Set Variable Name

Variable Name

Type in a name for the predictor variable to be created. This must be a unique name, i.e. the same name cannot be assigned to two or more different predictor variables. The name must have a length of at least 1 character and can have a maximum length of 20 characters (ISO basic Latin alphabet). The name cannot contain numbers, spaces or special characters. It is recommended to use a name that will help users to identify the input dataset that the predictor was derived from (e.g. use "landuse" rather than "PredictorOne"). Click the Enter button.

Name Schema for Polygon Area or Value within Buffer

Predictor variables extracted through this method will appear in the following name schema:

pA_[name entered by user]_[category name]_[buffer distance]_[aggregation method]

where:

Examples:

pA_landusearea_residential_500_sum - This predictor variable was extracted using a land use polygon feature class. The feature class contained a number of land use categories and this predictor contains the total area of residential land use within a 500m buffer

pA_popdensweighted_dummy_1000_wtv - This predictor variable was extracted using a feature class of population density polygons. This feature class contains only one category, therefore a dummy text field was created and all rows were set to the string "dummy". The naming schema shows that this predictor variable contains area weighted values within a 1000m buffer.