Generative Adversarial Network Action Set

Provides actions for training generative adversarial network models.

styleGanTrain Action

Trains a styleGAN model.

CASL Syntax

generativeAdversarialNet.styleGanTrain <result=results> <status=rc> /
required parameter casOut={
caslib="string",
compress=TRUE | FALSE,
indexVars={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
maxMemSize=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
checkpointFreq=integer,
checkpointIn={
caslib="string",
computedOnDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
computedVars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
computedVarsProgram="string",
dataSourceOptions={key-1=any-list-or-data-type-1 <, key-2=any-list-or-data-type-2, ...>},
groupBy={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
groupByMode="NOSORT" | "REDISTRIBUTE",
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters},
required parameter name="table-name",
orderBy={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
singlePass=TRUE | FALSE,
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
where="where-expression",
whereTable={
casLib="string"
dataSourceOptions={adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}
required parameter name="table-name"
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}}
where="where-expression"
}
},
checkpointOut={
caslib="string",
compress=TRUE | FALSE,
indexVars={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
maxMemSize=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
display={
caseSensitive=TRUE | FALSE,
exclude=TRUE | FALSE,
excludeAll=TRUE | FALSE,
keyIsPath=TRUE | FALSE,
names={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>},
pathType="LABEL" | "NAME",
traceNames=TRUE | FALSE
},
gpu={
deterministic=TRUE | FALSE,
device=integer,
enable=TRUE | FALSE
},
required parameter imageSize=integer,
largeNetworks=TRUE | FALSE,
numSamples=64-bit-integer,
numTruncationLatents=integer,
optimizer={method="ADAM", method-specific-parameters},
outputTables={
groupByVarsRaw=TRUE | FALSE,
includeAll=TRUE | FALSE,
names={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>} | {key-1={casouttable-1} <, key-2={casouttable-2}, ...>},
repeated=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE
},
printFreq=integer,
regDFreq=integer,
regGFreq=integer,
regPathWeight=double,
regR1Weight=double,
required parameter saveState={
caslib="string",
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
},
scoreSeed=64-bit-integer,
seed=64-bit-integer,
required parameter table={
caslib="string",
computedOnDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
computedVars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
computedVarsProgram="string",
dataSourceOptions={key-1=any-list-or-data-type-1 <, key-2=any-list-or-data-type-2, ...>},
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters},
required parameter name="table-name",
orderBy={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
singlePass=TRUE | FALSE,
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
where="where-expression",
whereTable={
casLib="string"
dataSourceOptions={adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}
required parameter name="table-name"
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}}
where="where-expression"
}
},
truncation=double
;
indicates a required parameter

Summary: Input and Output Tables

If a row includes a subparameter, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the subparameter. Otherwise, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the parameter.

Parameters for Reading Input Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 checkpointIn

—

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

required parametertable

—

specifies the input CAS table of training images.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

required parametercasOut

—

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

 checkpointOut

—

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

 outputTables

names

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

required parametersaveState

—

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Parameter Descriptions

* casOut={casouttable}

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to save a checkpoint during the training.

Default 5000
Minimum value 1

checkpointIn={castable}

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

For more information about specifying the checkpointIn parameter, see the common castable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointOut={casouttable}

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

For more information about specifying the checkpointOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

display={displayTables}

specifies a list of results tables to send to the client for display.

For more information about specifying the display parameter, see the common displayTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

gpu={gpuOptions}

specifies GPU-related options.

The gpuOptions value can be one or more of the following:

deterministic=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, tells the NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library (CuDNN) that you want only the deterministic implementations. NOTE: Setting this parameter to True can significantly slow down the training process.

Default FALSE
device=integer

specifies the ID of one GPU device that is to be used.

Alias devices
Default 0
Minimum value 0
Requirement The specified values must be unique.
enable=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, specifies that a GPU device is to be used.

Alias useGPU
Default TRUE

* imageSize=integer

specifies the image size (width of square images in pixels) in the training data.

Range 4–1024

largeNetworks=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, specifies that large networks are to be used.

Default TRUE

numSamples=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of images to generate.

Alias nSamples
Default 1
Minimum value 1

numTruncationLatents=integer

specifies the number of latents to use in calculating the truncation mean.

Alias ntl
Default 4096
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

optimizer={method="ADAM", method-specific-parameters}

specifies the optimization method to use. Currently only ADAM is supported.

Alias optimization

The value that you specify for the method parameter determines the other parameters that apply.

outputTables={outputTables}

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

For more information about specifying the outputTables parameter, see the common outputTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

printFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to print losses to the log and the iteration history table.

Default 1
Minimum value 0

regDFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the discriminator.

Default 16
Minimum value 1

regGFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the generator.

Default 4
Minimum value 1

regPathWeight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the path length loss.

Default 2
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

regR1Weight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the R1 loss.

Default 10
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

* saveState={casouttable}

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Long form saveState={name="table-name"}
Shortcut form saveState="table-name"

The casouttable value can be one or more of the following:

caslib="string"

specifies the name of the caslib for the output table.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label to associate with the table.

lifetime=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of seconds to keep the table in memory after it is last accessed. The table is dropped if it is not accessed for the specified number of seconds.

