Light Gradient Boosting Action Set

Provides actions for performing light gradient boosting.

lgbmTrain Action

Performs high-performance gradient boosting..

CASL Syntax

lightGradBoost.lgbmTrain <result=results> <status=rc> /
baggingFraction=double,
baggingFrequency=integer,
boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF",
display={
caseSensitive=TRUE | FALSE,
exclude=TRUE | FALSE,
excludeAll=TRUE | FALSE,
keyIsPath=TRUE | FALSE,
names={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>},
pathType="LABEL" | "NAME",
traceNames=TRUE | FALSE
},
required parameter inputs={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
lasso=double,
leafSize=integer,
learningRate=double,
m=double,
maxCategories=integer,
maxDepth=integer,
maxIters=integer,
monotoneConstraints={integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>},
nBins=integer,
nominals={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE",
output={
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"
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE
promote=TRUE | FALSE
replace=TRUE | FALSE
replication=integer
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer
timeStamp="string"
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
copyVars= | {"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}
},
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
},
ridge=double,
saveState={
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",
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
seed=double,
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",
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
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"
}
},
required parameter target="variable-name",
useMissing=TRUE | FALSE,
validTable={
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",
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
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"
}
}
;
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

required parametertable

—

specifies the input table of training data.

 validTable

—

specifies the input table list of validation tables.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 output

required parametercasOut

produces the predicted class scores table.

 outputTables

names

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

 saveState

—

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

Parameter Descriptions

baggingFraction=double

randomly selects a portion of the data without resampling.

Alias subsample
Default 1
Range (0–1]

baggingFrequency=integer

specifies the frequency of bagging.

Alias bagging_freq
Default 0
Minimum value 0

boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF"

specifies the type of boosting to use.

Default GBDT
DART

specifies dropouts meet multiple additive regression trees.

GBDT

specifies a traditional gradient boosting decision tree.

GOSS

specifies gradient-based one-side sampling.

RF

specifies a random forest.

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).

* inputs={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}

specifies the input variable list for analysis.

Alias input

lasso=double

specifies L1-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

leafSize=integer

specifies the minimum data in the leaf node.

Alias minDataInLeaf
Default 20
Minimum value 0

learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for boosting.

Default 0.1
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

m=double

randomly selects a subset of features on each iteration or tree.

Alias featureFraction
Default 1
Range (0–1]

maxCategories=integer

limits the maximum threshold points in categorical features.

Alias maxCatThreshold
Default 32
Minimum value 1

maxDepth=integer

limits the maximum depth of the tree model.

Default -1

maxIters=integer

specifies the number of iterations for boosting.

Alias numIters
Default 100
Minimum value 0

monotoneConstraints={integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>}

specifies a series of constraints of monotone input features, where 1 represents increasing, -1 represents decreasing, and 0 represents none.

nBins=integer

specifies the number of bins to use for numeric variables in calculating the decision tree.

Alias maxBin
Default 255
Minimum value 2

nominals={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}

specifies the variables to treat as nominal variables.

objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE"

specifies the objective function to use. By default, the objective function is regression.

BINARY

uses binary classification.

CROSS_ENTROPY

uses cross-entropy.

CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA

uses an alternative parameterization of cross-entropy.

FAIR

uses fair loss.

GAMMA

uses gamma regression.

HUBER

uses Huber regression.

MAPE

uses mean absolute percentage error regression.

MULTICLASS

uses multiclass classification.

MULTICLASSOVA

uses one-versus-all multiclass classification.

POISSON

uses Poisson regression.

QUANTILE

uses quantile regression.

REGRESSION

uses regression.

REGRESSION_L1

uses L1 regression.

TWEEDIE

uses Tweedie regression.

output={lgbmOutputStatement}

produces the predicted class scores table.

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

* casOut={casouttable}

specifies the settings for an output table.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

copyVars= | {"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}

specifies a list of one or more variables to be copied from the input table to the output table. You can alternatively specify the value ALL, ALL_MODEL, or ALL_NUMERIC, which respectively copies all variables, all variables used in the modeling, or all numeric variables from the input table to the output table.

