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Reads a saved il_model object from .json or .rds.

Usage

il_load(path)

Arguments

path

A file path (character string) to a saved model.

Value

An il_model object.

Details

Settings JSON is loaded into an il_model that can be used with il_attach() and predict(). The database connection and any in-database tables are not loaded.

JSON imports reconstruct equivalent SQL-backed comparison and blocking behavior for use after il_attach(). They do not necessarily recreate the original irelink helper objects or transform functions stored in the original spec.

Examples

df <- data.frame(
  unique_id = 1:20,
  first_name = c(
    'John', 'Jon', 'Jane', 'Jane', 'Bob',
    'Bobby', 'Alice', 'Alicia', 'Tom', 'Thomas',
    'John', 'Jon', 'Jane', 'Janet', 'Bob',
    'Robert', 'Alice', 'Alison', 'Tom', 'Tomas'
  ),
  surname = c(
    'Smith', 'Smith', 'Doe', 'Doe', 'Jones',
    'Jones', 'Brown', 'Brown', 'White', 'White',
    'Smith', 'Smyth', 'Doe', 'Doe', 'Jones',
    'Jones', 'Brown', 'Browne', 'White', 'White'
  ),
  dob = c(
    '1990-01-01', '1990-01-01', '1985-06-15', '1985-06-15',
    '2000-12-01', '2000-12-01', '1975-03-22', '1975-03-22',
    '1988-07-04', '1988-07-04', '1990-01-01', '1990-01-02',
    '1985-06-15', '1985-06-16', '2000-12-01', '2000-12-02',
    '1975-03-22', '1975-03-23', '1988-07-04', '1988-07-05'
  )
)
con <- DBI::dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
spec <- il_spec() |>
  il_compare(first_name, cl_jaro_winkler(0.9, 0.7)) |>
  il_compare(surname, cl_jaro_winkler(0.9, 0.7)) |>
  il_compare(dob, cl_exact()) |>
  il_block_on(surname) |>
  il_block_on(first_name)
model <- il_model(df, spec = spec, con = con)
model <- il_estimate_u(model)
model <- il_estimate_em(model, block_on(surname))
#> EM trained: first_name and dob | skipped (blocked on): surname
tmp <- tempfile(fileext = '.rds')
il_save(model, tmp)

loaded <- il_load(tmp)
DBI::dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE)