Generating new attribute columns from multiple datasets

abulusu

Hello,

I am a new user of rapidminer. I am working with two datasets that have some common attributes such as day, month, year, etc. I am looking to add attribute columns from the second dataset (max_Temp, min_Temp) into the first dataset using the attributes common to both datasets i.e. day, month, year as a reference. I tried all operators in the Set Operations tab (union, join etc) but none resulted in what I am looking for. Can someone please help.

Thanks for your time!

JEdward

It sounds as though the Join operator is the one you need. 

Have a look at this quick sample process low which shows how to join using multiple attributes as the key.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<process version="6.5.002">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="6.5.002" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <process expanded="true">
      <operator activated="true" class="generate_data_user_specification" compatibility="6.5.002" expanded="true" height="60" name="Generate Data by User Specification" width="90" x="45" y="30">
        <list key="attribute_values">
          <parameter key="Day" value="1"/>
          <parameter key="Month" value="2"/>
          <parameter key="Year" value="2015"/>
          <parameter key="Att1" value="23"/>
          <parameter key="Att2" value="27"/>
        </list>
        <list key="set_additional_roles"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="generate_data_user_specification" compatibility="6.5.002" expanded="true" height="60" name="Generate Data by User Specification (2)" width="90" x="45" y="165">
        <list key="attribute_values">
          <parameter key="Day" value="1"/>
          <parameter key="Month" value="2"/>
          <parameter key="Year" value="2015"/>
          <parameter key="Att3" value="29"/>
          <parameter key="Att4" value="30"/>
        </list>
        <list key="set_additional_roles"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="join" compatibility="6.5.002" expanded="true" height="76" name="Join" width="90" x="246" y="120">
        <parameter key="use_id_attribute_as_key" value="false"/>
        <list key="key_attributes">
          <parameter key="Day" value="Day"/>
          <parameter key="Month" value="Month"/>
          <parameter key="Year" value="Year"/>
        </list>
      </operator>
      <connect from_op="Generate Data by User Specification" from_port="output" to_op="Join" to_port="left"/>
      <connect from_op="Generate Data by User Specification (2)" from_port="output" to_op="Join" to_port="right"/>
      <connect from_op="Join" from_port="join" to_port="result 1"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>

abulusu

Thanks so much! I tried the join operator and specified the common attributes under both datasets and it worked. I just needed to make sure that I had the exact same attribute names for both datasets or else it kept failing.