## Can we predict if a visitor, in a session, will add item(s) to the cart?
The [Google Merchandise Store](https://www.googlemerchandisestore.com/shop.axd/Home) sells Google branded merchandise, a real ecommerce store. Using obfuscated Google Analytics data on each visitor session, you will use BigQuery ML to try and build a model that predicts whether each session will result in the visitor performing an action to add an item to the cart.

## Where's the data?
The data is split into two public tables on BigQuery: You will use the **training data** to build your model, and **testing data** to make your predictions using your model. 
Go to the [data](../data) page for more information on the tables.

## How to create your first model and make your submission:

### Step 1. 
Launch one of the notebooks below on AI Platform Notebooks:

- <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/ai-platform/notebooks/deploy-notebook?name=Online%20Retail%20Store%3A%20Predicting%20Visitor%20Behaviour%20-%20Starter%20Notebook%20%5BPython%5D&download_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fstarter_notebooks%2Fgoogle_analytics_sample_bqml_python.ipynb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.github.com%2Fpolong-lin%2F51bb01bac82513294e10fb9856c4fdb0" target="_blank"><img src="https://cloud.google.com/images/products/ai/ai-solutions-icon.svg" alt="AI Platform Notebooks">Starter Notebook [Python]</a>  
- <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/ai-platform/notebooks/deploy-notebook?name=Online%20Retail%20Store%3A%20Predicting%20Visitor%20Behaviour%20-%20Starter%20Notebook%20%5BR%5D&download_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fstarter_notebooks%2Fgoogle_analytics_sample_bqml_r.ipynb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.github.com%2Fpolong-lin%2F568c0984abdf169c91d475da1ddb3489" target="_blank"><img src="https://cloud.google.com/images/products/ai/ai-solutions-icon.svg" alt="AI Platform Notebooks">Starter Notebook [R]</a> Note: Select "R" under "Advanced Options" > "Environment".

If you'd like to only use SQL instead, you can follow the [instructions on using the BigQuery Console UI](https://www.kaggle.com/c/online-retail-store-20201008/overview/can-i-just-use-the-bigquery-console-ui)

### Step 2. 
Upload your CSV submission file to Kaggle via "Submit Predictions"
