ThingWorx Analytics API > API Changes - 9.0
API Changes - 9.0
Changes that Break Backwards Compatibility
When accessing Analytics Server through the ThingWorx Thing model hierarchy, the following API changes may break backwards compatibility for your existing applications, services, or subscriptions.
Thing
Service
Change
Reason
Data
Training
Signals
Profiles
Prediction
Prescriptive
Prediction
Prescriptive
CreateDataset
CreateJob
CreateJob
CreateJob
RealtimeScore
RealtimeScore
BatchScore
BatchScore
When using a file from a file system or from a ThingWorx file repository, post bodies for all service request endpoints support only the use of relative filepaths for CSV and JSON locations.
To protect file operating system information by not disclosing absolute file paths in the body of requests.
Training
CreateJob
Because the PMML specifications stipulate in particular that the character “.” represents a decimal in the presentation of real number values,ThingWorx Analyticswill enforce English locale settings for PMML generation.
Existing models are migrated automatically during Analytics Server upgrade.
To correct inaccuracies in results that stem from using number formats that are not consistent with PMML standards.
Training
Validation
CreateJob
Update the confidence level parameter to plural: confidenceLevel -> confidenceLevels
To allow creation of multiple confidence models in a single job.
Validation
RetrieveResult
Flip the presentation of Boolean confusion matrix results in Analytics Server so that predicted values are shown in rows and actual values in columns.
Existing confusion matrix tables are migrated automatically during Analytics Server upgrade.
To match the way confusion matrix results are displayed for Categorical and Ordinal opTypes.
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Confusion matrix tables in Analytics Builder were already displayed with the correct orientation and did not need to change.
Signals
RetrieveResult
Add the redundantWithFeature column to the results infotable.
Rename the following columns:
goal field -> goal
fields -> features
To align with the results retrieved via the SaveJobResult service in the Signals Thing, which outputs a JSON file to the AnalyticsResultsStorage repository.
Prediction
Prescriptive
RealtimeScore
Discontinue use of the following Data Shapes to output real time scoring results:
prediction: AnalyticsPredictionScores
prescriptive: AnalyticsOptimizationResult
These Data Shapes included nested Infotables that could be adapted to any set of key/value pairs. The new Infotable is model- and database-specific. It generates realtime scoring results in a simpler format but requires an additional procedure to parse the results for consumption by subsequent processes.
To align the output format of real time scoring results retrieved via the RealtimeScore service with the batch scoring results retrieved via the RetrieveResult service.
CreateDataset Request Samples
Old API Request
New API Request
old
new
Confusion Matrix Boolean Samples
Old Boolean Confusion Matrix
New Boolean Confusion Matrix
old
new
RealtimeScore Results Samples
For information about how to parse scoring results in the new format, see the appropriate links below:
Parsing Prescriptive Scoring Results (TBD)
Old RealTime Scoring Infotable
New RealTime Scoring Infotable
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