitySet associated with this entity.

  • convert_data (bool) – If True, convert underlying data in the EntitySet.

Raises

RuntimeError – Raises if it cannot convert the underlying data

Examples

>>> from featuretools.tests.testing_utils import make_ecommerce_entityset
>>> es = make_ecommerce_entityset()
>>> es["customers"].convert_variable_type("engagement_level", vtypes.Categorical)
featuretools.entityset.EntitySet.plot featuretools.entityset.Entity.add_interesting_values