Question: how to define custom Module in Designer

Question

How do I define a custom Module in Azure ML Designer? In Studio (classic), I found this documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio/custom-r-modules

but I have yet to find something similar for the modern version of Azure ML. The closest thing I've found is Execute Python Script, but that has several limitations:

• Unnecessary overhead from casting to a pandas DataFrame and back to the internal data structure
• No ability to add parameters
• Difficult to reuse
• Can't customize number of ports, module name, etc.

Also, is it possible to upstream any custom Modules I write? For example, there are currently no Data Transforms for handling timestamps, which I imagine are common in many datasets. I would love to contribute one upstream so that other users can use it, but I haven't yet found a GitHub repo for it.

Answer 1

Hi @AdamStewart-2203 , Thanks for your feedback.
This is Blanca, working on AML Designer.
I'd love to set up a call with you to understand our scenario and introduce our new features.
Please contact keli19@microsoft.com, since I serched your name but not sure to contact whom....

Answer 2

I agree with Koen.

Answer 3

Hi, I have the same question. However, it seems that the solution has not been communicated via this blog.
Could you please share the solution? Many thanks, Koen