Default 0
Minimum value 0
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD"

specifies the memory format for the output table.

Default INHERIT
DVR

use the duplicate value reduction memory format. This memory format can reduce the memory consumption and file size when the input data contains duplicate values.

INHERIT

use the default memory format that is set for the server. By default, the server uses the standard memory format. If an administrator sets the CAS_DEFAULT_MEMORY_FORMAT environment variable to DVR, then the DVR memory format is set as the default for the server.

STANDARD

use the standard memory format.

name="table-name"

specifies the name for the output table.

promote=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, adds the output table with a global scope. This enables other sessions to access the table, subject to access controls. The target caslib must also have a global scope.

Default FALSE
replace=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, overwrites an existing table that has the same name.

Default FALSE
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"

Specifies the Table Redistribution Policy when the number of worker pods increases on a running CAS server.

DEFER

Defer redistribution policy selection to higher-level entity.

NOREDIST

Do not redistribute table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

REBALANCE

Rebalance table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

scoreSeed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for scoring. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

seed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for training. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

* table={castable}

specifies the input CAS table of training images.

Long form table={name="table-name"}
Shortcut form table="table-name"

The castable value can be one or more of the following:

caslib="string"

specifies the caslib for the input table that you want to use with the action. By default, the active caslib is used. Specify a value only if you need to access a table from a different caslib.

computedOnDemand=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, creates the computed variables when the table is loaded instead of when the action begins.

Alias compOnDemand
Default FALSE
computedVars={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the names of the computed variables to create. Specify an expression for each variable in the computedVarsProgram parameter. If you do not specify this parameter, then all variables from computedVarsProgram are automatically included.

Alias compVars

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

computedVarsProgram="string"

specifies an expression for each computed variable that you include in the computedVars parameter.

Alias compPgm
dataSourceOptions={key-1=any-list-or-data-type-1 <, key-2=any-list-or-data-type-2, ...>}

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* name="table-name"

specifies the name of the input table.

orderBy={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the variables to use for ordering observations within partitions. This parameter applies to partitioned tables, or it can be combined with variables that are specified in the groupBy parameter when the value of the groupByMode parameter is set to REDISTRIBUTE.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

singlePass=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, does not create a transient table on the server. Setting this parameter to True can be efficient, but the data might not have stable ordering upon repeated runs.

Default FALSE
vars={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the variables to use in the action.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

where="where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the input data.

whereTable={groupbytable}

specifies an input table that contains rows to use as a WHERE filter. If the vars parameter is not specified, then all the variable names that are common to the input table and the filtering table are used to find matching rows. If the where parameter for the input table and this parameter are specified, then this filtering table is applied first.

The groupbytable value can be one or more of the following:

casLib="string"

specifies the caslib for the filter table. By default, the active caslib is used.

dataSourceOptions={adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource

For more information about specifying the dataSourceOptions parameter, see the common dataSourceOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* name="table-name"

specifies the name of the filter table.

vars={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the variable names to use from the filter table.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

where="where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the data from the filter table.

truncation=double

specifies the truncation ratio for image generation.

Default 1
Range (0–1]

Parameters for method="ADAM"

beta1=double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the first-moment estimates.

Default 0
Range [0–1)
beta2=double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the second-moment estimates.

Default 0.99
Range [0–1)
learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for the optimizer.

Default 0.002
Range (0–1]
miniBatchSize=integer

specifies the number of images in one minibatch.

Default 32
Minimum value 4
numIters=integer

specifies the number of minibatches to be used for training the model.

Default 10
Minimum value 0

styleGanTrain Action

Trains a styleGAN model.

Lua Syntax

results, info = s:generativeAdversarialNet_styleGanTrain{
required parameter casOut={
caslib="string",
compress=true | false,
indexVars={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
maxMemSize=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=true | false,
replace=true | false,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
checkpointFreq=integer,
checkpointIn={
caslib="string",
computedOnDemand=true | false,
computedVars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
computedVarsProgram="string",
dataSourceOptions={key-1=any-list-or-data-type-1 <, key-2=any-list-or-data-type-2, ...>},
groupBy={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
groupByMode="NOSORT" | "REDISTRIBUTE",
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters},
required parameter name="table-name",
orderBy={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
singlePass=true | false,
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
where="where-expression",
whereTable={
casLib="string"
dataSourceOptions={adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}
required parameter name="table-name"
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}}
where="where-expression"
}
},
checkpointOut={
caslib="string",
compress=true | false,
indexVars={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
maxMemSize=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=true | false,
replace=true | false,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
display={
caseSensitive=true | false,
exclude=true | false,
excludeAll=true | false,
keyIsPath=true | false,
names={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>},
pathType="LABEL" | "NAME",
traceNames=true | false
},
gpu={
deterministic=true | false,
device=integer,
enable=true | false
},
required parameter imageSize=integer,
largeNetworks=true | false,
numSamples=64-bit-integer,
numTruncationLatents=integer,
optimizer={method="ADAM", method-specific-parameters},
outputTables={
groupByVarsRaw=true | false,
includeAll=true | false,
names={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>} | {key-1={casouttable-1} <, key-2={casouttable-2}, ...>},
repeated=true | false,
replace=true | false
},
printFreq=integer,
regDFreq=integer,
regGFreq=integer,
regPathWeight=double,
regR1Weight=double,
required parameter saveState={
caslib="string",
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=true | false,
replace=true | false,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
},
scoreSeed=64-bit-integer,
seed=64-bit-integer,
required parameter table={
caslib="string",
computedOnDemand=true | false,
computedVars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
computedVarsProgram="string",
dataSourceOptions={key-1=any-list-or-data-type-1 <, key-2=any-list-or-data-type-2, ...>},
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters},
required parameter name="table-name",
orderBy={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
singlePass=true | false,
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}},
where="where-expression",
whereTable={
casLib="string"
dataSourceOptions={adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}
required parameter name="table-name"
vars={{
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
}, {...}}
where="where-expression"
}
},
truncation=double
}
indicates a required parameter

