The steps for creating a Watson Analytics prediction are straightforward:
Once you have clicked on Create, Watson Analytics will generate the prediction.
The following screenshot shows a prediction generated based on a Watson Analytics sample dataset:
Once a Watson Analytics prediction has been generated, you can view its results.
Across the top of the prediction page is the top predictors bar (shown in the following screenshot), where you can click to select a particular predictor that is interesting to you:
On the Main Insight section of the prediction page (shown in the next screenshot for our example), you can examine the top insights that Watson Analytics was able to derive from the data:
From the Main Insights section, you can access (by clicking on the top predictor found—shown circled in the following screenshot) the Details page, which gives you the ability to drill into the details for the individual fields and interactions of your prediction:
After you view the results, you might want to customize the prediction, to refine the analysis in order to produce additional insights. IBM Watson Analytics allows you to change the number of targets and see the effect of the change on the prediction results. In addition, Watson Analytics allows you to save your updated prediction or revert at any time to any particular version, as desired.