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Definitions
Storage types
Why use precise storage types ?
Meanings
Basic usage
Changing meaning and storage type
Changing the storage type
Changing the meaning
Editing advanced schema
Schema for data preparation
Schema in visual analysis
Schema in prepare recipe
Creating schemas of datasets
Schema of new external datasets
SQL and Cassandra datasets
Text-based files datasets
“Typed” files datasets
Schema of managed datasets
Modifying the schema
Handling of schemas by recipes
Sample, Filter, Group, Window, Join, Split, Stack
Sync
Prepare
Hive, Impala, SQL
Python, R, PySpark, SparkR
Machine Learning (scoring)
SparkSQL
Shell
List of recognized meanings
Basic meanings
Text
Decimal
Integer
Boolean
Datetime with zone / Dates (needs parsing)
Datetime no zone
Date only
Object / Array
Natural language
Geospatial meanings
Latitude / Longitude
Geopoint
Geometry
Country
US State
Web-specific meanings
Other meanings
User-defined meanings
Kinds of user-defined meanings
Declarative
Values list
Values mapping
Pattern
Autodetecting user-defined meanings
Handling and display of dates
Displaying dates
Handling of dates in SQL