[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[put-dfanalytics]]
=== Create {dfanalytics-jobs} API
[subs="attributes"]
++++
<titleabbrev>Create {dfanalytics-jobs}</titleabbrev>
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Instantiates a {dfanalytics-job}.

experimental[]

[[ml-put-dfanalytics-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT _ml/data_frame/analytics/<data_frame_analytics_id>`


[[ml-put-dfanalytics-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the following 
built-in roles and privileges:

* `machine_learning_admin`
* `kibana_admin` (UI only)


* source indices: `read`, `view_index_metadata`
* destination index: `read`, `create_index`, `manage` and `index`
* cluster: `monitor` (UI only)
  
For more information, see <<security-privileges>> and <<built-in-roles>>.

NOTE: It is possible that secondary authorization headers are supplied in the
request. If this is the case, the secondary authorization headers are used
instead of the primary headers.

[[ml-put-dfanalytics-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API creates a {dfanalytics-job} that performs an analysis on the source 
indices and stores the outcome in a destination index.

If the destination index does not exist, it is created automatically when you
start the job. See <<start-dfanalytics>>.

[[ml-hyperparam-optimization]]
If you supply only a subset of the {regression} or {classification} parameters,
_hyperparameter optimization_ occurs. It determines a value for each of the
undefined parameters.

////
A fixed number of rounds is used for optimization which
depends on the number of parameters being optimized.
The starting point is calculated for data dependent parameters by examining the loss
on the training data. Subject to the size constraint, this operation provides an
upper bound on the improvement in validation loss.

The optimization starts with random search, then 
Bayesian optimization is performed that is targeting maximum expected 
improvement. If you override any parameters by explicitely setting it, the 
optimization calculates the value of the remaining parameters accordingly and 
uses the value you provided for the overridden parameter. The number of rounds 
are reduced respectively. The validation error is estimated in each round by 
using 4-fold cross validation.
////

[[ml-put-dfanalytics-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<data_frame_analytics_id>`::
(Required, string)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=job-id-data-frame-analytics-define]

[role="child_attributes"]
[[ml-put-dfanalytics-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

`allow_lazy_start`::
(Optional, boolean) 
Specifies whether this job can start when there is insufficient {ml} node 
capacity for it to be immediately assigned to a node. The default is `false`; if
a {ml} node with capacity to run the job cannot immediately be found, the API
returns an error. However, this is also subject to the cluster-wide
`xpack.ml.max_lazy_ml_nodes` setting. See <<advanced-ml-settings>>. If this
option is set to `true`, the API does not return an error and the job waits in
the `starting` state until sufficient {ml} node capacity is available.

//Begin analysis
`analysis`::
(Required, object)
The analysis configuration, which contains the information necessary to perform
one of the following types of analysis: {classification}, {oldetection}, or
{regression}.
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.Properties of `analysis`
[%collapsible%open]
====
//Begin classification
`classification`:::
(Required^*^, object)
The configuration information necessary to perform
{ml-docs}/dfa-classification.html[{classification}].
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TIP: Advanced parameters are for fine-tuning {classanalysis}. They are set 
automatically by hyperparameter optimization to give the minimum validation
error. It is highly recommended to use the default values unless you fully
understand the function of these parameters.
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.Properties of `classification`
[%collapsible%open]
=====
`class_assignment_objective`::::
(Optional, string)
Defines the objective to optimize when assigning class labels:
`maximize_accuracy` or `maximize_minimum_recall`. When maximizing accuracy,
class labels are chosen to maximize the number of correct predictions. When
maximizing minimum recall, labels are chosen to maximize the minimum recall for
any class. Defaults to `maximize_minimum_recall`.

`dependent_variable`::::
(Required, string)
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include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=dependent-variable]
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The data type of the field must be numeric (`integer`, `short`, `long`, `byte`), 
categorical (`ip` or `keyword`), or boolean. There must be no more than 30
different values in this field. 

`eta`::::
(Optional, double) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=eta]

`feature_bag_fraction`::::
(Optional, double) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=feature-bag-fraction]

`gamma`::::
(Optional, double) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=gamma]

`lambda`::::
(Optional, double) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=lambda]

`max_trees`::::
(Optional, integer) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=max-trees]

`num_top_classes`::::
(Optional, integer)
Defines the number of categories for which the predicted probabilities are
reported. It must be non-negative. If it is greater than the total number of
categories, the API reports all category probabilities. Defaults to 2.

`num_top_feature_importance_values`::::
(Optional, integer)
Advanced configuration option. Specifies the maximum number of
{ml-docs}/ml-feature-importance.html[{feat-imp}] values per document to return. 
By default, it is zero and no {feat-imp} calculation occurs.

`prediction_field_name`::::
(Optional, string) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=prediction-field-name]

`randomize_seed`::::
(Optional, long)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=randomize-seed]

`training_percent`::::
(Optional, integer)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=training-percent]
//End classification
=====
//Begin outlier_detection
`outlier_detection`:::
(Required^*^, object)
The configuration information necessary to perform
{ml-docs}/dfa-outlier-detection.html[{oldetection}]:
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.Properties of `outlier_detection`
[%collapsible%open]
=====
`compute_feature_influence`::::
(Optional, boolean) 
Specifies whether the feature influence calculation is enabled. Defaults to
`true`.
  
`feature_influence_threshold`:::: 
(Optional, double) 
The minimum {olscore} that a document needs to have in order to calculate its 
{fiscore}. Value range: 0-1 (`0.1` by default).

`method`::::
(Optional, string)
Sets the method that {oldetection} uses. If the method is not set, {oldetection} 
uses an ensemble of different methods and normalises and combines their 
individual {olscores} to obtain the overall {olscore}. We recommend to use the 
ensemble method. Available methods are `lof`, `ldof`, `distance_kth_nn`, 
`distance_knn`.
  
`n_neighbors`::::
(Optional, integer)
Defines the value for how many nearest neighbors each method of 
{oldetection} will use to calculate its {olscore}. When the value is not set, 
different values will be used for different ensemble members. This helps 
improve diversity in the ensemble. Therefore, only override this if you are 
confident that the value you choose is appropriate for the data set.
  
`outlier_fraction`::::
(Optional, double) 
Sets the proportion of the data set that is assumed to be outlying prior to 
{oldetection}. For example, 0.05 means it is assumed that 5% of values are real 
outliers and 95% are inliers.
  
`standardization_enabled`::::
(Optional, boolean) 
If `true`, the following operation is performed on the columns before computing 
outlier scores: (x_i - mean(x_i)) / sd(x_i). Defaults to `true`. For more 
information about this concept, see 
{wikipedia}/Feature_scaling#Standardization_(Z-score_Normalization)[Wikipedia].
//End outlier_detection
=====
//Begin regression
`regression`:::
(Required^*^, object)
The configuration information necessary to perform
{ml-docs}/dfa-regression.html[{regression}].
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TIP: Advanced parameters are for fine-tuning {reganalysis}. They are set 
automatically by hyperparameter optimization to give the minimum validation
error. It is highly recommended to use the default values unless you fully
understand the function of these parameters.
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.Properties of `regression`
[%collapsible%open]
=====
`dependent_variable`::::
(Required, string)
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include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=dependent-variable]
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The data type of the field must be numeric.

`eta`::::
(Optional, double)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=eta]

`feature_bag_fraction`::::
(Optional, double)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=feature-bag-fraction]

`gamma`::::
(Optional, double) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=gamma]

`lambda`::::
(Optional, double) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=lambda]

`max_trees`::::
(Optional, integer) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=max-trees]

`num_top_feature_importance_values`::::
(Optional, integer)
Advanced configuration option. Specifies the maximum number of
{ml-docs}/ml-feature-importance.html[{feat-imp}] values per document to return. 
By default, it is zero and no {feat-imp} calculation occurs.

`prediction_field_name`::::
(Optional, string)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=prediction-field-name]

`randomize_seed`::::
(Optional, long)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=randomize-seed]

`training_percent`::::
(Optional, integer)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=training-percent]
=====
//End regression
====
//End analysis

//Begin analyzed_fields
`analyzed_fields`::
(Optional, object)
Specify `includes` and/or `excludes` patterns to select which fields will be 
included in the analysis. The patterns specified in `excludes` are applied last, 
therefore `excludes` takes precedence. In other words, if the same field is 
specified in both `includes` and `excludes`, then the field will not be included 
in the analysis.
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--
[[dfa-supported-fields]]
The supported fields for each type of analysis are as follows:

* {oldetection-cap} requires numeric or boolean data to analyze. The algorithms 
don't support missing values therefore fields that have data types other than 
numeric or boolean are ignored. Documents where included fields contain missing 
values, null values, or an array are also ignored. Therefore the `dest` index 
may contain documents that don't have an {olscore}.
* {regression-cap} supports fields that are numeric, `boolean`, `text`, 
`keyword`, and `ip`. It is also tolerant of missing values. Fields that are 
supported are included in the analysis, other fields are ignored. Documents 
where included fields contain  an array with two or more values are also 
ignored. Documents in the `dest` index  that don’t contain a results field are 
not included in the {reganalysis}.
* {classification-cap} supports fields that are numeric, `boolean`, `text`,
`keyword`, and `ip`. It is also tolerant of missing values. Fields that are 
supported are included in the analysis, other fields are ignored. Documents
where included fields contain an array with two or more values are also ignored. 
Documents in the `dest` index that don’t contain a results field are not
included in the {classanalysis}. {classanalysis-cap} can be improved by mapping
ordinal variable values to a  single number. For example, in case of age ranges,
you can model the values as "0-14" = 0, "15-24" = 1, "25-34" = 2, and so on.

If `analyzed_fields` is not set, only the relevant fields will be included. For
example, all the numeric fields for {oldetection}. For more information about
field selection, see <<explain-dfanalytics>>.
--
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.Properties of `analyzed_fields`
[%collapsible%open]
====
`excludes`:::
(Optional, array)
An array of strings that defines the fields that will be excluded from the
analysis. You do not need to add fields with unsupported data types to
`excludes`, these fields are excluded from the analysis automatically.

`includes`:::
(Optional, array)
An array of strings that defines the fields that will be included in the 
analysis.
//End analyzed_fields
====

`description`::
(Optional, string)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=description-dfa]

`dest`::
(Required, object)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=dest]
  
`model_memory_limit`::
(Optional, string)
The approximate maximum amount of memory resources that are permitted for 
analytical processing. The default value for {dfanalytics-jobs} is `1gb`. If 
your `elasticsearch.yml` file contains an `xpack.ml.max_model_memory_limit` 
setting, an error occurs when you try to create {dfanalytics-jobs} that have 
`model_memory_limit` values greater than that setting. For more information, see 
<<ml-settings>>.
  
`source`::
(object)
The configuration of how to source the analysis data. It requires an `index`.
Optionally, `query` and `_source` may be specified.
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.Properties of `source`
[%collapsible%open]
====
`index`:::
(Required, string or array) Index or indices on which to perform the analysis.
It can be a single index or index pattern as well as an array of indices or
patterns.
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WARNING: If your source indices contain documents with the same IDs, only the 
document that is indexed last appears in the destination index.

`query`:::
(Optional, object) The {es} query domain-specific language (<<query-dsl,DSL>>).
This value corresponds to the query object in an {es} search POST body. All the
options that are supported by {es} can be used, as this object is passed
verbatim to {es}. By default, this property has the following value:
`{"match_all": {}}`.

`_source`:::
(Optional, object) Specify `includes` and/or `excludes` patterns to select which
fields will be present in the destination. Fields that are excluded cannot be
included in the analysis.
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.Properties of `_source`
[%collapsible%open]
=====
`includes`::::
(array) An array of strings that defines the fields that will be included in the
destination.
        
`excludes`::::
(array) An array of strings that defines the fields that will be excluded from
the destination.
=====
====

[[ml-put-dfanalytics-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[[ml-put-dfanalytics-example-preprocess]]
===== Preprocessing actions example

The following example shows how to limit the scope of the analysis to certain 
fields, specify excluded fields in the destination index, and use a query to 
filter your data before analysis.

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _ml/data_frame/analytics/model-flight-delays-pre
{
  "source": {
    "index": [
      "kibana_sample_data_flights" <1>
    ],
    "query": { <2>
      "range": {
        "DistanceKilometers": { 
          "gt": 0
        }
      }
    },
    "_source": { <3>
      "includes": [],
      "excludes": [
        "FlightDelay",
        "FlightDelayType"
      ]
    }
  },
  "dest": { <4>
    "index": "df-flight-delays",
    "results_field": "ml-results"
  },
  "analysis": {
  "regression": {
    "dependent_variable": "FlightDelayMin",
    "training_percent": 90
    }
  },
  "analyzed_fields": { <5>
    "includes": [],
    "excludes": [   
      "FlightNum"
    ]
  },
  "model_memory_limit": "100mb"
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[skip:setup kibana sample data]

<1> The source index to analyze.
<2> This query filters out entire documents that will not be present in the 
destination index.
<3> The `_source` object defines fields in the dataset that will be included or 
excluded in the destination index. In this case, `includes` does not specify any 
fields, so the default behavior takes place: all the fields of the source index 
will included except the ones that are explicitly specified in `excludes`.
<4> Defines the destination index that contains the results of the analysis and 
the fields of the source index specified in the `_source` object. Also defines 
the name of the `results_field`.
<5> Specifies fields to be included in or excluded from the analysis. This does 
not affect whether the fields will be present in the destination index, only 
affects whether they are used in the analysis.