Summary: Input and Output Tables

If a row includes a subparameter, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the subparameter. Otherwise, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the parameter.

Parameters for Reading Input Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 checkpointIn

—

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

required parametertable

—

specifies the input CAS table of training images.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

required parametercasOut

—

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

 checkpointOut

—

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

 outputTables

names

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

required parametersaveState

—

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Parameter Descriptions

* casOut={casouttable}

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to save a checkpoint during the training.

Default 5000
Minimum value 1

checkpointIn={castable}

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

For more information about specifying the checkpointIn parameter, see the common castable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointOut={casouttable}

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

For more information about specifying the checkpointOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

display={displayTables}

specifies a list of results tables to send to the client for display.

For more information about specifying the display parameter, see the common displayTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

gpu={gpuOptions}

specifies GPU-related options.

The gpuOptions value can be one or more of the following:

deterministic=true | false

when set to True, tells the NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library (CuDNN) that you want only the deterministic implementations. NOTE: Setting this parameter to True can significantly slow down the training process.

Default false
device=integer

specifies the ID of one GPU device that is to be used.

Alias devices
Default 0
Minimum value 0
Requirement The specified values must be unique.
enable=true | false

when set to True, specifies that a GPU device is to be used.

Alias useGPU
Default true

* imageSize=integer

specifies the image size (width of square images in pixels) in the training data.

Range 4–1024

largeNetworks=true | false

when set to True, specifies that large networks are to be used.

Default true

numSamples=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of images to generate.

Alias nSamples
Default 1
Minimum value 1

numTruncationLatents=integer

specifies the number of latents to use in calculating the truncation mean.

Alias ntl
Default 4096
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

optimizer={method="ADAM", method-specific-parameters}

specifies the optimization method to use. Currently only ADAM is supported.

Alias optimization

The value that you specify for the method parameter determines the other parameters that apply.

outputTables={outputTables}

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

For more information about specifying the outputTables parameter, see the common outputTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

printFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to print losses to the log and the iteration history table.

Default 1
Minimum value 0

regDFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the discriminator.

Default 16
Minimum value 1

regGFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the generator.

Default 4
Minimum value 1

regPathWeight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the path length loss.

Default 2
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

regR1Weight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the R1 loss.

Default 10
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

* saveState={casouttable}

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Long form saveState={name="table-name"}
Shortcut form saveState="table-name"

The casouttable value can be one or more of the following:

caslib="string"

specifies the name of the caslib for the output table.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label to associate with the table.

lifetime=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of seconds to keep the table in memory after it is last accessed. The table is dropped if it is not accessed for the specified number of seconds.

Default 0
Minimum value 0
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD"

specifies the memory format for the output table.

Default INHERIT
DVR

use the duplicate value reduction memory format. This memory format can reduce the memory consumption and file size when the input data contains duplicate values.

INHERIT

use the default memory format that is set for the server. By default, the server uses the standard memory format. If an administrator sets the CAS_DEFAULT_MEMORY_FORMAT environment variable to DVR, then the DVR memory format is set as the default for the server.

STANDARD

use the standard memory format.

name="table-name"

specifies the name for the output table.

promote=true | false

when set to True, adds the output table with a global scope. This enables other sessions to access the table, subject to access controls. The target caslib must also have a global scope.

Default false
replace=true | false

when set to True, overwrites an existing table that has the same name.

Default false
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"

Specifies the Table Redistribution Policy when the number of worker pods increases on a running CAS server.

DEFER

Defer redistribution policy selection to higher-level entity.

NOREDIST

Do not redistribute table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

REBALANCE

Rebalance table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

scoreSeed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for scoring. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

seed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for training. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

* table={castable}

specifies the input CAS table of training images.

Long form table={name="table-name"}
Shortcut form table="table-name"

The castable value can be one or more of the following:

caslib="string"

specifies the caslib for the input table that you want to use with the action. By default, the active caslib is used. Specify a value only if you need to access a table from a different caslib.

computedOnDemand=true | false

when set to True, creates the computed variables when the table is loaded instead of when the action begins.