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).

ridge=double

specifies L2-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

saveState={casouttable}

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

For more information about specifying the saveState parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

seed=double

specifies the seed for the random number generator. By default, the seed is based on the time from the computer's clock.

Default 0
Range 0–MACINT

* table={castable}

specifies the input table of training data.

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.

onDemand=TRUE | FALSE

This parameter is deprecated.

Default TRUE
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.

* target="variable-name"

specifies the target or response variable for training.

useMissing=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, specifies the use of special handling of missing values.

Default TRUE

validTable={castable}

specifies the input table list of validation tables.

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

onDemand=TRUE | FALSE

This parameter is deprecated.

Default TRUE
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.

lgbmTrain Action

Performs high-performance gradient boosting..

Lua Syntax

results, info = s:lightGradBoost_lgbmTrain{
baggingFraction=double,
baggingFrequency=integer,
boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF",
display={
caseSensitive=true | false,
exclude=true | false,
excludeAll=true | false,
keyIsPath=true | false,
names={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>},
pathType="LABEL" | "NAME",
traceNames=true | false
},
required parameter inputs={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
lasso=double,
leafSize=integer,
learningRate=double,
m=double,
maxCategories=integer,
maxDepth=integer,
maxIters=integer,
monotoneConstraints={integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>},
nBins=integer,
nominals={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>},
objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE",
output={
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"
onDemand=true | false
promote=true | false
replace=true | false
replication=integer
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer
timeStamp="string"
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
copyVars= | {"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}
},
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
},
ridge=double,
saveState={
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",
onDemand=true | false,
promote=true | false,
replace=true | false,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where={"string-1" <, "string-2", ...>}
},
seed=double,
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",
onDemand=true | false,
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"
}
},
required parameter target="variable-name",
useMissing=true | false,
validTable={
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",
onDemand=true | false,
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"
}
}
}
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

required parametertable

—

specifies the input table of training data.

 validTable

—

specifies the input table list of validation tables.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 output

required parametercasOut

produces the predicted class scores table.

 outputTables

names

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

 saveState

—

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

Parameter Descriptions

baggingFraction=double

randomly selects a portion of the data without resampling.

Alias subsample
Default 1
Range (0–1]

baggingFrequency=integer

specifies the frequency of bagging.

Alias bagging_freq
Default 0
Minimum value 0

boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF"

specifies the type of boosting to use.

Default GBDT
DART

specifies dropouts meet multiple additive regression trees.

GBDT

specifies a traditional gradient boosting decision tree.

GOSS

specifies gradient-based one-side sampling.

RF

specifies a random forest.

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).

* inputs={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}

specifies the input variable list for analysis.

Alias input

lasso=double

specifies L1-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

leafSize=integer

specifies the minimum data in the leaf node.

Alias minDataInLeaf
Default 20
Minimum value 0

learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for boosting.

Default 0.1
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

m=double

randomly selects a subset of features on each iteration or tree.

Alias featureFraction
Default 1
Range (0–1]

maxCategories=integer

limits the maximum threshold points in categorical features.

Alias maxCatThreshold
Default 32
Minimum value 1

maxDepth=integer

limits the maximum depth of the tree model.

Default -1

maxIters=integer

specifies the number of iterations for boosting.

Alias numIters
Default 100
Minimum value 0

monotoneConstraints={integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>}

specifies a series of constraints of monotone input features, where 1 represents increasing, -1 represents decreasing, and 0 represents none.

nBins=integer

specifies the number of bins to use for numeric variables in calculating the decision tree.

Alias maxBin
Default 255
Minimum value 2

nominals={"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}

specifies the variables to treat as nominal variables.

objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE"

specifies the objective function to use. By default, the objective function is regression.

BINARY

uses binary classification.

CROSS_ENTROPY

uses cross-entropy.

CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA

uses an alternative parameterization of cross-entropy.

FAIR

uses fair loss.

GAMMA

uses gamma regression.

HUBER

uses Huber regression.

