fireant 8.1.0
Data analysis tool for quickly building charts, tables, reports, and dashboards
Requires Python: >=3.9
Keywords: analytics, bi, builder, data, fireant, mssql, mysql, pandas, postgres, python, query, querybuilder, science, sql, vertica

FireAnt - Analytics and Reporting
=================================

.. _intro_start:

|BuildStatus|  |CoverageStatus|  |Codacy|  |Docs|  |PyPi|  |License|


|Brand| is a a data analysis tool used for quickly building charts, tables, reports, and dashboards. It defines a schema for configuring metrics and dimensions which removes most of the leg work of writing queries and formatting charts. |Brand| even works great with Jupyter notebooks and in the Python shell providing quick and easy access to your data.

.. _intro_end:

Read more at http://fireant.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Installation
------------

.. _installation_start:

To install |Brand|, run the following command in the terminal:

.. code-block:: bash

    pip install fireant


.. _installation_end:

Introduction
------------

|Brand| arose out of an environment where several different teams, each working with data sets often with crossover, were individually building their own dashboard platforms. |Brand| was developed as a centralized way of building dashboards without the legwork.

|Brand| is used to create configurations of data sets using |FeatureDataSet| which backs a database table containing analytics and defines sets of |FeatureField|. A |FeatureField| can be used to group data by properties, such as a timestamp, an account, a device type, etc, or to render quantifiers such as clicks, ROI, conversions into a widget such as a chart or table.

A |FeatureDataSet| exposes a rich builder API that allows a wide range of queries to be constructed that can be rendered as several widgets. A |FeatureDataSet| can be used directly in a Jupyter_ notebook, eliminating the need to write repetitive custom queries and render the data in visualizations.

Data Sets
---------

|FeatureDataSet| are the core component of |Brand|. A |FeatureDataSet| is a representation of a data set and is used to execute queries and transform result sets into widgets such as charts or tables.

A |FeatureDataSet| requires only a couple of definitions in order to use: A database connector, a database table, join tables, and dimensions and metrics. Metrics and Dimension definitions tell |Brand| how to query and use data in widgets. Once a dataset is created, it's query API can be used to build queries with just a few lines of code selecting which dimensions and metrics to use and how to filter the data.

.. _dataset_example_start:

Instantiating a Data Set
""""""""""""""""""""""""

.. code-block:: python

    from fireant.dataset import *
    from fireant.database import VerticaDatabase
    from pypika import Tables, functions as fn

    vertica_database = VerticaDatabase(user='myuser', password='mypassword')
    analytics, customers = Tables('analytics', 'customers')

    my_dataset = DataSet(
        database=vertica_database,
        table=analytics,
        fields=[
            Field(
                # Non-aggregate definition
                alias='customer',
                definition=customers.id,
                label='Customer'
            ),
            Field(
                # Date/Time type, also non-aggregate
                alias='date',
                definition=analytics.timestamp,
                type=DataType.date,
                label='Date'
            ),
            Field(
                # Text type, also non-aggregate
                alias='device_type',
                definition=analytics.device_type,
                type=DataType.text,
                label='Device_type'
            ),
            Field(
                # Aggregate definition (The SUM function aggregates a group of values into a single value)
                alias='clicks',
                definition=fn.Sum(analytics.clicks),
                label='Clicks'
            ),
            Field(
                # Aggregate definition (The SUM function aggregates a group of values into a single value)
                alias='customer-spend-per-clicks',
                definition=fn.Sum(analytics.customer_spend / analytics.clicks),
                type=DataType.number,
                label='Spend / Clicks'
            )
        ],
        joins=[
            Join(customers, analytics.customer_id == customers.id),
        ],

.. _dataset_example_end:

.. _dataset_query_example_start:

Building queries with a Data Set
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

Use the ``query`` property of a data set instance to start building a data set query. A data set query allows method calls to be chained together to select what should be included in the result.

This example uses the data set defined above

.. code-block:: python

   from fireant import Matplotlib, Pandas, day

    matplotlib_chart, pandas_df = my_dataset.data \
         .dimension(
            # Select the date dimension with a daily interval to group the data by the day applies to
            # dimensions are referenced by `dataset.fields.{alias}`
            day(my_dataset.fields.date),

            # Select the device_type dimension to break the data down further by which device it applies to
            my_dataset.fields.device_type,
         ) \
         .filter(
            # Filter the result set to data to the year of 2018
            my_dataset.fields.date.between(date(2018, 1, 1), date(2018, 12, 31))
         ) \
         # Add a week over week reference to compare data to values from the week prior
         .reference(WeekOverWeek(dataset.fields.date))
         .widget(
            # Add a matpotlib chart widget
            Matplotlib()
               # Add axes with series to the chart
               .axis(Matplotlib.LineSeries(dataset.fields.clicks))

               # metrics are referenced by `dataset.metrics.{alias}`
               .axis(Matplotlib.ColumnSeries(
                   my_dataset.fields['customer-spend-per-clicks']
               ))
         ) \
         .widget(
            # Add a pandas data frame table widget
            Pandas(
                my_dataset.fields.clicks,
                my_dataset.fields['customer-spend-per-clicks']
            )
         ) \
         .fetch()

    # Display the chart
    matplotlib_chart.plot()

    # Display the chart
    print(pandas_df)

.. _dataset_query_example_end:

License
-------

Copyright 2020 KAYAK Germany, GmbH

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.


