reclassifynode properties

Last updated: Jan 18, 2024

Reclassify node icon The Reclassify node transforms one set of categorical values to another. Reclassification is useful for collapsing categories or regrouping data for analysis.

Example

node = stream.create("reclassify", "My node")
node.setPropertyValue("mode", "Multiple")
node.setPropertyValue("replace_field", True)
node.setPropertyValue("field", "Drug")
node.setPropertyValue("new_name", "Chemical")
node.setPropertyValue("fields", ["Drug", "BP"])
node.setPropertyValue("name_extension", "reclassified")
node.setPropertyValue("add_as", "Prefix")
node.setKeyedPropertyValue("reclassify", "drugA", True)
node.setPropertyValue("use_default", True)
node.setPropertyValue("default", "BrandX")
node.setPropertyValue("pick_list", ["BrandX", "Placebo", "Generic"])

Table 1. reclassifynode properties
`reclassifynode` properties	Data type	Property description
`mode`	`Single` `Multiple`	`Single` reclassifies the categories for one field. `Multiple` activates options enabling the transformation of more than one field at a time.
`replace_field`	flag
`field`	string	Used only in Single mode.
`new_name`	string	Used only in Single mode.
`fields`	[field1 field2 ... fieldn]	Used only in Multiple mode.
`name_extension`	string	Used only in Multiple mode.
`add_as`	`Suffix` `Prefix`	Used only in Multiple mode.
`reclassify`	string	Structured property for field values.
`use_default`	flag	Use the default value.
`default`	string	Specify a default value.
`pick_list`	[string string … string]	Allows a user to import a list of known new values to populate the drop-down list in the table.