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Getting Started¶

whylogs provides a standard to log any kind of data.

With whylogs, we will show how to log data, generating statistical summaries called profiles. These profiles can be used in a number of ways, like:

Data Visualization
Data Validation
Tracking changes in your datasets

Table of Content¶

In this example, we'll explore the basics of logging data with whylogs:

Installing whylogs
Profiling data
Interacting with the profile
Writing/Reading profiles to/from disk

Installing whylogs¶

whylogs is made available as a Python package. You can get the latest version from PyPI with pip install whylogs:

In [1]:

# Note: you may need to restart the kernel to use updated packages.
%pip install whylogs

Minimal requirements:

Python 3.7+ up to Python 3.10
Windows, Linux x86_64, and MacOS 10+

Loading a Pandas DataFrame¶

Before showing how we can log data, we first need the data itself. Let's create a simple Pandas DataFrame:

In [2]:

import pandas as pd
data = {
    "animal": ["cat", "hawk", "snake", "cat"],
    "legs": [4, 2, 0, 4],
    "weight": [4.3, 1.8, 1.3, 4.1],
}

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

Profiling with whylogs¶

To obtain a profile of your data, you can simply use whylogs' log call, and navigate through the result to a specific profile with profile():

In [3]:

import whylogs as why

results = why.log(df)
profile = results.profile()

Analyzing Profiles¶

Once you're done logging the data, you can generate a Profile View and inspect it in a Pandas Dataframe format:

In [6]:

prof_view = profile.view()
prof_df = prof_view.to_pandas()

prof_df

Out[6]:

	counts/n	counts/null	types/integral	types/fractional	types/boolean	types/string	types/object	cardinality/est	cardinality/upper_1	cardinality/lower_1	...	distribution/n	distribution/max	distribution/min	distribution/q_10	distribution/q_25	distribution/median	distribution/q_75	distribution/q_90	ints/max	ints/min
column
animal	8	0	0	0	0	8	0	6.0	6.00030	6.0	...	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
weight	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	7.0	7.00035	7.0	...	8.0	30.1	1.3	1.3	4.1	4.3	14.3	30.1	NaN	NaN
legs	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	3.0	3.00015	3.0	...	8.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0

3 rows × 24 columns

This will provide you with valuable statistics on a column (feature) basis, such as:

Counters, such as number of samples and null values
Inferred types, such as integral, fractional and boolean
Estimated Cardinality
Frequent Items
Distribution Metrics: min,max, median, quantile values

Writing to Disk¶

You can also store your profile in disk for further inspection:

In [7]:

why.write(profile,"profile.bin")

This will create a profile binary file in your local filesystem.

Reading from Disk¶

You can read the profile back into memory with:

In [8]:

n_prof = why.read("profile.bin")

Note: write expects a profile as parameter, while read returns a Profile View. That means that you can use the loaded profile for visualization purposes and merging, but not for further tracking and updates.

What's Next?¶

There's a lot you can do with the profiles you just created. Keep getting your hands dirty with the following examples!

Basic
- Visualizing Profiles - Compare profiles to detect distribution shifts, visualize histograms and bar charts and explore your data
- Logging Data - See the different ways you can log your data with whylogs
- Inspecting Profiles - A deeper dive on the metrics generated by whylogs
- Schema Configuration for Tracking Metrics - Configure tracking metrics according to data type or column features
- Data Constraints - Set constraints to your data to ensure its quality
- Merging Profiles - Merge your profiles logged across different computing instances, time periods or data segments
Integrations
- WhyLabs - Monitor your profiles continuously with the WhyLabs Observability Platform
- Pyspark - Use whylogs with pyspark
- Writing Profiles - See different ways and locations to output your profiles
- Flask - See how you can create a Flask app with whylogs and WhyLabs integration
- Feature Stores - Learn how to log features from your Feature Store with feast and whylogs
- BigQuery - Profile data queried from a Google BigQuery table
- MLflow - Log your whylogs profiles to an MLflow environment

Or go to the examples page for the complete list of examples!

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