MAPE

uses mean absolute percentage error regression.

MULTICLASS

uses multiclass classification.

MULTICLASSOVA

uses one-versus-all multiclass classification.

POISSON

uses Poisson regression.

QUANTILE

uses quantile regression.

REGRESSION

uses regression.

REGRESSION_L1

uses L1 regression.

TWEEDIE

uses Tweedie regression.

output={lgbmOutputStatement}

produces the predicted class scores table.

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

* casOut={casouttable}

specifies the settings for an output table.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

copyVars= | {"variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>}

specifies a list of one or more variables to be copied from the input table to the output table. You can alternatively specify the value ALL, ALL_MODEL, or ALL_NUMERIC, which respectively copies all variables, all variables used in the modeling, or all numeric variables from the input table to the output table.

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).

ridge=double

specifies L2-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

saveState={casouttable}

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

For more information about specifying the saveState parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

seed=double

specifies the seed for the random number generator. By default, the seed is based on the time from the computer's clock.

Default 0
Range 0–MACINT

* table={castable}

specifies the input table of training data.

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.

onDemand=true | false

This parameter is deprecated.

Default true
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.

* target="variable-name"

specifies the target or response variable for training.

useMissing=true | false

when set to True, specifies the use of special handling of missing values.

Default true

validTable={castable}

specifies the input table list of validation tables.

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

onDemand=true | false

This parameter is deprecated.

Default true
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.

lgbmTrain Action

Performs high-performance gradient boosting..

Python Syntax

results=s.lightGradBoost.lgbmTrain(
baggingFraction=double,
baggingFrequency=integer,
boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF",
display={
"caseSensitive":True | False,
"exclude":True | False,
"excludeAll":True | False,
"keyIsPath":True | False,
"names":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>],
"pathType":"LABEL" | "NAME",
"traceNames":True | False
},
required parameter inputs=["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>],
lasso=double,
leafSize=integer,
learningRate=double,
m=double,
maxCategories=integer,
maxDepth=integer,
maxIters=integer,
monotoneConstraints=[integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>],
nBins=integer,
nominals=["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>],
objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE",
output={
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"
"onDemand":True | False
"promote":True | False
"replace":True | False
"replication":integer
"tableRedistUpPolicy":"DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
"threadBlockSize":64-bit-integer
"timeStamp":"string"
"where":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>]
},
"copyVars": | ["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>]
},
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
},
ridge=double,
saveState={
"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",
"onDemand":True | False,
"promote":True | False,
"replace":True | False,
"replication":integer,
"tableRedistUpPolicy":"DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
"threadBlockSize":64-bit-integer,
"timeStamp":"string",
"where":["string-1" <, "string-2", ...>]
},
seed=double,
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",
"onDemand":True | False,
"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"
}
},
required parameter target="variable-name",
useMissing=True | False,
validTable={
"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",
"onDemand":True | False,
"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"
}
}
)
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

required parametertable

—

specifies the input table of training data.

 validTable

—

specifies the input table list of validation tables.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 output

required parametercasOut

produces the predicted class scores table.

 outputTables

names

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

 saveState

—

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

Parameter Descriptions

baggingFraction=double

randomly selects a portion of the data without resampling.

Alias subsample
Default 1
Range (0–1]

baggingFrequency=integer

specifies the frequency of bagging.

Alias bagging_freq
Default 0
Minimum value 0

boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF"

specifies the type of boosting to use.

Default GBDT
DART

specifies dropouts meet multiple additive regression trees.

GBDT

specifies a traditional gradient boosting decision tree.

GOSS

specifies gradient-based one-side sampling.

RF

specifies a random forest.

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).

* inputs=["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>]

specifies the input variable list for analysis.

Alias input

lasso=double

specifies L1-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

leafSize=integer

specifies the minimum data in the leaf node.

Alias minDataInLeaf
Default 20
Minimum value 0

learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for boosting.

Default 0.1
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

m=double

randomly selects a subset of features on each iteration or tree.

Alias featureFraction
Default 1
Range (0–1]

maxCategories=integer

limits the maximum threshold points in categorical features.

