{
  "id": 481213,
  "title": "Confusion regarding case id",
  "url": "/competitions/home-credit-credit-risk-model-stability/discussion/481213",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2024-03-02T17:05:48.549832100Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi, I have just started working on the problem and I am pretty new to all of this. My doubt is regarding what <code>case_id</code> represents?<br>\nMy understanding is each <code>case_id</code> relates to a single person or entity. Am I right about this?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2678172",
      "postDate": "03/02/2024 17:05:48",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I have just started working on the problem and I am pretty new to all of this. My doubt is regarding what <code>case_id</code> represents?<br>\nMy understanding is each <code>case_id</code> relates to a single person or entity. Am I right about this?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I have just started working on the problem and I am pretty new to all of this. My doubt is regarding what `case_id` represents?\nMy understanding is each `case_id` relates to a single person or entity. Am I right about this?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2678320",
      "postDate": "03/02/2024 18:18:55",
      "content": "<p>Hi Suranjan,<br>\ncase_id represent loan application. From data perspective, each case_id contains client's data as of datetime of application. There might be multiple loans from one client in the datasample.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Suranjan,\ncase_id represent loan application. From data perspective, each case_id contains client's data as of datetime of application. There might be multiple loans from one client in the datasample.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "2678354",
      "postDate": "03/02/2024 18:31:42",
      "content": "<p>Thanks, but for depth-1 and depth-2 tables there are multiple records against a single case_id which I guess past applications. So, that necessarily means those are made by same client or is it? What does it mean to have historical records if case_id denotes loan applicaton?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, but for depth-1 and depth-2 tables there are multiple records against a single case_id which I guess past applications. So, that necessarily means those are made by same client or is it? What does it mean to have historical records if case_id denotes loan applicaton?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2678436",
      "postDate": "03/02/2024 19:14:33",
      "content": "<p>In general yes, that's the purpose of depth-1 (where we have multiple records related to case_id) and depth-2 (where there are multiple records related to depth-2) -&gt; you need to do some aggregation / feature engineering…<br>\nExact meaning depends on each attribute - it can be past applications, loans in other financial institutions, contact persons,…</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In general yes, that's the purpose of depth-1 (where we have multiple records related to case_id) and depth-2 (where there are multiple records related to depth-2) -> you need to do some aggregation / feature engineering...\nExact meaning depends on each attribute - it can be past applications, loans in other financial institutions, contact persons,...",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2678320,
      "author_name": "tomasjeline2",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/02/2024 18:18:55",
      "content": "<p>Hi Suranjan,<br>\ncase_id represent loan application. From data perspective, each case_id contains client's data as of datetime of application. There might be multiple loans from one client in the datasample.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2678354,
          "author_name": "suranjandas1990",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/02/2024 18:31:42",
          "content": "<p>Thanks, but for depth-1 and depth-2 tables there are multiple records against a single case_id which I guess past applications. So, that necessarily means those are made by same client or is it? What does it mean to have historical records if case_id denotes loan applicaton?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2678436,
              "author_name": "tomasjeline2",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "03/02/2024 19:14:33",
              "content": "<p>In general yes, that's the purpose of depth-1 (where we have multiple records related to case_id) and depth-2 (where there are multiple records related to depth-2) -&gt; you need to do some aggregation / feature engineering…<br>\nExact meaning depends on each attribute - it can be past applications, loans in other financial institutions, contact persons,…</p>",
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            }
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    "2678172": "Hi, I have just started working on the problem and I am pretty new to all of this. My doubt is regarding what `case_id` represents?\nMy understanding is each `case_id` relates to a single person or entity. Am I right about this?",
    "2678320": "Hi Suranjan,\ncase_id represent loan application. From data perspective, each case_id contains client's data as of datetime of application. There might be multiple loans from one client in the datasample.",
    "2678354": "Thanks, but for depth-1 and depth-2 tables there are multiple records against a single case_id which I guess past applications. So, that necessarily means those are made by same client or is it? What does it mean to have historical records if case_id denotes loan applicaton?",
    "2678436": "In general yes, that's the purpose of depth-1 (where we have multiple records related to case_id) and depth-2 (where there are multiple records related to depth-2) -> you need to do some aggregation / feature engineering...\nExact meaning depends on each attribute - it can be past applications, loans in other financial institutions, contact persons,..."
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