Binning

Binning is a transformation type that you can use to:

• Transform a continuous variable to a discrete one.

• Transform a variable with large number of discrete values to one with a smaller number of discrete values.

The default transformation type is Binning.

The types of binning supported depend on the data type of the column:

• For numeric data type NUMBER, the supported types of binning are:

  • Bin Equal Width (Number) (Default)

  • Bin Quantile

  • Custom

• For categorical data type VARCHAR2, the supported types of binning are:

  • Bin Top N (Default)

  • Custom

• For date and time data types DATE, TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIMEZONE, and TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE, the supported types of binning are:

  • Bin Equal Width (Number) (Default)

  • Custom