Data Mining Model Querying Data

By: Siddharth Mehta

Overview

We learned earlier that Data Mining Extensions (DMX) can be used to query a data mining model. Once the data mining model is deployed, reporting tools will need to query data from this model to report data. DMX contains data definition statements and data manipulation statements as well. For the purpose of querying, our focus is the data manipulation statements in DMX.

Explanation

Below are some of features and capabilities available in DMX data manipulation statements.

1) Train a mining model by using the INSERT INTO statement. This does not insert the actual source data into a data mining model object, but instead creates an abstraction that describes the mining model that the algorithm creates.

2) Extend the SELECT statement to browse the information that is calculated during model training and stored in the data mining model, such as statistics of the source data. Following are the different types of SELECT queries typically used while querying a data mining model.

• SELECT DISTINCT FROM < model >
• SELECT FROM <model>.CONTENT
• SELECT FROM <model>.CASES
• SELECT FROM <model>.SAMPLE_CASES
• SELECT FROM <model>.DIMENSION_CONTENT

3) Create predictions that are based on an existing mining model by using the PREDICTION JOIN clause of the SELECT statement.

4) Remove all the trained data from a model or a structure by using the DELETE (DMX) statement.

Let's look at a simple example of querying the Data Mining model we just created in the last chapter by using a DMX query. Open SSMS, open a new DMX query window and type the query as mentioned in the below screenshot to query the data mining model.

This query result shows the content of the Customer Clusters model that we built in the last chapter. Using different functions and clauses with the select query you can query a data mining model and use the results in your reports.

Additional Information

• Consider learning more about DMX from here.