Crafted with ♥ in Berlin.

.. _license_end:


.. _available_badges_start:

.. |BuildStatus| image:: https://travis-ci.org/kayak/fireant.svg?branch=master
   :target: https://travis-ci.org/kayak/fireant
.. |CoverageStatus| image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/kayak/fireant/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github
   :target: https://coveralls.io/github/kayak/fireant?branch=master
.. |Codacy| image:: https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/832b5a7dda8949c3b2ede28deada4569
   :target: https://www.codacy.com/app/twheys/fireant
.. |Docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/fireant/badge/?version=latest
   :target: http://fireant.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
.. |PyPi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/fireant.svg?style=flat
   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fireant
.. |License| image:: https://img.shields.io/hexpm/l/plug.svg?maxAge=2592000
   :target: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

.. _available_badges_end:

.. _appendix_start:

.. |Brand| replace:: *fireant*

.. |FeatureDataSet| replace:: *DataSet*
.. |FeatureField| replace:: *Field*
.. |FeatureFilter| replace:: *Filter*
.. |FeatureReference| replace:: *Reference*
.. |FeatureOperation| replace:: *Operation*

.. |ClassDataSet| replace:: ``fireant.DataSet <fireant.dataset.klass.DataSet>``
.. |ClassDatabase| replace:: ``fireant.database.Database <fireant.database.base.Database>``
.. |ClassJoin| replace:: ``fireant.Join <fireant.dataset.joins.Join>``
.. |ClassMetric| replace:: ``fireant.Field <fireant.dataset.fields.Field>``
.. |ClassThreadPoolConcurrencyMiddleware| replace:: ``fireant.middleware.ThreadPoolConcurrencyMiddleware <fireant.middleware.concurrency.ThreadPoolConcurrencyMiddleware>``
.. |ClassBaseConcurrencyMiddleware| replace:: ``fireant.middleware.BaseConcurrencyMiddleware <fireant.middleware.concurrency.BaseConcurrencyMiddleware>``

.. |ClassBooleanDimension| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.dimensions.BooleanDimension``
.. |ClassContDimension| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.dimensions.ContinuousDimension``
.. |ClassDateDimension| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.dimensions.DatetimeDimension``
.. |ClassCatDimension| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.dimensions.CategoricalDimension``
.. |ClassUniqueDimension| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.dimensions.UniqueDimension``
.. |ClassDisplayDimension| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.dimensions.DisplayDimension``

.. |ClassFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.Filter``
.. |ClassComparatorFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.ComparatorFilter``
.. |ClassBooleanFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.BooleanFilter``
.. |ClassContainsFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.ContainsFilter``
.. |ClassExcludesFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.ExcludesFilter``
.. |ClassRangeFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.RangeFilter``
.. |ClassPatternFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.PatternFilter``
.. |ClassAntiPatternFilter| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.filters.AntiPatternFilter``

.. |ClassReference| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.references.Reference``

.. |ClassWidget| replace:: ``fireant.widgets.base.Widget``
.. |ClassPandasWidget| replace:: ``fireant.widgets.pandas.Pandas``
.. |ClassHighChartsWidget| replace:: ``fireant.widgets.highcharts.HighCharts <fireant.widgets.highcharts.HighCharts>``
.. |ClassHighChartsSeries| replace:: ``fireant.widgets.highcharts.Series <fireant.widgets.chart_base.Series>``

.. |ClassOperation| replace:: ``fireant.dataset.operations.Operation``

.. |ClassVerticaDatabase| replace:: ``fireant.database.VerticaDatabase``
.. |ClassMySQLDatabase| replace:: ``fireant.database.MySQLDatabase``
.. |ClassPostgreSQLDatabase| replace:: ``fireant.database.PostgreSQLDatabase``
.. |ClassRedshiftDatabase| replace:: ``fireant.database.RedshiftDatabase``

.. |ClassDatetimeInterval| replace:: ``fireant.DatetimeInterval <fireant.dataset.intervals.DatetimeInterval>``

.. |ClassTable| replace:: ``pypika.Table``
.. |ClassTables| replace:: ``pypika.Tables``

.. _PyPika: https://github.com/kayak/pypika/
.. _Pandas: http://pandas.pydata.org/
.. _Jupyter: http://jupyter.org/
.. _Matplotlib: http://matplotlib.org/
.. _HighCharts: http://www.highcharts.com/
.. _React-Table: https://react-table.js.org/

.. _appendix_end: