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Inference processor

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Inference processor

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This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

Uses a pre-trained data frame analytics model to infer against the data that is being ingested in the pipeline.

Table 26. Inference Options

Name Required Default Description

model_id

yes

-

(String) The ID of the model to load and infer against.

target_field

no

ml.inference.<processor_tag>

(String) Field added to incoming documents to contain results objects.

field_map

no

If defined the model’s default field map

(Object) Maps the document field names to the known field names of the model. This mapping takes precedence over any default mappings provided in the model configuration.

inference_config

no

The default settings defined in the model

(Object) Contains the inference type and its options. There are two types: regression and classification.

description

no

-

Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

if

no

-

Conditionally execute the processor. See Conditionally run a processor.

ignore_failure

no

false

Ignore failures for the processor. See Handling pipeline failures.

on_failure

no

-

Handle failures for the processor. See Handling pipeline failures.

tag

no

-

Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

 
{
  "inference": {
    "model_id": "flight_delay_regression-1571767128603",
    "target_field": "FlightDelayMin_prediction_infer",
    "field_map": {
      "your_field": "my_field"
    },
    "inference_config": { "regression": {} }
  }
}

Regression configuration options

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Regression configuration for inference.

results_field
(Optional, string) The field that is added to incoming documents to contain the inference prediction. Defaults to the results_field value of the data frame analytics job that was used to train the model, which defaults to <dependent_variable>_prediction.
num_top_feature_importance_values
(Optional, integer) Specifies the maximum number of feature importance values per document. By default, it is zero and no feature importance calculation occurs.

Classification configuration options

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Classification configuration for inference.

num_top_classes
(Optional, integer) Specifies the number of top class predictions to return. Defaults to 0.
num_top_feature_importance_values
(Optional, integer) Specifies the maximum number of feature importance values per document. By default, it is zero and no feature importance calculation occurs.
results_field
(Optional, string) The field that is added to incoming documents to contain the inference prediction. Defaults to the results_field value of the data frame analytics job that was used to train the model, which defaults to <dependent_variable>_prediction.
top_classes_results_field
(Optional, string) Specifies the field to which the top classes are written. Defaults to top_classes.
prediction_field_type
(Optional, string) Specifies the type of the predicted field to write. Acceptable values are: string, number, boolean. When boolean is provided 1.0 is transformed to true and 0.0 to false.

inference_config examples

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"inference":{
  "model_id":"my_model_id"
  "inference_config": {
    "regression": {
      "results_field": "my_regression"
    }
  }
}

This configuration specifies a regression inference and the results are written to the my_regression field contained in the target_field results object.

"inference":{
  "model_id":"my_model_id"
  "inference_config": {
    "classification": {
      "num_top_classes": 2,
      "results_field": "prediction",
      "top_classes_results_field": "probabilities"
    }
  }
}

This configuration specifies a classification inference. The number of categories for which the predicted probabilities are reported is 2 (num_top_classes). The result is written to the prediction field and the top classes to the probabilities field. Both fields are contained in the target_field results object.

Refer to the language identification trained model documentation for a full example.

Feature importance object mapping

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To get the full benefit of aggregating and searching for feature importance, update your index mapping of the feature importance result field as you can see below:

"ml.inference.feature_importance": {
  "type": "nested",
  "dynamic": true,
  "properties": {
    "feature_name": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "importance": {
      "type": "double"
    }
  }
}

The mapping field name for feature importance (in the example above, it is ml.inference.feature_importance) is compounded as follows:

<ml.inference.target_field>.<inference.tag>.feature_importance

  • <ml.inference.target_field>: defaults to ml.inference.
  • <inference.tag>: if is not provided in the processor definition, then it is not part of the field path.

For example, if you provide a tag foo in the definition as you can see below:

{
  "tag": "foo",
  ...
}

Then, the feature importance value is written to the ml.inference.foo.feature_importance field.

You can also specify the target field as follows:

{
  "tag": "foo",
  "target_field": "my_field"
}

In this case, feature importance is exposed in the my_field.foo.feature_importance field.

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