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      "source": [
        "![Impressions](https://PixelServer20190423114238.azurewebsites.net/api/impressions/MachineLearningNotebooks/work-with-data/dataprep/how-to-guides/data-profile.png)"
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      "source": [
        "# Data Profile\n"
      ]
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      "source": [
        "A DataProfile collects summary statistics on each column of the data produced by a Dataflow. This can be used to:\n",
        "- Understand the input data.\n",
        "- Determine which columns might need further preparation.\n",
        "- Verify that data preparation operations produced the desired result.\n",
        "\n",
        "`Dataflow.get_profile()` executes the Dataflow, calculates profile information, and returns a newly constructed DataProfile."
      ]
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      "cell_type": "code",
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      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "import azureml.dataprep as dprep\n",
        "\n",
        "dflow = dprep.auto_read_file('../data/crime-spring.csv')\n",
        "\n",
        "profile = dflow.get_profile()\n",
        "profile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
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      "source": [
        "A DataProfile contains a collection of ColumnProfiles, indexed by column name. Each ColumnProfile has attributes for the calculated column statistics. For non-numeric columns, profiles include only basic statistics like min, max, and error count. For numeric columns, profiles also include statistical moments and estimated quantiles."
      ]
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      "source": [
        "profile.columns['Beat']"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {},
      "source": [
        "You can also extract and filter data from profiles by using list and dict comprehensions."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "variances = [c.variance for c in profile.columns.values() if c.variance]\n",
        "variances"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "column_types = {c.name: c.type for c in profile.columns.values()}\n",
        "column_types"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {},
      "source": [
        "If a column has fewer than a thousand unique values, its ColumnProfile contains a summary of values with their respective counts."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "profile.columns['Primary Type'].value_counts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {},
      "source": [
        "Numeric ColumnProfiles include an estimated histogram of the data."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "profile.columns['District'].histogram"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {},
      "source": [
        "To configure the number of bins in the histogram, you can pass an integer as the `number_of_histogram_bins` parameter."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "profile_more_bins = dflow.get_profile(number_of_histogram_bins=5)\n",
        "profile_more_bins.columns['District'].histogram"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {},
      "source": [
        "For columns containing data of mixed types, the ColumnProfile also provides counts of each type."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "profile.columns['X Coordinate'].type_counts"
      ]
    }
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