Quick start: Generate synthetic tabular data
Quick start: Generate synthetic tabular data Take this tutorial to learn how to generate synthetic tabular data in IBM watsonx.ai. The benefit to synthetic data is that you can procure the data on-demand, then customize to fit your use case, and produce it in large quantities. This tutorial helps you learn how to use the graphical flow editor tool, Synthetic Data Generator, to generate synthetic tabular data based on production data or a custom data schema using visual flows and modeling algorithms. Required services : Watson Studio Your basic workflow includes these tasks: 1. Open a project. Projects are where you can collaborate with others to work with data. 2. Add your data to the project. You can add CSV files or data from a remote data source through a connection. 3. Create and run a synthetic data flow to the project. You use the graphical flow editor tool Synthetic Data Generator to generate synthetic tabular data based on production data or a custom data schema using visual flows and modeling algorithms. 4. Review the synthetic data flow and output. Read about synthetic data Synthetic data is information that has been generated on a computer to augment or replace real data to improve AI models, protect sensitive data, and mitigate bias. Synthetic data helps to mitigate many of the logistical, ethical, and privacy issues that come with training machine learning models on real-world examples. [Read more about Synthetic data](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/synthetic/synthetic_data_overview_sd.html) Watch a video about generating synthetic tabular data ![Watch Video](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/images/lc-video.png) Watch this video to preview the steps in this tutorial. There might be slight differences in the user interface shown in the video. The video is intended to be a companion to the written tutorial. This video provides a visual method to learn the concepts and tasks in this documentation. Try a tutorial to generate synthetic tabular data In this tutorial, you will complete these tasks: * [Task 1: Open a project](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=enstep01) * [Task 2: Add data to your project](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=enstep02) * [Task 3: Create a synthetic data flow](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=enstep03) * [Task 4: Review the data flow and output](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=enstep04) Expand all sections * Tips for completing this tutorial ### Use the video picture-in-picture Tip: Start the video, then as you scroll through the tutorial, the video moves to picture-in-picture mode. Close the video table of contents for the best experience with picture-in-picture. You can use picture-in-picture mode so you can follow the video as you complete the tasks in this tutorial. Click the timestamps for each task to follow along.The following animated image shows how to use the video picture-in-picture and table of contents features: ![How to use picture-in-picture and chapters](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/images/pip-and-chapters.gif){: width="560px" height="315px" data-tearsheet="this"} ### Get help in the community If you need help with this tutorial, you can ask a question or find an answer in the [Cloud Pak for Data Community discussion forum](https://community.ibm.com/community/user/cloudpakfordata/communities/community-home/digestviewer?communitykey=c0c16ff2-10ef-4b50-ae4c-57d769937235){: new_window}. ### Set up your browser windows For the optimal experience completing this tutorial, open Cloud Pak for Data in one browser window, and keep this tutorial page open in another browser window to switch easily between the two applications. Consider arranging the two browser windows side-by-side to make it easier to follow along. ![Side-by-side tutorial and UI](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/images/tutorial-side-by-side.png){: width="560px" height="315px" data-tearsheet="this"} Tip: If you encounter a guided tour while completing this tutorial in the user interface, click Maybe later. [Back to the top](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=envideo-preview) * Task 1: Open a project You need a project to to store the assets. Watch a video to see how to create a sandbox project and associate a service. Then follow the steps to verify that you have an existing project or create a sandbox project. This video provides a visual method to learn the concepts and tasks in this documentation. 1. From the watsonx home screen, scroll to the Projects section. If you see any projects listed, then skip to [Task 2](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=enstep02). If you don't see any projects, then follow these steps to create a project. 1. Click Create a sandbox project. When the project is created, you will see the sandbox project in the Projects section. For more information or to watch a video, see [Creating a project](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/projects.html){: new_window}. \ ![Checkpoint icon](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/images/checkmark--filled-blue.svg){: iih} Check your progress The following image shows the home screen with the sandbox listed in the Projects section. You are now ready to open the Prompt Lab. ![Home screen with sandbox project listed.](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/images/wx-home-screen.png){: width="100%" } [Back to the top](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/get-started-generate-data.html?context=cdpaas&locale=envideo-preview) * Task 2: Add data to your project ![preview tutorial video](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/images/lc-video.png) To preview this task, watch the video beginning at 00:24. The data set used in this tutorial contains typical information that a company gathers about their customers, and is available in the Samples. Follow these steps to find the data set in the Samples and add it to your project: 1. Access the [Customers data set](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/exchange/public/entry/view/4bfbe430a82e23821aed0647b506da93){: new_window} in the