The PROJECT Entity

MindsDB introduces the PROJECT entity that lets you create projects to store your ML experiments. In SQL words each project is a new database.

Working with `PROJECTS`

Creating `PROJECTS`

You can create projects to store your models, making the structure like this:

project_alpha
├─ models
├─ models_versions
├─ model_a
├─ model_b
project_beta
├─ models
├─ models_versions
├─ model_c

Here is how you create a project:

CREATE DATABASE project_alpha;

Viewing `PROJECTS`

There are two ways you can list all your databases and projects:

Use the SHOW DATABASES command:

SHOW DATABASES;

On execution, we get:

+----------------------+
| Database             |
+----------------------+
| information_schema   |
| mindsdb              |
| project_alpha        |
| project_beta         |
| files                |
+----------------------+

Use the SHOW FULL DATABASES command to get more details:

SHOW FULL DATABASES;

On execution, we get:

+----------------------+----------+-----------+
| Database             | TYPE     | ENGINE    |
+----------------------+----------+-----------+
| information_schema   | system   | [NULL]    |
| mindsdb              | project  | [NULL]    |
| project_alpha        | project  | [NULL]    |
| project_beta         | project  | [NULL]    |
| files                | data     | files     |
+----------------------+----------+-----------+

Dropping `PROJECTS`

Here is how you can remove a project:

DROP DATABASE project_alpha;

On execution, we get:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (x.xxx sec)

Cannot Drop a Project

Please note that if your project stores at least one table, it cannot be removed. In this case, you should first drop all the tables, such as models and views, belonging to this project, and then, you can remove the project. Please see the Example section for details.

Working with `MODELS`

Creating `MODELS`

Here is how you create a model within the project:

CREATE MODEL project_alpha.model_a
FROM integration_name
    (SELECT * FROM table_name)
PREDICT target;

On execution, we get:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (x.xxx sec)

Viewing `MODELS`

To see all the models from all projects, run the command below.

SHOW MODELS;

On execution, we get:

+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|NAME     |PROJECT       |STATUS  |ACCURACY|PREDICT  |UPDATE_STATUS|MINDSDB_VERSION|ERROR |SELECT_DATA_QUERY       |TRAINING_OPTIONS    |
+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|model_a  |project_alpha |complete|0.999   |target   |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b  |project_alpha |complete|0.999   |target   |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_c  |project_beta  |complete|0.999   |target   |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+

And if you want to list all the models from a defined project, run either of the commands below.

SHOW MODELS 
FROM project_alpha;
-- or
SELECT * 
FROM project_alpha.models;

On execution, we get:

+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|NAME     |PROJECT       |STATUS  |ACCURACY|PREDICT  |UPDATE_STATUS|MINDSDB_VERSION|ERROR |SELECT_DATA_QUERY       |TRAINING_OPTIONS    |
+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|model_a  |project_alpha |complete|0.999   |target   |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b  |project_alpha |complete|0.999   |target   |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+

Here is how to run a detailed search:

SHOW MODELS 
FROM project_alpha 
LIKE 'model_a' 
WHERE status='complete';

On execution, we get:

+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|NAME     |PROJECT       |STATUS  |ACCURACY|PREDICT  |UPDATE_STATUS|MINDSDB_VERSION|ERROR |SELECT_DATA_QUERY       |TRAINING_OPTIONS    |
+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|model_a  |project_alpha |complete|0.999   |target   |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
+---------+--------------+--------+--------+---------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+

Dropping `MODELS`

To drop a model, run this command:

DROP MODEL project_alpha.model_a;

On execution, we get:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (x.xxx sec)

Working with `MODELS_VERSION`

There is a models_versions table for each project that stores all the versions of your models.

Here is how to query for all model versions from all the projects:

SELECT * 
FROM information_schema.models_versions;

On execution, we get:

+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|NAME   |PROJECT      |ACTIVE|VERSION|STATUS  |ACCURACY|PREDICT|UPDATE_STATUS|MINDSDB_VERSION|ERROR |SELECT_DATA_QUERY       |TRAINING_OPTIONS    |
+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|model_a|project_alpha|true  |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b|project_alpha|true  |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_c|project_beta |true  |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+

Example

If there is more training data available, you don’t need to recreate your model. Instead, use the RETRAIN command.

RETRAIN project_alpha.model_b;

After the retraining process completes, here is what you get:

SELECT * 
FROM information_schema.models_versions;

On execution, we get:

+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|NAME   |PROJECT      |ACTIVE|VERSION|STATUS  |ACCURACY|PREDICT|UPDATE_STATUS|MINDSDB_VERSION|ERROR |SELECT_DATA_QUERY       |TRAINING_OPTIONS    |
+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|model_a|project_alpha|true  |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b|project_alpha|false |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b|project_alpha|true  |2      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_c|project_beta |true  |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+

Now, the model_b model has two records storing its two versions, out of which one is active.

