{
  "id": 325643,
  "title": "train vs train_features - question to LEAD",
  "url": "/competitions/energy-anomaly-detection/discussion/325643",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-05-17T12:34:06.681781500Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Apologies, to be asking a dumb question. <br>\nI would like to know what's the difference between <strong>train.csv</strong> and <strong><em>train_features.csv</em></strong> files?</p>\n<p>I am coming probably late into the game, as I joined with a friend of mine, just last night. </p>\n<p>Also, is there a document or something of that nature where in we can go read up about the data and its characteristics etc.,</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1792938",
      "postDate": "05/17/2022 12:34:06",
      "content": "<p>Apologies, to be asking a dumb question. <br>\nI would like to know what's the difference between <strong>train.csv</strong> and <strong><em>train_features.csv</em></strong> files?</p>\n<p>I am coming probably late into the game, as I joined with a friend of mine, just last night. </p>\n<p>Also, is there a document or something of that nature where in we can go read up about the data and its characteristics etc.,</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Apologies, to be asking a dumb question. \nI would like to know what's the difference between **train.csv** and ***train_features.csv*** files?\n\nI am coming probably late into the game, as I joined with a friend of mine, just last night. \n\nAlso, is there a document or something of that nature where in we can go read up about the data and its characteristics etc.,",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1793158",
      "postDate": "05/17/2022 16:30:33",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/pankajashankar\" target=\"_blank\">@pankajashankar</a>, First thing first, this competition is an extension of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data\" target=\"_blank\">ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III</a>. The provided dataset is the extended version of the same dataset used in the ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III competition after carefully annotating each data point of electricity meters from approximately 400 commercial buildings. So, please have a quick look into that <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data\" target=\"_blank\">dataset</a>.</p>\n<p>To answer your question, as mentioned in the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/energy-anomaly-detection/data\" target=\"_blank\">Data</a> section, <strong>train_features.csv</strong> will have additional columns (including all columns in <strong>train.csv</strong>) that can be used as features to train your model. These features are extracted based on the metadata (building attributes and weather) from the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data\" target=\"_blank\">ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III</a>. You may check out <a href=\"https://github.com/buds-lab/ashrae-great-energy-predictor-3-solution-analysis/blob/master/solutions/rank-1/scripts/02_preprocess_data.py\" target=\"_blank\">this code</a> to understand how those features are extracted. We provide this <strong>train_features.csv</strong> to help the participants focus on the modelling part rather redoing feature extraction. </p>\n<p>I hope this helps! </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "pankajashankar, First thing first, this competition is an extension of [ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data). The provided dataset is the extended version of the same dataset used in the ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III competition after carefully annotating each data point of electricity meters from approximately 400 commercial buildings. So, please have a quick look into that [dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data).\n\nTo answer your question, as mentioned in the [Data](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/energy-anomaly-detection/data) section, **train_features.csv** will have additional columns (including all columns in **train.csv**) that can be used as features to train your model. These features are extracted based on the metadata (building attributes and weather) from the [ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data). You may check out [this code](https://github.com/buds-lab/ashrae-great-energy-predictor-3-solution-analysis/blob/master/solutions/rank-1/scripts/02_preprocess_data.py) to understand how those features are extracted. We provide this **train_features.csv** to help the participants focus on the modelling part rather redoing feature extraction. \n\nI hope this helps!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1793271",
      "postDate": "05/17/2022 18:26:56",
      "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/samy101\" target=\"_blank\">@samy101</a> for your clarification. I will look at the link that you mentioned to understand how the features were extracted.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks @samy101 for your clarification. I will look at the link that you mentioned to understand how the features were extracted.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1793158,
      "author_name": "samy101",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/17/2022 16:30:33",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/pankajashankar\" target=\"_blank\">@pankajashankar</a>, First thing first, this competition is an extension of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data\" target=\"_blank\">ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III</a>. The provided dataset is the extended version of the same dataset used in the ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III competition after carefully annotating each data point of electricity meters from approximately 400 commercial buildings. So, please have a quick look into that <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data\" target=\"_blank\">dataset</a>.</p>\n<p>To answer your question, as mentioned in the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/energy-anomaly-detection/data\" target=\"_blank\">Data</a> section, <strong>train_features.csv</strong> will have additional columns (including all columns in <strong>train.csv</strong>) that can be used as features to train your model. These features are extracted based on the metadata (building attributes and weather) from the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data\" target=\"_blank\">ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III</a>. You may check out <a href=\"https://github.com/buds-lab/ashrae-great-energy-predictor-3-solution-analysis/blob/master/solutions/rank-1/scripts/02_preprocess_data.py\" target=\"_blank\">this code</a> to understand how those features are extracted. We provide this <strong>train_features.csv</strong> to help the participants focus on the modelling part rather redoing feature extraction. </p>\n<p>I hope this helps! </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1793271,
      "author_name": "pankajashankar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/17/2022 18:26:56",
      "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/samy101\" target=\"_blank\">@samy101</a> for your clarification. I will look at the link that you mentioned to understand how the features were extracted.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "1792938": "Apologies, to be asking a dumb question. \nI would like to know what's the difference between **train.csv** and ***train_features.csv*** files?\n\nI am coming probably late into the game, as I joined with a friend of mine, just last night. \n\nAlso, is there a document or something of that nature where in we can go read up about the data and its characteristics etc.,",
    "1793158": "pankajashankar, First thing first, this competition is an extension of [ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data). The provided dataset is the extended version of the same dataset used in the ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III competition after carefully annotating each data point of electricity meters from approximately 400 commercial buildings. So, please have a quick look into that [dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data).\n\nTo answer your question, as mentioned in the [Data](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/energy-anomaly-detection/data) section, **train_features.csv** will have additional columns (including all columns in **train.csv**) that can be used as features to train your model. These features are extracted based on the metadata (building attributes and weather) from the [ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor III](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/data). You may check out [this code](https://github.com/buds-lab/ashrae-great-energy-predictor-3-solution-analysis/blob/master/solutions/rank-1/scripts/02_preprocess_data.py) to understand how those features are extracted. We provide this **train_features.csv** to help the participants focus on the modelling part rather redoing feature extraction. \n\nI hope this helps!",
    "1793271": "Thanks @samy101 for your clarification. I will look at the link that you mentioned to understand how the features were extracted."
  },
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}