Retail Predictive Analytics with Weather (using SPSS and Cognos)

Use machine-learning models and The Weather Company data to help you understand how a retail inventory manager, marketer and retail sales planner can quickly determine the optimal combination of store, product and weather condition to maximize revenue uplift, know what to keep in inventory, where to send a marketing offer or provide a future financial outlook.

What's included?

• A structured business glossary of business terms.
• Sample data science assets
• A sample dashboard to visualize the results of the analysis.

How does it work?

The glossary provides the information architecture that you need to understand weather related business measures. Your data scientists can use the predictive models and dashboards to accelerate data preparation, machine learning modeling, and data reporting.

Easily visualize which retail locations, products, and weather conditions have higher predicted revenue uplift in sales based on season to improve product inventory planning and improve marketing campaign effectiveness, optimal inventory and financial forecasting.

When you import the accelerator:

• The data science assets are added to a new analytics project.
• The terms are added to your business glossary under the Retail Predictive Analytics with Weather category in the Industry Accelerators category.
• The dashboard shows how analysts, marketers, inventory mangers, and retail planners can take advantage of predicted percent uplift.

Prerequisites

Required services: To use the industry accelerators, you must install one or more of the following services on IBM® Cloud Pak for Data

Importing the accelerator

To use this accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data v4.7.0.0, complete the following steps:

1. Download the retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator.zip file, which is available on the https://github.com/IBM/Industry-Accelerators repository.
2. Determine how you want to import the accelerator:
1. All components can be installed by following these steps:
1. Download the Industry Accelerators import script to the same path as the accelerator zip file downloaded above : import-accelerator-script download link
   Note : Ensure that the downloaded zip file and script are in the same path or the import will fail.
2. Run one of the following commands to import the accelerator content into Cloud Pak for Data.
   

   Example 1: Run the import in interactive mode. When prompted, enter the required information.

   ./import-accelerator-script.sh

   Example 2: For a list of all available options, including how to pass arguments to the import script, enter the command:

   ./import-accelerator-script.sh --help

   Example 3: Run the import passing arguments. The following command will import the accelerator into a project named "retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator" on Cloud Pak for Data.

   ./import-accelerator-script.sh --hostname https://hostname:port --username username --password password --name "retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator"

3. To import the governance artifacts into Watson Knowledge Catalog, go into the project and run the import-wkc-notebook-job. Refer the Readme section for detailed instructions.
2. If you would like to import via UI, follow these steps:
1. Import the ZIP file that defines the analytics project to Cloud Pak for Data. The file name should have the following format: accelerator-name-industry-accelerator.zip.

   See Importing a project.

2. For next steps refer to the Readme document after the importing the ZIP file.

To use this accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data v4.6.0.0, complete the following steps:

1. Download the retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator.tar.gz file, which is available on the https://github.com/IBM/Industry-Accelerators repository.
2. Extract the contents of the package.
3. Determine how you want to import the accelerator:
   • If your Cloud Pak for Data user account has Admin privileges, all components can be installed by following these steps:
     1. From a command prompt, run the following command to extract the contents of the package:

        tar -xvf {TARFILENAME}

     2. Run the following command to navigate into the folder with the accelerator artefacts extracted from the tar.gz file.

        cd retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator

     3. Run one of the following commands to import the accelerator content into Cloud Pak for Data.
        

        Example 1: Run the import in interactive mode. When prompted, enter the required information.

        ./import-accelerator-script.sh

        Example 2: For a list of all available options, including how to pass arguments to the import script, enter the command:

        ./import-accelerator-script.sh --help

        Example 3: Run the import passing arguments. The following command will: import the accelerator into a project named "retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator" and import categories and business terms into Watson Knowledge Catalog.

        ./import-accelerator-script.sh --hostname https://hostname:port --username username --password password --name "retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator"

        Example 4: Run the import passing additional arguments to publish the business glossary terms.

        ./import-accelerator-script.sh --hostname https://hostname:port --username username --password password --name "retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator" --publish_glossary

   • If you would like to pick which components you import, complete the below steps,
     1. Import the ZIP file that defines the analytics project to Cloud Pak for Data. The file name should have the following format: accelerator-name-analytics-project.zip.

        See Importing a project.

     2. Import the governance artifacts to Cloud Pak for Data:
        1. Log into the Cloud Pak for Data web client as a user that has the Manage categories permission and the Author governance artifacts permission.
        2. Import the CSV file that defines the categories. The file name should have the following format: accelerator-name-glossary-categories.csv.

           See Managing categories.

        3. Import the CSV file that defines the business terms. The file name should have the following format: accelerator-name-glossary-terms.csv.

           See Managing business terms for the business glossary.

     To use this accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data v4.5.0.0, complete the following steps:

     1. Download the retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator.tar.gz file, which is available on the https://github.com/IBM/Industry-Accelerators repository.
     2. Determine how you want to import the accelerator:
        • Complete the same steps, as described above for Cloud Pak for Data v4.6.0.0, to import accelerator components.
     
     

     To use this accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data v4.0.1.0, complete the following steps:

     1. Download the retail-analytics-with-weather-industry-accelerator.tar.gz file, which is available on the https://github.com/IBM/Industry-Accelerators repository.
     2. Determine how you want to import the accelerator:
        • Complete the same steps, as described above for Cloud Pak for Data v4.6.0.0, to import accelerator components.
     
     

     Other Industry Accelerators you may be interested in

     • Sales Prediction using The Weather Company Data
     • Retail Analytics with Weather (using SPSS and Cognos)

     Release Notes

     This accelerator has been verified on:

     • Cloud Pak for Data v4.7.0.0
     • Cloud Pak for Data v4.6.0.0
     • Cloud Pak for Data v4.5.0.0
     • Cloud Pak for Data v4.0.1.0

     About the developer:

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     Before you use the Industry Accelerators, you must agree on these additional terms and conditions that are set forth here.
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