Alias maxCatThreshold
Default 32
Minimum value 1

maxDepth=integer

limits the maximum depth of the tree model.

Default -1

maxIters=integer

specifies the number of iterations for boosting.

Alias numIters
Default 100
Minimum value 0

monotoneConstraints=[integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>]

specifies a series of constraints of monotone input features, where 1 represents increasing, -1 represents decreasing, and 0 represents none.

nBins=integer

specifies the number of bins to use for numeric variables in calculating the decision tree.

Alias maxBin
Default 255
Minimum value 2

nominals=["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>]

specifies the variables to treat as nominal variables.

objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE"

specifies the objective function to use. By default, the objective function is regression.

BINARY

uses binary classification.

CROSS_ENTROPY

uses cross-entropy.

CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA

uses an alternative parameterization of cross-entropy.

FAIR

uses fair loss.

GAMMA

uses gamma regression.

HUBER

uses Huber regression.

MAPE

uses mean absolute percentage error regression.

MULTICLASS

uses multiclass classification.

MULTICLASSOVA

uses one-versus-all multiclass classification.

POISSON

uses Poisson regression.

QUANTILE

uses quantile regression.

REGRESSION

uses regression.

REGRESSION_L1

uses L1 regression.

TWEEDIE

uses Tweedie regression.

output={lgbmOutputStatement}

produces the predicted class scores table.

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

* "casOut":{casouttable}

specifies the settings for an output table.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

"copyVars": | ["variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>]

specifies a list of one or more variables to be copied from the input table to the output table. You can alternatively specify the value ALL, ALL_MODEL, or ALL_NUMERIC, which respectively copies all variables, all variables used in the modeling, or all numeric variables from the input table to the output table.

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).

ridge=double

specifies L2-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

saveState={casouttable}

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

For more information about specifying the saveState parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

seed=double

specifies the seed for the random number generator. By default, the seed is based on the time from the computer's clock.

Default 0
Range 0–MACINT

* table={castable}

specifies the input table of training data.

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.

"onDemand":True | False

This parameter is deprecated.

Default True
"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.

* target="variable-name"

specifies the target or response variable for training.

useMissing=True | False

when set to True, specifies the use of special handling of missing values.

Default True

validTable={castable}

specifies the input table list of validation tables.

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

"onDemand":True | False

This parameter is deprecated.

Default True
"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.

lgbmTrain Action

Performs high-performance gradient boosting..

R Syntax

results <– cas.lightGradBoost.lgbmTrain(s,
baggingFraction=double,
baggingFrequency=integer,
boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF",
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
),
required parameter inputs=list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>),
lasso=double,
leafSize=integer,
learningRate=double,
m=double,
maxCategories=integer,
maxDepth=integer,
maxIters=integer,
monotoneConstraints=list(integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>),
nBins=integer,
nominals=list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>),
objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE",
output=list(
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"
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE
promote=TRUE | FALSE
replace=TRUE | FALSE
replication=integer
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE"
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer
timeStamp="string"
where=list("string-1" <, "string-2", ...>)
),
copyVars= | list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>)
),
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
),
ridge=double,
saveState=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",
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
promote=TRUE | FALSE,
replace=TRUE | FALSE,
replication=integer,
tableRedistUpPolicy="DEFER" | "NOREDIST" | "REBALANCE",
threadBlockSize=64-bit-integer,
timeStamp="string",
where=list("string-1" <, "string-2", ...>)
),
seed=double,
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",
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
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"
)
),
required parameter target="variable-name",
useMissing=TRUE | FALSE,
validTable=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",
onDemand=TRUE | FALSE,
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"
)
)
)
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

required parametertable

—

specifies the input table of training data.

 validTable

—

specifies the input table list of validation tables.
Parameters for Creating Output Tables

Parameter

Subparameter

Description

 output

required parametercasOut

produces the predicted class scores table.

 outputTables

names

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

 saveState

—

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

Parameter Descriptions

baggingFraction=double

randomly selects a portion of the data without resampling.

