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Text sentiment

Abstract

Use text sentiment 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.

When to use this tool

Use when you want to get a general idea of a subjective measure of 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.

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 your Pipe builder add your data source.

  4. On the canvas toolbar, click symon_add_icon.png + Tool.

  5. In the Tools modal search bar, type Text sentiment.

    Tip

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

  6. Connect the tool to your data set.

  7. In the configuration pane, enter the following information:

    Table 79. Text sentiment tool configuration

    Field

    Description

    Target column

    Select the target column to use to get a general subjective measure of the text values.