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  • This categorize function is deployed in bigfunctions GCP project in 39 datasets for all of the 39 BigQuery regions. You need to use the dataset in the same region as your datasets (otherwise you may have a function not found error).
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Public BigFunctions Datasets:

Region Dataset
eu bigfunctions.eu
us bigfunctions.us
europe-west1 bigfunctions.europe_west1
asia-east1 bigfunctions.asia_east1
... ...

Description

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categorize(items)

Description

Categorize items in categories and subcategories.

Using GenAi, this function generates a hierarchy of categories and subcategories that best represents the given items. (items: must be a json array of strings or or objects).

It returns a json array of objects as:

[
  {item: first_item,     ...
]

Examples

1. Categorize texts

select bigfunctions.eu.categorize(json '''[
    "this is a great application"
    "i cannot connect"
  ]'''
  )
select bigfunctions.us.categorize(json '''[
    "this is a great application"
    "i cannot connect"
  ]'''
  )
select bigfunctions.europe_west1.categorize(json '''[
    "this is a great application"
    "i cannot connect"
  ]'''
  )
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| categories                                                                                                                                                             |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [
  {'item': 'this is a great application', 'category': 'General Feedback/Positive Review'},
  {'item': 'i cannot connect', 'category': 'App Issues/Login Issues'},
]
 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

2. Categorize User Reviews of Nickel App in App Store

select bigfunctions.eu.categorize(
  (
    select to_json(array_agg(content))
    from bigfunctions.eu.get_appstore_reviews(
      'https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/nickel-compte-pour-tous/id1119225763'
    )
  )
  )
select bigfunctions.us.categorize(
  (
    select to_json(array_agg(content))
    from bigfunctions.us.get_appstore_reviews(
      'https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/nickel-compte-pour-tous/id1119225763'
    )
  )
  )
select bigfunctions.europe_west1.categorize(
  (
    select to_json(array_agg(content))
    from bigfunctions.europe_west1.get_appstore_reviews(
      'https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/nickel-compte-pour-tous/id1119225763'
    )
  )
  )
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| categories                                                                                                                                                             |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [
  {'item': 'this is a great application', 'category': 'General Feedback/Positive Review'},
  {'item': 'i cannot connect', 'category': 'App Issues/Login Issues'},
]
 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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