You can also query for model versions of a project using this SELECT statement:

SELECT * FROM project_alpha.models_versions;

On execution, we get:

+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|NAME   |PROJECT      |ACTIVE|VERSION|STATUS  |ACCURACY|PREDICT|UPDATE_STATUS|MINDSDB_VERSION|ERROR |SELECT_DATA_QUERY       |TRAINING_OPTIONS    |
+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+
|model_a|project_alpha|true  |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b|project_alpha|false |1      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
|model_b|project_alpha|true  |2      |complete|0.999   |target |up_to_date   |22.10.2.1      |[NULL]|SELECT * FROM table_name|{'target': 'target'}|
+-------+-------------+------+-------+--------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------+------+------------------------+--------------------+

Working with `TABLES`

The models that you create with the CREATE MODEL command are simple tables within a project. Therefore, you can use the SHOW [FULL] TABLES commands to query for them.

Here is how to query for tables from all databases/projects/schemas:

SELECT table_schema, table_name, table_type
FROM information_schema.tables 
WHERE table_type IN ('BASE TABLE', 'MODEL');

On execution, we get:

+--------------+----------------+------------+
|table_schema  |table_name      |table_type
+--------------+----------------+------------+
|mindsdb       |models          |BASE TABLE  |
|mindsdb       |models_versions |BASE TABLE  |
|project_alpha |models          |BASE TABLE  |
|project_alpha |models_versions |BASE TABLE  |
|project_beta  |models          |BASE TABLE  |
|project_beta  |models_versions |BASE TABLE  |
|project_alpha |model_a         |MODEL       |
|project_alpha |model_b         |MODEL       |
|project_beta  |model_c         |MODEL       |
+--------------+----------------+------------+

Default Tables

Please note that each project contains two tables by default. These are the models table and the models_versions table.

There are also shortcut commands to query for the tables:

Querying for tables from the default project:

SHOW TABLES;

On execution, we get:

+---------------------+
|Tables_in_mindsdb    |
+---------------------+
|models               |
|models_versions      |
+---------------------+

Or, to get more details:

SHOW FULL TABLES;

On execution, we get:

+---------------------+-----------+
|Tables_in_mindsdb    |Table_type |
+---------------------+-----------+
|models               |BASE TABLE |
|models_versions      |BASE TABLE |
+---------------------+-----------+

How to Set a Default Project

The default project is set to mindsdb. If you want to change it, run the USE project_name; command.

Querying for tables from a defined project:

SHOW TABLES FROM project_alpha;

On execution, we get:

+-------------------------+
|Tables_in_project_alpha  |
+-------------------------+
|models                   |
|models_versions          |
|model_a                  |
|model_b                  |
+-------------------------+

Or, to get more details:

SHOW FULL TABLES FROM project_alpha;

On execution, we get:

+-------------------------+-----------+
|Tables_in_project_alpha  |Table_type |
+-------------------------+-----------+
|models                   |BASE TABLE |
|models_versions          |BASE TABLE |
|model_a                  |MODEL      |
|model_b                  |MODEL      |
+-------------------------+-----------+

Example

Let’s create a project.

CREATE DATABASE my_project;

To verify that the project was created successfully, let’s run the command below.

SHOW FULL DATABASES;

On execution, we get:

+------------------+-------+------+
|Database          |TYPE   |ENGINE|
+------------------+-------+------+
|information_schema|system |[NULL]|
|mindsdb           |project|[NULL]|
|my_project        |project|[NULL]|
|files             |data   |files |
+------------------+-------+------+

Default Databases

Please note that information_schema, mindsdb, and files are the default databases. For more information, please visit our docs on MindsDB default structure.

Now we create a model within the project.

CREATE MODEL my_project.my_model
FROM example_db
    (SELECT * FROM demo_data.home_rentals)
PREDICT rental_price;

Also, let’s create a view.

CREATE VIEW my_project.my_view (
    SELECT * 
    FROM example_db.demo_data.home_rentals
);

Here is what we have in the my_project project.

SHOW TABLES FROM my_project;

On execution, we get:

+--------------------+
|Tables_in_my_project|
+--------------------+
|models              |
|models_versions     |
|my_model            |
|my_view             |
+--------------------+

Let’s try to delete our project.

DROP DATABASE my_project;

On execution, we get:

Project 'my_project' can not be deleted, because it contains tables: my_model, my_view

Users should remove all project content before dropping a project.

DROP MODEL my_project.my_model;
DROP VIEW my_project.my_view;

Now we can proceed to drop a project.

DROP DATABASE my_project;

​Working with PROJECTS

​Creating PROJECTS

​Viewing PROJECTS

​Dropping PROJECTS

​Working with MODELS

​Creating MODELS

​Viewing MODELS

​Dropping MODELS

​Working with MODELS_VERSION

​Working with TABLES

​Example

Working with `PROJECTS`

Creating `PROJECTS`

Viewing `PROJECTS`

Dropping `PROJECTS`

Working with `MODELS`

Creating `MODELS`

Viewing `MODELS`

Dropping `MODELS`

Working with `MODELS_VERSION`

Working with `TABLES`

Example