In this example, we can see that all the fields of the source index are included 
in the destination index except `FlightDelay` and `FlightDelayType` because 
these are defined as excluded fields by the `excludes` parameter of the 
`_source` object. The `FlightNum` field is included in the destination index, 
however it is not included in the analysis because it is explicitly specified as 
excluded field by the `excludes` parameter of the `analyzed_fields` object.


[[ml-put-dfanalytics-example-od]]
===== {oldetection-cap} example

The following example creates the `loganalytics` {dfanalytics-job}, the analysis 
type is `outlier_detection`:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _ml/data_frame/analytics/loganalytics
{
  "description": "Outlier detection on log data",
  "source": {
    "index": "logdata"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "logdata_out"
  },
  "analysis": {
    "outlier_detection": {
      "compute_feature_influence": true,
      "outlier_fraction": 0.05,
      "standardization_enabled": true
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[setup:setup_logdata]


The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
----
{
    "id": "loganalytics",
    "description": "Outlier detection on log data",
    "source": {
        "index": ["logdata"],
        "query": {
            "match_all": {}
        }
    },
    "dest": {
        "index": "logdata_out",
        "results_field": "ml"
    },
    "analysis": {
        "outlier_detection": {
            "compute_feature_influence": true,
            "outlier_fraction": 0.05,
            "standardization_enabled": true
        }
    },
    "model_memory_limit": "1gb",
    "create_time" : 1562265491319,
    "version" : "8.0.0",
    "allow_lazy_start" : false
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/1562265491319/$body.$_path/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"version" : "8.0.0"/"version" : $body.version/]


[[ml-put-dfanalytics-example-r]]
===== {regression-cap} examples

The following example creates the `house_price_regression_analysis` 
{dfanalytics-job}, the analysis type is `regression`:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _ml/data_frame/analytics/house_price_regression_analysis
{
  "source": {
    "index": "houses_sold_last_10_yrs"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "house_price_predictions"
  },
  "analysis": 
    {
      "regression": {
        "dependent_variable": "price"
      }
    }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[skip:TBD]


The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
----
{
  "id" : "house_price_regression_analysis",
  "source" : {
    "index" : [
      "houses_sold_last_10_yrs"
    ],
    "query" : {
      "match_all" : { }
    }
  },
  "dest" : {
    "index" : "house_price_predictions",
    "results_field" : "ml"
  },
  "analysis" : {
    "regression" : {
      "dependent_variable" : "price",
      "training_percent" : 100
    }
  },
  "model_memory_limit" : "1gb",
  "create_time" : 1567168659127,
  "version" : "8.0.0",
  "allow_lazy_start" : false
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/1567168659127/$body.$_path/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"version": "8.0.0"/"version": $body.version/]


The following example creates a job and specifies a training percent:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _ml/data_frame/analytics/student_performance_mathematics_0.3
{
 "source": {
   "index": "student_performance_mathematics"
 },
 "dest": {
   "index":"student_performance_mathematics_reg"
 },
 "analysis":
   {
     "regression": {
       "dependent_variable": "G3",
       "training_percent": 70,  <1>
       "randomize_seed": 19673948271  <2>
     }
   }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[skip:TBD]

<1> The `training_percent` defines the percentage of the data set that will be 
used for training the model.
<2> The `randomize_seed` is the seed used to randomly pick which data is used 
for training.


[[ml-put-dfanalytics-example-c]]
===== {classification-cap} example

The following example creates the `loan_classification` {dfanalytics-job}, the 
analysis type is `classification`:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _ml/data_frame/analytics/loan_classification
{
  "source" : {
    "index": "loan-applicants"
  },
  "dest" : {
    "index": "loan-applicants-classified"
  },
  "analysis" : {
    "classification": {
      "dependent_variable": "label",
      "training_percent": 75,
      "num_top_classes": 2
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[skip:TBD]