Alias compOnDemand
Default false
computedVars={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the names of the computed variables to create. Specify an expression for each variable in the computedVarsProgram parameter. If you do not specify this parameter, then all variables from computedVarsProgram are automatically included.

Alias compVars

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

computedVarsProgram="string"

specifies an expression for each computed variable that you include in the computedVars parameter.

Alias compPgm
dataSourceOptions={key-1=any-list-or-data-type-1 <, key-2=any-list-or-data-type-2, ...>}

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource
importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* name="table-name"

specifies the name of the input table.

orderBy={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the variables to use for ordering observations within partitions. This parameter applies to partitioned tables, or it can be combined with variables that are specified in the groupBy parameter when the value of the groupByMode parameter is set to REDISTRIBUTE.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

singlePass=true | false

when set to True, does not create a transient table on the server. Setting this parameter to True can be efficient, but the data might not have stable ordering upon repeated runs.

Default false
vars={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the variables to use in the action.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

where="where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the input data.

whereTable={groupbytable}

specifies an input table that contains rows to use as a WHERE filter. If the vars parameter is not specified, then all the variable names that are common to the input table and the filtering table are used to find matching rows. If the where parameter for the input table and this parameter are specified, then this filtering table is applied first.

The groupbytable value can be one or more of the following:

casLib="string"

specifies the caslib for the filter table. By default, the active caslib is used.

dataSourceOptions={adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource

For more information about specifying the dataSourceOptions parameter, see the common dataSourceOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

importOptions={fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* name="table-name"

specifies the name of the filter table.

vars={{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>}

specifies the variable names to use from the filter table.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

where="where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the data from the filter table.

truncation=double

specifies the truncation ratio for image generation.

Default 1
Range (0–1]

Parameters for method="ADAM"

beta1=double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the first-moment estimates.

Default 0
Range [0–1)
beta2=double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the second-moment estimates.

Default 0.99
Range [0–1)
learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for the optimizer.

Default 0.002
Range (0–1]
miniBatchSize=integer

specifies the number of images in one minibatch.

Default 32
Minimum value 4
numIters=integer

specifies the number of minibatches to be used for training the model.

Default 10
Minimum value 0

styleGanTrain Action

Trains a styleGAN model.

Python Syntax

results=s.generativeAdversarialNet.styleGanTrain(
required parameter casOut={
"caslib":"string",
"compress":True | False,
"indexVars":["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>],
"label":"string",
"lifetime":64-bit-integer,
"maxMemSize":64-bit-integer,
"memoryFormat":"DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
"name":"table-name",
"promote":True | False,
"replace":True | False,
"replication":integer,
"tableRedistUpPolicy":"DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
"threadBlockSize":64-bit-integer,
"timeStamp":"string",
"where":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>]
},
checkpointFreq=integer,
checkpointIn={
"caslib":"string",
"computedOnDemand":True | False,
"computedVars":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"computedVarsProgram":"string",
"dataSourceOptions":{"key-1":{any-list-or-data-type-1} <, "key-2":{any-list-or-data-type-2}, ...>},
"groupBy":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"groupByMode":"NOSORT" | "REDISTRIBUTE",
"importOptions":{"fileType":"ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters},
required parameter "name":"table-name",
"orderBy":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"singlePass":True | False,
"vars":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"where":"where-expression",
"whereTable":{
"casLib":"string"
"dataSourceOptions":{adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}
"importOptions":{"fileType":"ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}
required parameter "name":"table-name"
"vars":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>]
"where":"where-expression"
}
},
checkpointOut={
"caslib":"string",
"compress":True | False,
"indexVars":["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>],
"label":"string",
"lifetime":64-bit-integer,
"maxMemSize":64-bit-integer,
"memoryFormat":"DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
"name":"table-name",
"promote":True | False,
"replace":True | False,
"replication":integer,
"tableRedistUpPolicy":"DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
"threadBlockSize":64-bit-integer,
"timeStamp":"string",
"where":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>]
},
display={
"caseSensitive":True | False,
"exclude":True | False,
"excludeAll":True | False,
"keyIsPath":True | False,
"names":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>],
"pathType":"LABEL" | "NAME",
"traceNames":True | False
},
gpu={
"deterministic":True | False,
"device":integer,
"enable":True | False
},
required parameter imageSize=integer,
largeNetworks=True | False,
numSamples=64-bit-integer,
numTruncationLatents=integer,
optimizer={"method":"ADAM", method-specific-parameters},
outputTables={
"groupByVarsRaw":True | False,
"includeAll":True | False,
"names":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>] | {"key-1":{casouttable-1} <, "key-2":{casouttable-2}, ...>},
"repeated":True | False,
"replace":True | False
},
printFreq=integer,
regDFreq=integer,
regGFreq=integer,
regPathWeight=double,
regR1Weight=double,
required parameter saveState={
"caslib":"string",
"label":"string",
"lifetime":64-bit-integer,
"memoryFormat":"DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
"name":"table-name",
"promote":True | False,
"replace":True | False,
"tableRedistUpPolicy":"DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
},
scoreSeed=64-bit-integer,
seed=64-bit-integer,
required parameter table={
"caslib":"string",
"computedOnDemand":True | False,
"computedVars":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"computedVarsProgram":"string",
"dataSourceOptions":{"key-1":{any-list-or-data-type-1} <, "key-2":{any-list-or-data-type-2}, ...>},
"importOptions":{"fileType":"ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters},
required parameter "name":"table-name",
"orderBy":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"singlePass":True | False,
"vars":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>],
"where":"where-expression",
"whereTable":{
"casLib":"string"
"dataSourceOptions":{adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}
"importOptions":{"fileType":"ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}
required parameter "name":"table-name"
"vars":[{
"format":"string",
"formattedLength":integer,
"label":"string",
required parameter "name":"variable-name",
"nfd":integer,
"nfl":integer
}<, {...}>]
"where":"where-expression"
}
},
truncation=double
)
indicates a required parameter