Alias subsample
Default 1
Range (0–1]

baggingFrequency=integer

specifies the frequency of bagging.

Alias bagging_freq
Default 0
Minimum value 0

boosting="DART" | "GBDT" | "GOSS" | "RF"

specifies the type of boosting to use.

Default GBDT
DART

specifies dropouts meet multiple additive regression trees.

GBDT

specifies a traditional gradient boosting decision tree.

GOSS

specifies gradient-based one-side sampling.

RF

specifies a random forest.

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).

* inputs=list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>)

specifies the input variable list for analysis.

Alias input

lasso=double

specifies L1-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

leafSize=integer

specifies the minimum data in the leaf node.

Alias minDataInLeaf
Default 20
Minimum value 0

learningRate=double

specifies the learning rate for boosting.

Default 0.1
Minimum value (exclusive) 0

m=double

randomly selects a subset of features on each iteration or tree.

Alias featureFraction
Default 1
Range (0–1]

maxCategories=integer

limits the maximum threshold points in categorical features.

Alias maxCatThreshold
Default 32
Minimum value 1

maxDepth=integer

limits the maximum depth of the tree model.

Default -1

maxIters=integer

specifies the number of iterations for boosting.

Alias numIters
Default 100
Minimum value 0

monotoneConstraints=list(integer-1 <, integer-2, ...>)

specifies a series of constraints of monotone input features, where 1 represents increasing, -1 represents decreasing, and 0 represents none.

nBins=integer

specifies the number of bins to use for numeric variables in calculating the decision tree.

Alias maxBin
Default 255
Minimum value 2

nominals=list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>)

specifies the variables to treat as nominal variables.

objective="BINARY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY" | "CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA" | "FAIR" | "GAMMA" | "HUBER" | "MAPE" | "MULTICLASS" | "MULTICLASSOVA" | "POISSON" | "QUANTILE" | "REGRESSION" | "REGRESSION_L1" | "TWEEDIE"

specifies the objective function to use. By default, the objective function is regression.

BINARY

uses binary classification.

CROSS_ENTROPY

uses cross-entropy.

CROSS_ENTROPY_LAMBDA

uses an alternative parameterization of cross-entropy.

FAIR

uses fair loss.

GAMMA

uses gamma regression.

HUBER

uses Huber regression.

MAPE

uses mean absolute percentage error regression.

MULTICLASS

uses multiclass classification.

MULTICLASSOVA

uses one-versus-all multiclass classification.

POISSON

uses Poisson regression.

QUANTILE

uses quantile regression.

REGRESSION

uses regression.

REGRESSION_L1

uses L1 regression.

TWEEDIE

uses Tweedie regression.

output=list(lgbmOutputStatement)

produces the predicted class scores table.

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

* casOut=list(casouttable)

specifies the settings for an output table.

For more information about specifying the casOut parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

copyVars= | list("variable-name-1" <, "variable-name-2", ...>)

specifies a list of one or more variables to be copied from the input table to the output table. You can alternatively specify the value ALL, ALL_MODEL, or ALL_NUMERIC, which respectively copies all variables, all variables used in the modeling, or all numeric variables from the input table to the output table.

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).

ridge=double

specifies L2-norm regularization on prediction. The value must be greater than or equal to zero.

Default 0
Minimum value 0

saveState=list(casouttable)

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

For more information about specifying the saveState parameter, see the common casouttable (Form 2) parameter (Appendix A: Common Parameters).

seed=double

specifies the seed for the random number generator. By default, the seed is based on the time from the computer's clock.

Default 0
Range 0–MACINT

* table=list(castable)

specifies the input table of training data.

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.

onDemand=TRUE | FALSE

This parameter is deprecated.

Default TRUE
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.

* target="variable-name"

specifies the target or response variable for training.

useMissing=TRUE | FALSE

when set to True, specifies the use of special handling of missing values.

Default TRUE

validTable=list(castable)

specifies the input table list of validation tables.

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

onDemand=TRUE | FALSE

This parameter is deprecated.

Default TRUE
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.

Last updated: November 23, 2025