Import Script

The Import Script

v0.2.1

Highly variable length string fields

• Converted to indexed strings

version

• Converted to fixed length strings

country_code

• Converted to fixed length strings

Datetimes

• No empty entries
  • Converted to float64 timestamp objects
  • Additional '_name__day' field as fixed-length string
• Empty entries
  • Additional '_name__set' field as boolean values

Dates

• No empty entries
  • Converted_to_float64 timestamp objects
  • Additional '_name__day' field as fixed-length string
• Empty entries
  • Additional '_name__set' field as boolean values

Numeric strings

• Converted using _try_convert_ methods. Default value set if conversion fails
• Additional '_name__valid' field as boolean values; False if conversion fails

Categorical strings

• Converted to uint8 values
• Key stored as array of string values, where the value maps to the entry at that index