Data Prep projects¶
In Data Prep, you explore and prepare your data in a Project. This topic walks you through the top-level Projects page, as well as the Project Preparation page for an individual project.
Projects page¶
The Projects page is the home page where you land after logging into Data Prep.
Note that if you want to open your Library page where your datasets are saved, click the menu in the top left and select Library.
The following table describes the sections of the Projects page.
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+ Add Project | Create a new project. Provide a unique name and, optionally, a description. Once you create the project, you can import data. |
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Recently Active | Recently active projects are listed at the top of the page. Click a project's name to open it. |
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All Projects inventory | All projects are listed here. Note they are ordered, by default, based on the most recently updated projects. You can order the list based on project names by clicking the Name column header. You can order the list based on the date the project was updated or created by clicking the column headers for Updated or Created. |
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Search | Click the magnifying glass icon to search for projects by name. |
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Notification icon | Indicates when the application has generated a message or error. When the icon is highlighted, mouse over it to view any messages. |
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Help |
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User menu |
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Recent projects¶
Your recent projects appear as tiles under Recently Active:
Each project tile has the following controls:
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Delete Project | Click the red X icon on the upper left to delete a project. Click Okay in the confirmation box. You can only delete the projects you created. |
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Edit name or description | Edit a project’s name and description. |
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Copy latest version of this Project | Duplicate the project. |
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Download Project Report | Download a Project Report file (in Word format). The Report file contains the project name and metadata, the column data, and the transformation steps used to prep the data. |
Project Preparation page¶
You open a project by clicking on the dataset or its Recently Active tile on the Projects page, or by creating a project on the Library page. The Project Preparation page displays and you can prep your dataset.
The following table describes the sections of the Project Preparation page.
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Project name | The name you gave your project will display here. |
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Tools bar | Use the project tools to clean, shape, combine, and ultimately prep your data. |
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Steps tool | Every action you perform while prepping your data is logged as a step. The Steps tool allows you to:
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Versions tool | Any time you save your project, a new version is created. The Versions tool lets you access previous versions of your project. |
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Data Preview | View changes to your data as you prep it. |
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Column menu | Click to open the column menu. Use column operations to clean and standardize your data. |
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Grid tools and status updates | Grid tools allow to you locate specific columns in your dataset, specify column widths and adjust how cell text displays. Status updates display when transformations that affect the Data Preview grid or filters are in progress. Note that the number of tasks displayed in the update messages may dynamically change as an operation progresses toward completion. |