Summary: Input and Output Tables

If a row includes a subparameter, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the subparameter. Otherwise, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the parameter.

Parameters for Reading Input Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 checkpointIn

—

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

required parametertable

—

specifies the input CAS table of training images.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

required parametercasOut

—

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

 checkpointOut

—

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

 outputTables

names

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

required parametersaveState

—

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Parameter Descriptions

* casOut={casouttable}

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to save a checkpoint during the training.

Default 5000
Minimum value 1

checkpointIn={castable}

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

For more information about specifying the checkpointIn parameter, see the common castable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointOut={casouttable}

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

For more information about specifying the checkpointOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

display={displayTables}

specifies a list of results tables to send to the client for display.

For more information about specifying the display parameter, see the common displayTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

gpu={gpuOptions}

specifies GPU-related options.

The gpuOptions value can be one or more of the following:

"deterministic":True | False

when set to True, tells the NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library (CuDNN) that you want only the deterministic implementations. NOTE: Setting this parameter to True can significantly slow down the training process.

Default False
"device":integer

specifies the ID of one GPU device that is to be used.

Alias devices
Default 0
Minimum value 0
Requirement The specified values must be unique.
"enable":True | False

when set to True, specifies that a GPU device is to be used.

Alias useGPU
Default True

* imageSize=integer

specifies the image size (width of square images in pixels) in the training data.

Range 4–1024

largeNetworks=True | False

when set to True, specifies that large networks are to be used.

Default True

numSamples=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of images to generate.

Alias nSamples
Default 1
Minimum value 1

numTruncationLatents=integer

specifies the number of latents to use in calculating the truncation mean.

Alias ntl
Default 4096
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

optimizer={"method":"ADAM", method-specific-parameters}

specifies the optimization method to use. Currently only ADAM is supported.

Alias optimization

The value that you specify for the method parameter determines the other parameters that apply.

outputTables={outputTables}

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

For more information about specifying the outputTables parameter, see the common outputTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

printFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to print losses to the log and the iteration history table.

Default 1
Minimum value 0

regDFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the discriminator.

Default 16
Minimum value 1

regGFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the generator.

Default 4
Minimum value 1

regPathWeight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the path length loss.

Default 2
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

regR1Weight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the R1 loss.

Default 10
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

* saveState={casouttable}

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Long form saveState={"name":"table-name"}
Shortcut form saveState="table-name"

The casouttable value can be one or more of the following:

"caslib":"string"

specifies the name of the caslib for the output table.

"label":"string"

specifies the descriptive label to associate with the table.

"lifetime":64-bit-integer

specifies the number of seconds to keep the table in memory after it is last accessed. The table is dropped if it is not accessed for the specified number of seconds.

Default 0
Minimum value 0
"memoryFormat":"DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD"

specifies the memory format for the output table.

Default INHERIT
DVR

use the duplicate value reduction memory format. This memory format can reduce the memory consumption and file size when the input data contains duplicate values.

INHERIT

use the default memory format that is set for the server. By default, the server uses the standard memory format. If an administrator sets the CAS_DEFAULT_MEMORY_FORMAT environment variable to DVR, then the DVR memory format is set as the default for the server.

STANDARD

use the standard memory format.

"name":"table-name"

specifies the name for the output table.

"promote":True | False

when set to True, adds the output table with a global scope. This enables other sessions to access the table, subject to access controls. The target caslib must also have a global scope.

Default False
"replace":True | False

when set to True, overwrites an existing table that has the same name.

Default False
"tableRedistUpPolicy":"DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"

Specifies the Table Redistribution Policy when the number of worker pods increases on a running CAS server.

DEFER

Defer redistribution policy selection to higher-level entity.

NOREDIST

Do not redistribute table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

REBALANCE

Rebalance table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

scoreSeed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for scoring. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

seed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for training. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

* table={castable}

specifies the input CAS table of training images.

Long form table={"name":"table-name"}
Shortcut form table="table-name"

The castable value can be one or more of the following:

"caslib":"string"

specifies the caslib for the input table that you want to use with the action. By default, the active caslib is used. Specify a value only if you need to access a table from a different caslib.

"computedOnDemand":True | False

when set to True, creates the computed variables when the table is loaded instead of when the action begins.

