Algorithm Preferences

Use algorithm preferences to control computation and certain behaviors when running a workflow.

1. To open the Preferences dialog box, click the Actions menu and then select Preferences.
2. Select Algorithm.
   
   

   Distinct Value Count

   A general setting for the way the application stores and analyzes the set of possible values that each variable can take on.

   In many cases, Team Studio must be aware of all possible distinct values of a given variable or column. For example, when building a classification model, Team Studio might have to store the set of classes represented by the distinct values of the dependent variable. Storing these values often requires memory, and so we limit the maximum size of memory used to store and analyze these distinct values.

   Caution: This setting is widely used throughout the application, so be careful of changing this value, but consider using it when you encounter memory issues.

   Summary Statistic Distinct Value Count

   A special case of the Distinct Value Count preference.

   The Summary Statistics operator must store the distinct values of each column so that it can compute the number of distinct values and the most common values for each column. This can consume a lot of memory, so use this setting to control the amount of memory used by the Summary Statistics operator.

   You can also limit the memory that the Summary Statistics operator uses by setting Calculate Number of Distinct Values to false in the operator properties.

   Decimal Precision Digits

   Controls the number of decimal places used to display results throughout the application.

   Click Save to save changes. Click Restore to return to default values.