Workshop Setup

Before we get started with the workshop, you will need to download some assets and setup your environment.

This section is broken up into the following steps:

1. Download Assets
2. Create IBM Cloud Account and IBM Cloud Pak for Data services
3. Create a Project
4. Upload the data
5. Conclusion

Note: You can click on any image in the instructions below to zoom in and see more details. When you do that just click on your browser's back button to return to the previous page.

1. Download Assets

Various parts of this workshop will require the attendee to upload files or run scripts. These artifacts have been collected in the following two zip files which you can download using the links below. For each line below, click on the [Download] link to get the file. If the link isn't working for you, try clicking the [Mirror] to get it from a backup server. You'll need these files in the next sections.

• Jumpstart your Journey with Cloud Pak for Data Project - [Download] | [Mirror]

2. Create IBM Cloud account and service

We need to provision our Cloud Pak for Data as a Service instance. Cloud Pak for Data provides you with an integrated set of capabilities for collecting and organizing your data into a trusted, unified view, and then creating and scaling AI models across your business.

• Launch a web browser and navigate to IBM Cloud Pak for Data using the region US, Dallas

• You can then log in using your IBMid if you have one or create a new IBMid.

• If you do not have an IBMid, enter your email address and accept the terms checkbox in the Create a new IBM Cloud Account section. Then click the Next button to complete the process of creating a new account.

• If you are a returning user, click on the Log in with your IBMid link. > Note: If you are a returning user and you have watson services in a different region than the pre-selected one, you will see an error message telling you to select that region instead. See the FAQ section for help.

• The services required for IBM Cloud Pak for Data will be automatically provisioned for you. Once you see a message that says that the apps are ready to use, click on Go to IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

3. Create a project

Import the Project

In Cloud Pak for Data, we use the concept of a project to collect / organize the resources used to achieve a particular goal (resources to build a solution to a problem). Your project resources can include data, collaborators, and analytic assets like notebooks and models, etc.

• Once you are on Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. Click on the (☰) navigation menu on the top left, expand Projects and click on the View all projects link.

• Click on the New project button on the top. Note: If you already have existing projects, your screen will look different from the screenshot below. In that case, click on the New project + button on the top right.

• Click on Create a project from a sample or file.

• Click on the browse link and in the file browser popup, navigate to where you downloaded the files for this lab. Then select the DDC2021-jumpstart-your-journey.zip.

• Give the project a name and optional description. You also need to provide an object storage instance for this project. If you have not previously created a Cloud Object Storage instance in your IBM Cloud account, you can create one now by clicking Add. Note: If you do have an existing storage service, select it from the drop down list and click the Create button.

• A new tab opens up, where you can create the Cloud Object Service. By default, a Lite (Free) plan will be selected. Scroll down and update the name of your Cloud Object Storage service if you wish, and click Create.

• The browser tab will automatically close when the Cloud Object Storage instance has been created. Back on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service, click Refresh.

• The newly created Cloud Object Storage instance will now be displayed under "Storage". Click Create to finish creating the project.

• Once the project is succesfully created you will be brought to the project overview page (Note:You may be presented with a project tour pop up window, go ahead and close it)

4. Upload the data

We'll use a data set from Kaggle for this workshop. You'll need to download it to your local machine, then upload to your project running in Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.

• Download the data to your laptop or PC by clicking this link.

• In your project, click on Add to project + and then choose the tile for Data. Alternately, under Data assets click New data asset +.

• Wait on this page until the upload completes. You should see the file insurance.csv under your Data assets.

You are now ready to move on to the next module of this workshop.

FAQ

Q1: I get the That email address is already registered to an IBM Cloud account. messsage.

A: You must already have an IBMid account. Follow the login link provided in the error message to login to your existing account.

6. Conclusion

At this point we are done with this section. We have completed creating an IBM Cloud account, a Cloud Pak for Data as a Service instance, and the project that we will use in the rest of this workshop.