Alias compOnDemand
Default False
"computedVars":[{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>]

specifies the names of the computed variables to create. Specify an expression for each variable in the computedVarsProgram parameter. If you do not specify this parameter, then all variables from computedVarsProgram are automatically included.

Alias compVars

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

"format":"string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

"formattedLength":integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

"label":"string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* "name":"variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

"nfd":integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

"nfl":integer

specifies the length of the format field.

"computedVarsProgram":"string"

specifies an expression for each computed variable that you include in the computedVars parameter.

Alias compPgm
"dataSourceOptions":{"key-1":{any-list-or-data-type-1} <, "key-2":{any-list-or-data-type-2}, ...>}

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource
"importOptions":{"fileType":"ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import_

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* "name":"table-name"

specifies the name of the input table.

"orderBy":[{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>]

specifies the variables to use for ordering observations within partitions. This parameter applies to partitioned tables, or it can be combined with variables that are specified in the groupBy parameter when the value of the groupByMode parameter is set to REDISTRIBUTE.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

"format":"string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

"formattedLength":integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

"label":"string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* "name":"variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

"nfd":integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

"nfl":integer

specifies the length of the format field.

"singlePass":True | False

when set to True, does not create a transient table on the server. Setting this parameter to True can be efficient, but the data might not have stable ordering upon repeated runs.

Default False
"vars":[{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>]

specifies the variables to use in the action.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

"format":"string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

"formattedLength":integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

"label":"string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* "name":"variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

"nfd":integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

"nfl":integer

specifies the length of the format field.

"where":"where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the input data.

"whereTable":{groupbytable}

specifies an input table that contains rows to use as a WHERE filter. If the vars parameter is not specified, then all the variable names that are common to the input table and the filtering table are used to find matching rows. If the where parameter for the input table and this parameter are specified, then this filtering table is applied first.

The groupbytable value can be one or more of the following:

"casLib":"string"

specifies the caslib for the filter table. By default, the active caslib is used.

"dataSourceOptions":{adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters}

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource

For more information about specifying the dataSourceOptions parameter, see the common dataSourceOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

"importOptions":{"fileType":"ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters}

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import_

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* "name":"table-name"

specifies the name of the filter table.

"vars":[{casinvardesc-1} <, {casinvardesc-2}, ...>]

specifies the variable names to use from the filter table.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

"format":"string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

"formattedLength":integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

"label":"string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* "name":"variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

"nfd":integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

"nfl":integer

specifies the length of the format field.

"where":"where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the data from the filter table.

truncation=double

specifies the truncation ratio for image generation.

Default 1
Range (0–1]

Parameters for method="ADAM"

"beta1":double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the first-moment estimates.

Default 0
Range [0–1)
"beta2":double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the second-moment estimates.

Default 0.99
Range [0–1)
"learningRate":double

specifies the learning rate for the optimizer.

Default 0.002
Range (0–1]
"miniBatchSize":integer

specifies the number of images in one minibatch.

Default 32
Minimum value 4
"numIters":integer

specifies the number of minibatches to be used for training the model.

Default 10
Minimum value 0

styleGanTrain Action

Trains a styleGAN model.

R Syntax

results <– cas.generativeAdversarialNet.styleGanTrain(s,
required parameter casOut=list(
caslib="string",
compress=TRUE | FALSE,
indexVars=list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>),
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
maxMemSize=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where=list("string-1" <, "string-2", ...>)
),
checkpointFreq=integer,
checkpointIn=list(
caslib="string",
computedOnDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
computedVars=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
computedVarsProgram="string",
dataSourceOptions=list(key-1=list(any-list-or-data-type-1) <, key-2=list(any-list-or-data-type-2), ...>),
groupBy=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
groupByMode="NOSORT" | "REDISTRIBUTE",
importOptions=list(fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters),
required parameter name="table-name",
orderBy=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
singlePass=TRUE | FALSE,
vars=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
where="where-expression",
whereTable=list(
casLib="string"
dataSourceOptions=list(adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters)
importOptions=list(fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters)
required parameter name="table-name"
vars=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>)
where="where-expression"
)
),
checkpointOut=list(
caslib="string",
compress=TRUE | FALSE,
indexVars=list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>),
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
maxMemSize=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where=list("string-1" <, "string-2", ...>)
),
display=list(
caseSensitive=TRUE | FALSE,
exclude=TRUE | FALSE,
excludeAll=TRUE | FALSE,
keyIsPath=TRUE | FALSE,
names=list("string-1" <, "string-2", ...>),
pathType="LABEL" | "NAME",
traceNames=TRUE | FALSE
),
gpu=list(
deterministic=TRUE | FALSE,
device=integer,
enable=TRUE | FALSE
),
required parameter imageSize=integer,
largeNetworks=TRUE | FALSE,
numSamples=64-bit-integer,
numTruncationLatents=integer,
optimizer=list(method="ADAM", method-specific-parameters),
outputTables=list(
groupByVarsRaw=TRUE | FALSE,
includeAll=TRUE | FALSE,
names=list("string-1" <, "string-2", ...>) | list(key-1=list(casouttable-1) <, key-2=list(casouttable-2), ...>),
repeated=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE
),
printFreq=integer,
regDFreq=integer,
regGFreq=integer,
regPathWeight=double,
regR1Weight=double,
required parameter saveState=list(
caslib="string",
label="string",
lifetime=64-bit-integer,
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD",
name="table-name",
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
),
scoreSeed=64-bit-integer,
seed=64-bit-integer,
required parameter table=list(
caslib="string",
computedOnDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
computedVars=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
computedVarsProgram="string",
dataSourceOptions=list(key-1=list(any-list-or-data-type-1) <, key-2=list(any-list-or-data-type-2), ...>),
importOptions=list(fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters),
required parameter name="table-name",
orderBy=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
singlePass=TRUE | FALSE,
vars=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>),
where="where-expression",
whereTable=list(
casLib="string"
dataSourceOptions=list(adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters)
importOptions=list(fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DELIMITED" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SOUND" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters)
required parameter name="table-name"
vars=list( list(
format="string",
formattedLength=integer,
label="string",
required parameter name="variable-name",
nfd=integer,
nfl=integer
) <, list(...)>)
where="where-expression"
)
),
truncation=double
)
indicates a required parameter

