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How to solve Google AutoML error: The target column can not contain invalid value for regression

I am trying to do AutoML training for binary-regression on a column with just 2 possible values:

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As you can see, it's just either "up" or "down", there is no null or missing value. Seems simple enough but I am getting this error:

Error Messages: The target column nextday_direction can not contain invalid value for regression.

What invalid value is it talking about? Does Google regression training have to be 0 or 1? No distinct value allowed?

Here is my training settings:

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Solution

  • Turn out it is indeed have to be numeric, distinct value doesn't work, changed up/down to 0/1 and it works fine.