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Varicent ELT Assistant

Text sentiment

Use the Text sentiment tool to get a general idea of a subjective measure of text values.

Categorizes writing as one of these sentiments:

  • Negative, represented as -1

  • Neutral, represented as 0

  • Positive, represented as 1

This tool also adds a subjectivity score.

Configuration

Use the following configuration options to help configure the Text sentiment tool.

Configuring the Text sentiment tool

  1. Go to the Pipes module from the side navigation bar.

  2. From the Pipes tab, click an existing pipe to open, or create a new pipe. To create a new pipe, read the Creating a pipe documentation.

  3. In the Pipe builder, add a data source to your pipe. For more information on adding a data source, see the Data Input tool.Data Input

  4. Click symon_add_icon.png + Tool.

    The Tools modal opens, where you can add tools, such as the  Aggregate  tool, to your pipe.

  5. In the Tools modal search bar, type Text sentiment, and then click + Add Tool.

    Tip

    You can also find the Text sentiment tool in the Learn section.

  6. Click the tool node and drag the line to the next tool to connect the tools. If you need to undo the action, click the line and then click Unlink.

  7. In the configuration pane, under Target column, select the target column to use to get a general subjective measure of the text values.

Usage example

You can run this tool against a text column that contains product reviews. This will give you a sense of whether a product is generally reviewed positively or negatively.