Summary: Input and Output Tables

If a row includes a subparameter, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the subparameter. Otherwise, you can specify the name, caslib, and so on in the parameter.

Parameters for Reading Input Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 checkpointIn

—

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

required parametertable

—

specifies the input CAS table of training images.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

required parametercasOut

—

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

 checkpointOut

—

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

 outputTables

names

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

required parametersaveState

—

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Parameter Descriptions

* casOut=list(casouttable)

specifies the output CAS table in which to store the generated images from the trained model.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to save a checkpoint during the training.

Default 5000
Minimum value 1

checkpointIn=list(castable)

specifies the checkpoint CAS table to be loaded to restore your model. If you omit this parameter, the model is trained from scratch.

For more information about specifying the checkpointIn parameter, see the common castable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

checkpointOut=list(casouttable)

specifies the CAS table in which to save the current model as a checkpoint.

For more information about specifying the checkpointOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 1) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

display=list(displayTables)

specifies a list of results tables to send to the client for display.

For more information about specifying the display parameter, see the common displayTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

gpu=list(gpuOptions)

specifies GPU-related options.

The gpuOptions value can be one or more of the following:

deterministic=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, tells the NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library (CuDNN) that you want only the deterministic implementations. NOTE: Setting this parameter to True can significantly slow down the training process.

Default FALSE
device=integer

specifies the ID of one GPU device that is to be used.

Alias devices
Default 0
Minimum value 0
Requirement The specified values must be unique.
enable=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, specifies that a GPU device is to be used.

Alias useGPU
Default TRUE

* imageSize=integer

specifies the image size (width of square images in pixels) in the training data.

Range 4–1024

largeNetworks=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, specifies that large networks are to be used.

Default TRUE

numSamples=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of images to generate.

Alias nSamples
Default 1
Minimum value 1

numTruncationLatents=integer

specifies the number of latents to use in calculating the truncation mean.

Alias ntl
Default 4096
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

optimizer=list(method="ADAM", method-specific-parameters)

specifies the optimization method to use. Currently only ADAM is supported.

Alias optimization

The value that you specify for the method parameter determines the other parameters that apply.

outputTables=list(outputTables)

lists the names of results tables to save as CAS tables on the server.

For more information about specifying the outputTables parameter, see the common outputTables parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

printFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to print losses to the log and the iteration history table.

Default 1
Minimum value 0

regDFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the discriminator.

Default 16
Minimum value 1

regGFreq=integer

specifies the frequency at which to regularize the generator.

Default 4
Minimum value 1

regPathWeight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the path length loss.

Default 2
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

regR1Weight=double

specifies the weight for regularizing the R1 loss.

Default 10
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

* saveState=list(casouttable)

specifies the table in which to save the model state for model scoring.

Long form saveState=list(name="table-name")
Shortcut form saveState="table-name"

The casouttable value can be one or more of the following:

caslib="string"

specifies the name of the caslib for the output table.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label to associate with the table.

lifetime=64-bit-integer

specifies the number of seconds to keep the table in memory after it is last accessed. The table is dropped if it is not accessed for the specified number of seconds.

Default 0
Minimum value 0
memoryFormat="DVR" | "INHERIT" | "STANDARD"

specifies the memory format for the output table.

Default INHERIT
DVR

use the duplicate value reduction memory format. This memory format can reduce the memory consumption and file size when the input data contains duplicate values.

INHERIT

use the default memory format that is set for the server. By default, the server uses the standard memory format. If an administrator sets the CAS_DEFAULT_MEMORY_FORMAT environment variable to DVR, then the DVR memory format is set as the default for the server.

STANDARD

use the standard memory format.

name="table-name"

specifies the name for the output table.

promote=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, adds the output table with a global scope. This enables other sessions to access the table, subject to access controls. The target caslib must also have a global scope.

Default FALSE
replace=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, overwrites an existing table that has the same name.

