PredictSequence

Predicts future sequence values for a specified set of sequence data.

Syntax

PredictSequence(<table column reference>)
PredictSequence(<table column reference, n>)
PredictSequence(<table column reference, n-start, n-end>)

Return Type

A <table expression>.

Remarks

If the n parameter is specified, it returns the following values:

• If n is greater than zero, the most likely sequence values in the next n steps.
• If both n-start and n-end are specified, the sequence values from n-start to n-end.

Examples

The following example returns a sequence of the five products that are most likely to be purchased by a customer in the Adventure Works DW database based on the Sequence Clustering mining model.

SELECT
  PredictSequence([Sequence Clustering].[v Assoc Seq Line Items],5)
From
  [Sequence Clustering]

See Also

Reference

Data Mining Extensions (DMX) Function Reference
Functions (DMX)
Mapping Functions to Query Types (DMX)

Help and Information

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