Hello, May I know what is "unique_id" and how it i...
# neural-forecastv
virgilio espina
01/18/2023, 9:15 AMHello, May I know what is "unique_id" and how it is being generated in the datasets? Thank you.
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Cristian (Nixtla)
01/18/2023, 7:46 PMHello @virgilio espina. The "unique_id" is used to identify different time-series on your dataset. This is user generated because it depends on your data.
Cristian (Nixtla)
01/18/2023, 7:48 PMThere is no constrains on the values, and the actual values will not affect the forecast. Simply use different identifiers (eg. "product_a", "product_b") for all the observations of each time-series. We have some examples here: https://nixtla.github.io/neuralforecast/examples/getting_started.html
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fede (nixtla) (they/them)
01/19/2023, 7:32 PMcomplementing on @Cristian (Nixtla), here’s a description of the data format @virgilio espina: https://nixtla.github.io/neuralforecast/examples/data_format.html