Default FALSE
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"

Specifies the Table Redistribution Policy when the number of worker pods increases on a running CAS server.

DEFER

Defer redistribution policy selection to higher-level entity.

NOREDIST

Do not redistribute table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

REBALANCE

Rebalance table data when the number of worker pods changes on a running CAS server.

scoreSeed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for scoring. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

seed=64-bit-integer

specifies the seed to use for the random number generator for training. A value of 0 means use the time from the computer's clock as the seed.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

* table=list(castable)

specifies the input CAS table of training images.

Long form table=list(name="table-name")
Shortcut form table="table-name"

The castable value can be one or more of the following:

caslib="string"

specifies the caslib for the input table that you want to use with the action. By default, the active caslib is used. Specify a value only if you need to access a table from a different caslib.

computedOnDemand=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, creates the computed variables when the table is loaded instead of when the action begins.

Alias compOnDemand
Default FALSE
computedVars=list( list(casinvardesc-1) <, list(casinvardesc-2), ...>)

specifies the names of the computed variables to create. Specify an expression for each variable in the computedVarsProgram parameter. If you do not specify this parameter, then all variables from computedVarsProgram are automatically included.

Alias compVars

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

computedVarsProgram="string"

specifies an expression for each computed variable that you include in the computedVars parameter.

Alias compPgm
dataSourceOptions=list(key-1=list(any-list-or-data-type-1) <, key-2=list(any-list-or-data-type-2), ...>)

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource
importOptions=list(fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters)

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* name="table-name"

specifies the name of the input table.

orderBy=list( list(casinvardesc-1) <, list(casinvardesc-2), ...>)

specifies the variables to use for ordering observations within partitions. This parameter applies to partitioned tables, or it can be combined with variables that are specified in the groupBy parameter when the value of the groupByMode parameter is set to REDISTRIBUTE.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

singlePass=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, does not create a transient table on the server. Setting this parameter to True can be efficient, but the data might not have stable ordering upon repeated runs.

Default FALSE
vars=list( list(casinvardesc-1) <, list(casinvardesc-2), ...>)

specifies the variables to use in the action.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

where="where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the input data.

whereTable=list(groupbytable)

specifies an input table that contains rows to use as a WHERE filter. If the vars parameter is not specified, then all the variable names that are common to the input table and the filtering table are used to find matching rows. If the where parameter for the input table and this parameter are specified, then this filtering table is applied first.

The groupbytable value can be one or more of the following:

casLib="string"

specifies the caslib for the filter table. By default, the active caslib is used.

dataSourceOptions=list(adls_noreq-parameters | bigquery-parameters | cas_noreq-parameters | clouddex-parameters | db2-parameters | dnfs-parameters | esp-parameters | fedsvr-parameters | gcs_noreq-parameters | hadoop-parameters | hana-parameters | impala-parameters | informix-parameters | jdbc-parameters | mongodb-parameters | mysql-parameters | odbc-parameters | oracle-parameters | path-parameters | postgres-parameters | redshift-parameters | s3-parameters | sapiq-parameters | sforce-parameters | singlestore_standard-parameters | snowflake-parameters | spark-parameters | spde-parameters | sqlserver-parameters | ss_noreq-parameters | teradata-parameters | vertica-parameters | yellowbrick-parameters)

specifies data source options.

Aliases options
dataSource

For more information about specifying the dataSourceOptions parameter, see the common dataSourceOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

importOptions=list(fileType="ANY" | "AUDIO" | "AUTO" | "BASESAS" | "CSV" | "DOCUMENT" | "DTA" | "ESP" | "EXCEL" | "FMT" | "HDAT" | "IMAGE" | "JMP" | "LASR" | "PARQUET" | "SPSS" | "VIDEO" | "XLS", fileType-specific-parameters)

specifies the settings for reading a table from a data source.

Alias import

For more information about specifying the importOptions parameter, see the common importOptions parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

* name="table-name"

specifies the name of the filter table.

vars=list( list(casinvardesc-1) <, list(casinvardesc-2), ...>)

specifies the variable names to use from the filter table.

The casinvardesc value can be one or more of the following:

format="string"

specifies the format to apply to the variable.

formattedLength=integer

specifies the length of the format field plus the length of the format precision.

label="string"

specifies the descriptive label for the variable.

* name="variable-name"

specifies the name for the variable.

nfd=integer

specifies the length of the format precision.

nfl=integer

specifies the length of the format field.

where="where-expression"

specifies an expression for subsetting the data from the filter table.

truncation=double

specifies the truncation ratio for image generation.

Default 1
Range (0–1]

Parameters for method="ADAM"

beta1=double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the first-moment estimates.

Default 0
Range [0–1)
beta2=double

specifies the exponential decay rate for the second-moment estimates.

Default 0.99
Range [0–1)
learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for the optimizer.

Default 0.002
Range (0–1]
miniBatchSize=integer

specifies the number of images in one minibatch.

Default 32
Minimum value 4
numIters=integer

specifies the number of minibatches to be used for training the model.

Default 10
Minimum value 0
Last updated: November 23, 2025