Generated from protobuf enum COMBINED_EMBEDDING = 5;
CONCAT_EMBEDDING
Value: 6
Select this encoding when the input tensor is encoded into a
2-dimensional array represented by an encoded tensor.
InputMetadata.encoded_tensor_name
must be provided for this encoding. The first dimension of the encoded
tensor's shape is the same as the input tensor's shape. For example:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Google Cloud Ai Platform V1 Client - Class Encoding (1.35.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.35.0 (latest)](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/latest/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [1.34.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/1.34.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [1.33.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/1.33.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [1.32.1](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/1.32.1/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- 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[0.26.2](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.26.2/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.25.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.25.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.24.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.24.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.23.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.23.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.22.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.22.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.21.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.21.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.20.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.20.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.19.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.19.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.18.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.18.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.17.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.17.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.16.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.16.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.15.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.15.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.13.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.13.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.12.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.12.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.11.1](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.11.1/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding)\n- [0.10.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/0.10.0/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding) \nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Ai Platform V1 Client class Encoding.\n\nDefines how a feature is encoded. Defaults to IDENTITY.\n\nProtobuf type `google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata.Encoding`\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\nGoogle \\\\ Cloud \\\\ AIPlatform \\\\ V1 \\\\ ExplanationMetadata \\\\ InputMetadata\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### static::name\n\n### static::value\n\nConstants\n---------\n\n### ENCODING_UNSPECIFIED\n\n Value: 0\n\nDefault value. This is the same as IDENTITY.\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `ENCODING_UNSPECIFIED = 0;`\n\n### IDENTITY\n\n Value: 1\n\nThe tensor represents one feature.\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `IDENTITY = 1;`\n\n### BAG_OF_FEATURES\n\n Value: 2\n\nThe tensor represents a bag of features where each index maps to\na feature.\n\n[InputMetadata.index_feature_mapping](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/latest/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata#_Google_Cloud_AIPlatform_V1_ExplanationMetadata_InputMetadata__getIndexFeatureMapping__)\nmust be provided for this encoding. For example: \n\n input = [27, 6.0, 150]\n index_feature_mapping = [\"age\", \"height\", \"weight\"]\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `BAG_OF_FEATURES = 2;`\n\n### BAG_OF_FEATURES_SPARSE\n\n Value: 3\n\nThe tensor represents a bag of features where each index maps to a\nfeature. Zero values in the tensor indicates feature being\nnon-existent.\n\n[InputMetadata.index_feature_mapping](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/latest/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata#_Google_Cloud_AIPlatform_V1_ExplanationMetadata_InputMetadata__getIndexFeatureMapping__)\nmust be provided for this encoding. For example: \n\n input = [2, 0, 5, 0, 1]\n index_feature_mapping = [\"a\", \"b\", \"c\", \"d\", \"e\"]\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `BAG_OF_FEATURES_SPARSE = 3;`\n\n### INDICATOR\n\n Value: 4\n\nThe tensor is a list of binaries representing whether a feature exists\nor not (1 indicates existence).\n\n[InputMetadata.index_feature_mapping](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/latest/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata#_Google_Cloud_AIPlatform_V1_ExplanationMetadata_InputMetadata__getIndexFeatureMapping__)\nmust be provided for this encoding. For example: \n\n input = [1, 0, 1, 0, 1]\n index_feature_mapping = [\"a\", \"b\", \"c\", \"d\", \"e\"]\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `INDICATOR = 4;`\n\n### COMBINED_EMBEDDING\n\n Value: 5\n\nThe tensor is encoded into a 1-dimensional array represented by an\nencoded tensor.\n\n[InputMetadata.encoded_tensor_name](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/latest/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata#_Google_Cloud_AIPlatform_V1_ExplanationMetadata_InputMetadata__getEncodedTensorName__)\nmust be provided for this encoding. For example: \n\n input = [\"This\", \"is\", \"a\", \"test\", \".\"]\n encoded = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `COMBINED_EMBEDDING = 5;`\n\n### CONCAT_EMBEDDING\n\n Value: 6\n\nSelect this encoding when the input tensor is encoded into a\n2-dimensional array represented by an encoded tensor.\n\n[InputMetadata.encoded_tensor_name](/php/docs/reference/cloud-ai-platform/latest/V1.ExplanationMetadata.InputMetadata#_Google_Cloud_AIPlatform_V1_ExplanationMetadata_InputMetadata__getEncodedTensorName__)\nmust be provided for this encoding. The first dimension of the encoded\ntensor's shape is the same as the input tensor's shape. For example: \n\n input = [\"This\", \"is\", \"a\", \"test\", \".\"]\n encoded = [[0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5],\n [0.2, 0.1, 0.4, 0.3, 0.5],\n [0.5, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.4],\n [0.5, 0.3, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4],\n [0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.5, 0.1]]\n\nGenerated from protobuf enum `CONCAT_EMBEDDING = 6;`"]]