Snowpark ML Ops: Model Registry

Note

The model registry API described in this topic is available in the Snowpark ML package version 1.2.0 and later.

A part of Snowpark ML Operations (MLOps), the Snowpark Model Registry allows customers to securely manage models and their metadata in Snowflake, regardless of origin. The Snowpark Model Registry stores machine learning models as first-class schema-level objects in Snowflake so they can easily be found and used by others in your organization. You can create registries, and store models in them, using Snowpark ML. Models can have multiple versions, and you can designate a version as the default.

Note

A GUI for model management in Snowflake is available to select customers. Contact your account team for access.

Once you have stored a model, you can invoke its methods (equivalent to functions or stored procedures) to perform model operations, such as inference, in a Snowflake virtual warehouse.

Tip

See Introduction to Machine Learning with Snowpark ML for an example of an end-to-end workflow in Snowpark ML, including the model registry.

If you have models in Microsoft Azure Machine Learning or in Amazon SageMaker, see Deploying Models from Azure ML and SageMaker to Snowpark ML.

The three main objects in the Snowpark Model Registry API are:

  • snowflake.ml.registry.Registry: Manages models within a schema.

  • snowflake.ml.model.Model: Represents a model.

  • snowflake.ml.model.ModelVersion: Represents a version of a model.

For detailed information on these classes, see the Snowpark ML API Reference.

The Snowpark Model Registry supports the following types of models.

This topic describes how to perform registry operations in Python using Snowpark ML. You can also perform many registry operations in SQL after your model has been added to the registry. For more information, see Model Commands.

Differences from Private Preview

Snowflake previously made a model registry available privately to select customers. The registry feature described in this topic has significant changes to functionality and APIs compared to the private preview version. Most notably, the model registry functionality is now hosted natively inside Snowflake using a new schema-level object.

Note

This public preview version does not yet support deploying models to Snowpark Container Services (SPCS). If you rely on this functionality, continue to use the private preview registry for now.

For details on the differences between these two APIs, see Snowpark ML Ops: Migrating from the Model Registry Preview API.

Required Privileges

To create a model, you must either own the schema where the model is created or have the CREATE MODEL privilege on it. To use a model, you must either own the model or have the USAGE privilege on it.

Opening the Snowpark Model Registry

Models are first-class Snowflake objects and can be organized within a database and schema along with other Snowflake objects. The Snowpark Model Registry is a Python class for managing models within a schema. Thus, any Snowflake schema can be used as a registry. It is not necessary to initialize or otherwise prepare a schema for this purpose. Snowflake recommends creating one or more dedicated schemas for this purpose, such as ML.REGISTRY. You can create the schema using CREATE SCHEMA.

Before you can create or modify models in the registry, you must open the registry. Opening the registry returns a reference to it, which you can then use to add new models and obtain references to existing models.

from snowflake.ml.registry import Registry

reg = Registry(session=sp_session, database_name="ML", schema_name="REGISTRY")
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Note

During this public preview, Model objects do not support replication or cloning.

Registering Models and Versions

Adding a model to the registry is called logging the model. Log a model by calling the registry’s log_model method. This method:

  • Serializes the model, a Python object, and creates a Snowflake model object from it.

  • Adds metadata, such as a description, to the model as specified in the log_model call.

Note

No single file in a model may be larger than 5 GB. The model in total may, however, be larger than 5 GB.

Each model may have any number of versions. To log additional versions of the model, call log_model again with the same model_name but a different version_name.

Note

Both model_name and version_name must follow Snowflake identifier syntax.

You cannot add tags to a model when it is added to the registry, because tags are attributes of the model, and log_model adds a specific model version, only creating a model when adding its first version. You can update the model’s tags after logging the first version of the model.

In the example below, clf, short for “classifier,” is the Python model object, which has already been created elsewhere in your code. You can add a comment at registration time, as shown here. The combination of name and version must be unique in the schema. You may specify conda_dependencies lists; the specified packages will be deployed with the model.

mv = reg.log_model(clf,
                   model_name="my_model",
                   version_name="v1",
                   conda_dependencies=["scikit-learn"],
                   comment="My awesome ML model",
                   metrics={"score": 96},
                   sample_input_data=train_features)
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The arguments of log_model are described here.

Required Arguments

Argument

Description

model

The Python model object of a supported model type. Must be serializable (“pickleable”).

model_name

The model’s name, used with version_name to identify the model in the registry. The name cannot be changed after the model has been logged. Must be a valid Snowflake identifier.

version_name

String specifying the model’s version, used with model_name to identify the model in the registry. Must be a valid Snowflake identifier.

Note

The combination of model name and version must be unique in the schema.

Optional Arguments

Argument

Description

code_paths

List of paths to directories of code to import when loading or deploying the model.

comment

Comment, for example a description of the model.

conda_dependencies

List of Conda packages required by your model. This argument specifies package names and optional versions in Conda format, that is, "[channel::]package [operator version]". If you do not specify a channel, the Snowflake channel is assumed.

ext_modules

List of external modules to pickle with the model. Supported with scikit-learn, Snowpark ML, PyTorch, TorchScript, and custom models.

metrics

Dictionary containing metrics linked to the model version.

options

Dictionary containing options for model creation. The following options are available for all model types.

  • embed_local_ml_library: whether to embed a copy of the local Snowpark ML library into the model. Default: False.

  • relax_version: whether to relax the version constraints of the dependencies. This replaces version specifiers like ==x.y.z with specifiers like <=x.y, <(x+1). Default: True as of Snowpark ML package version 1.3.0. Available since version 1.2.1.

  • method_options: A dictionary of per-method options, where the key is the name of a method and the value is a dictionary containing one or more of the options described here. The available options are:

    • case_sensitive: Indicates whether the method and its signature are case-sensitive. Case-sensitive methods must be double-quoted when used in SQL. This option also allows non-alphabetic characters in method names. Default: False.

    • max_batch_size: Maximum batch size that the method will accept when called in the warehouse. Default: None (the batch size is automatically determined)

Individual model types may support additional options. See Notes on Specific Model Types.

pip_requirements

List of package specs for PyPI packages required by your model.

python_version

The version of Python in which the model will run. Defaults to None, which designates the latest version available in the warehouse.

sample_input_data

A DataFrame containing sample input data. The feature names required by the model, and their types, are extracted from this DataFrame. Either this argument or signatures must be provided for all models except Snowpark ML and MLFlow models.

signatures

Model method signatures as a mapping from target method name to signatures of input and output. Either this argument or sample_input_data must be provided for all models except Snowpark ML and MLFlow models.

log_model returns a snowflake.ml.model.ModelVersion object, which represents the version of the model that was added to the registry.

Once registered, the model itself cannot be modified (although you can change its metadata). To delete a model and all its versions, use the registry’s delete_model method.

Deleting Models

Use the registry’s delete_model method to delete a model and all its versions.

reg.delete_model("mymodel")
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Getting Models from the Registry

To get information about each model, use the show_models method.

model_df = reg.show_models()
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The result of show_models is a pandas DataFrame. The available columns are shown below.

Column

Description

created_on

Date and time when the model was created.

name

Name of the model.

database_name

Database in which the model is stored.

schema_name

Schema in which the model is stored.

owner

Role that owns the model.

comment

Comment for the model.

versions

JSON array listing versions of the model.

default_version_name

Version of the model used when referring to the model without a version.

To get a list of the models in the registry instead, each as a Model instance, use the models method.

model_list = reg.models()
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To get a reference to a specific model from the registry by name, use the registry’s get_model method. This method returns a Model instance.

m = reg.get_model("MyModel")
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Note

Model instances are not copies of the original logged Python model object, but references to the underlying model object in the registry.

Once you have a reference to a model, either one from the list returned by models method or one retrieved using get_model, you can work with its metadata and its versions.

Viewing and Updating a Model’s Metadata

You can view and update a model’s metadata attributes in the registry, including its comment, tags, and metrics.

Retrieving and Updating Comments

Use the model’s comment attribute to retrieve and update the model’s comment.

print(m.comment)
m.comment = "A better description than the one I provided originally"
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Note

The description attribute is an alias for comment. The above code can also be written:

print(m.description)
m.description = "A better description than the one I provided originally"
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Retrieving and Updating Tags

Tags are metadata used to record a model’s purpose, algorithm, training data set, lifecycle stage, or other information you choose. You can set tags when the model is registered or at any time afterward. You can also update the values of existing tags or remove tags entirely.

Note

The names of all tags (and potentially their possible values) must be defined ahead of time using CREATE TAG. See Object Tagging.

To get all of a model’s tags as a Python dictionary, use show_tags.

print(m.show_tags())
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To add a new tag or change the value of an existing tag, use set_tag.

m.set_tag("live_version", "v1")
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To retrieve the value of a tag, use get_tag:

m.get_tag("live_version")
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To remove a tag, use unset_tag.

model.unset_tag("live_version")
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Working with Model Versions

A model may have any number of versions, each identified by a string. You can use any version naming convention that you like. Logging a model actually logs a specific version of the model. To log additional versions of a model, call log_model again with the same model_name but a different version_name.

A version of a model is represented by an instance of the snowflake.ml.model.ModelVersion class.

To get a list of all the versions of a model, call the model object’s versions method. The result is a list of ModelVersion instances.

version_list = m.versions()
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To get information about each model as a DataFrame instead, call the model’s show_versions method.

version_df = m.show_versions()
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The resulting DataFrame contains the following columns.

Column

Description

created_on

Date and time when the model version was created.

name

Name of the version.

database_name

Database in which the version is stored.

schema_name

Schema in which the version is stored.

model_name

Name of the model that this version belongs to.

is_default_version

Boolean value indicating whether this version is the model’s default version.

functions

JSON array of the names of the functions available in this version.

metadata

JSON object containing metadata as key-value pairs ({} if no metadata is specified).

user_data

JSON object from the user_data section of the model definition manifest ({} if no user data is specified).

Deleting Model Versions

You can delete a model version using the model’s delete_version method (in package version 1.2.3 or later).

m.delete_version("rc1")
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Default Version

A version of a model may be designated as the default model. Retrieve or set the model’s default attribute to obtain the current default version (as a ModelVersion object) or to change it (using a string).

default_version = m.default
m.default = "v2"
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Getting a Reference to a Model Version

To get a reference to a specific version of a model as a ModelVersion instance, use the model’s version method. Use the model’s default attribute to get the default version of the model.

mv = m.version("v1")
mv = m.default
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Once you have a reference to a specific version of a model (such as the variable mv in this example), you can retrieve or update its comments or metrics and call the model’s methods (or functions) as shown in the following sections.

Retrieving and Updating Comments

As with models, model versions can have comments, which can be accessed and set via the model version’s comment or description attribute.

print(mv.comment)
print(mv.description)

mv.comment = "A model version comment"
mv.description = "Same as setting the comment"
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Retrieving and Updating Metrics

Metrics are key-value pairs used to track prediction accuracy and other model version characteristics. You can set metrics when creating a model version or set them using the set_metric method. A metric value can be any Python object that can be serialized to JSON, including numbers, strings, lists, and dictionaries. Unlike tags, metric names and possible values do not need to be defined in advance.

A test accuracy metric might be generated using sklearn’s accuracy_score:

from sklearn import metrics

test_accuracy = metrics.accuracy_score(test_labels, prediction)
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The confusion matrix can be generated similarly using sklearn:

test_confusion_matrix = metrics.confusion_matrix(test_labels, prediction)
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Then we can set these values as metrics as follows.

# scalar metric
mv.set_metric("test_accuracy", test_accuracy)

# hierarchical (dictionary) metric
mv.set_metric("evaluation_info", {"dataset_used": "my_dataset", "accuracy": test_accuracy, "f1_score": f1_score})

# multivalent (matrix) metric
mv.set_metric("confusion_matrix", test_confusion_matrix)
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To retrieve a model version’s metrics as a Python dictionary, use show_metrics.

metrics = mv.show_metrics()
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To delete a metric, call delete_metric.

mv.delete_metric("test_accuracy")
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Calling Model Methods

Model versions can have methods, which are attached functions that can be executed to perform inference or other model operations. The versions of a model can have different methods, and the signatures of these methods can also differ.

To call a method of a model version, use mv.run, specifying the name of the function to be called and passing a Snowpark or pandas DataFrame containing the inference data and any other required parameters. The method executes in a Snowflake warehouse.

The return value of the method is a Snowpark or pandas DataFrame, depending on the type of DataFrame passed in. Snowpark DataFrames are evaluated lazily, so the method is run only when the DataFrame’s collect, show, or to_pandas method is called.

Note

Invoking a method runs it in the warehouse specified in the session you’re using to connect to the registry. See Specifying a Warehouse.

The following example illustrates running the predict method of a model. This model’s predict method does not require any parameters besides the inference data (test_features here). If it did, they would be passed as additional arguments after the inference data.

remote_prediction = mv.run(test_features, function_name="predict")
remote_prediction.show()   # assuming test_features is Snowpark DataFrame
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To see what methods can be called on a given model, call mv.show_functions. The return value of this method is a list of ModelFunctionInfo objects. Each of these objects includes the following attributes:

  • name: The name of the function that can be called from Python or SQL.

  • target_method: The name of the Python method in the original logged model.

Working With the Model Registry in SQL

Since models are first-class, schema-level objects, Snowflake SQL offers commands for working with them and their components. These are:

Note

While Snowflake SQL includes commands for creating models and versions, these are intended to be used by the Snowpark Model Registry Python API. Log models in Python as shown in Registering Models and Versions.

Calling Model Methods in SQL

You can call or invoke methods of a model in SQL using the model_name!method_name(...) syntax. The methods available on a model are determined by the underlying Python model class. For example, many types of models use a method named predict for inference.

To invoke a method of the latest version of a model, use the syntax shown here, passing arguments to the method, if any, between the parentheses, and passing the name of the table containing the inference data in the FROM clause.

SELECT <model_name>!<method_name>(...) FROM <table_name>;
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To invoke a method of a specific version of a model, first create an alias to the specific version of the model, then invoke the desired method through the alias.

WITH <model_version_alias> AS MODEL <model_name> VERSION <version>
    SELECT <model_version_alias>!<method_name>(...) FROM <table_name>;
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Cost Considerations

Using the Snowpark ML Model Registry incurs standard Snowflake consumption-based costs. These include:

  • Cost of storing model artifacts, metadata, and functions. See Exploring storage cost for general information about storage costs.

  • Cost of copying files between stages to Snowflake. See COPY FILES.

  • Cost of serverless model object operations through the Snowsight UI or the SQL or Python interface, such as showing models and model versions, and altering model comments, tags, and metrics.

  • Warehouse compute costs, which vary depending on the type of model and the quantity of data used in inference. See Understanding compute cost for general information about Snowflake compute costs. Warehouse compute costs are incurred for:

    • Model and version creation operations.

    • Invoking a model’s methods.

Notes on Specific Model Types

This section provides additional information on logging specific types of models into the Snowpark Model Registry.

Snowpark ML

The registry supports models created using Snowpark ML modeling APIs (models derived from snowpark.ml.modeling.framework.base.BaseEstimator). The following additional options may be used in the options dictionary when calling log_model.

Option

Description

target_methods

A list of the names of the methods available on the model object. Snowpark ML models have the following target methods by default, assuming the method exists: predict, transform, predict_proba, predict_log_proba, decision_function

You do not need to specify sample_input_data or signatures when logging a Snowpark ML model; these are automatically inferred during fitting.

Example

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from sklearn import datasets
from snowflake.ml.modeling.xgboost import XGBClassifier

iris = datasets.load_iris()
df = pd.DataFrame(data=np.c_[iris["data"], iris["target"]], columns=iris["feature_names"] + ["target"])
df.columns = [s.replace(" (CM)", "").replace(" ", "") for s in df.columns.str.upper()]

input_cols = ["SEPALLENGTH", "SEPALWIDTH", "PETALLENGTH", "PETALWIDTH"]
label_cols = "TARGET"
output_cols = "PREDICTED_TARGET"

clf_xgb = XGBClassifier(
        input_cols=input_cols, output_cols=output_cols, label_cols=label_cols, drop_input_cols=True
)
clf_xgb.fit(df)
model_ref = registry.log_model(
    clf_xgb,
    model_name="XGBClassifier",
    version_name="v1",
)
model_ref.run(df.drop(columns=label_cols).head(10), function_name='predict_proba')
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scikit-learn

The registry supports models created using scikit-learn (models derived from sklearn.base.BaseEstimator or sklearn.pipeline.Pipeline). The following additional options may be used in the options dictionary when calling log_model.

Option

Description

target_methods

A list of the names of the methods available on the model object. scikit-learn models have the following target methods by default, assuming the method exists: predict, transform, predict_proba, predict_log_proba, decision_function

You must specify either the sample_input_data or signatures parameter when logging a scikit-learn model so that the registry knows the signatures of the target methods.

Example

from sklearn import datasets, ensemble

iris_X, iris_y = datasets.load_iris(return_X_y=True, as_frame=True)
model = ensemble.RandomForestClassifier(random_state=42)
model.fit(iris_X, iris_y)
model_ref = registry.log_model(
    model,
    model_name="RandomForestClassifier",
    version_name="v1",
    sample_input_data=iris_X,
    options={
        "method_options": {
            "predict": {"case_sensitive": True},
            "predict_proba": {"case_sensitive": True},
            "predict_log_proba": {"case_sensitive": True},
        }
    },
)
model_ref.run(iris_X[-10:], function_name='"predict_proba"')
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XGBoost

The registry supports models created using XGBoost (models derived from xgboost.XGBModel or xgboost.Booster). The following additional options may be used in the options dictionary when calling log_model.

Option

Description

target_methods

A list of the names of the methods available on the model object. Models derived from XGBModel have the following target methods by default, assuming the method exists: predict, predict_proba. (Before v1.4.0, apply was also included.) Models derived from Booster have the predict method by default.

cuda_version

The version of the CUDA runtime to be used when deploying to a platform with GPU; defaults to 11.7. If manually set to None, the model cannot be deployed to a platform having a GPU.

You must specify either the sample_input_data or signatures parameter when logging an XGBoost model so that the registry knows the signatures of the target methods.

Example

import xgboost
from sklearn import datasets, model_selection

cal_X, cal_y = datasets.load_breast_cancer(as_frame=True, return_X_y=True)
cal_X_train, cal_X_test, cal_y_train, cal_y_test = model_selection.train_test_split(cal_X, cal_y)
params = dict(n_estimators=100, reg_lambda=1, gamma=0, max_depth=3, objective="binary:logistic")
regressor = xgboost.train(params, xgboost.DMatrix(data=cal_X_train, label=cal_y_train))
model_ref = registry.log_model(
    regressor,
    model_name="xgBooster",
    version_name="v1",
    sample_input_data=cal_X_test,
    options={
        "target_methods": ["predict"],
        "method_options": {
            "predict": {"case_sensitive": True},
        },
    },
)
model_ref.run(cal_X_test[-10:])
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PyTorch

The registry supports PyTorch models (classes derived from torch.nn.Module or torch.jit.ModuleScript) if the model’s forward method accepts one or more torch.Tensor instances as input and returns a torch.Tensor or a tuple of them. The registry converts between pandas DataFrames and tensors when calling the model and returning the results. Tensors correspond to columns in the dataframe.

For example, suppose your model accepts two tensors like this:

import torch

class TorchModel(torch.nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, n_input: int, n_hidden: int, n_out: int, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.model = torch.nn.Sequential(
            torch.nn.Linear(n_input, n_hidden, dtype=dtype),
            torch.nn.ReLU(),
            torch.nn.Linear(n_hidden, n_out, dtype=dtype),
            torch.nn.Sigmoid(),
        )

    def forward(self, tensor_1: torch.Tensor, tensor_2: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.model(tensor_1) + self.model(tensor_2)
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If you want to pass torch.Tensor([[1,2],[3,4]]) as tensor_1 and torch.Tensor([[5,6], [7,8]]) as tensor_2, create a DataFrame as follows to pass to the model.

import pandas as pd
tensors = pd.DataFrame([[[1,2],[5,6]],[[3,4],[7,8]]])
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Then the tensors DataFrame looks like this.

        0       1
0  [1, 2]  [5, 6]
1  [3, 4]  [7, 8]
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Similarly, if your model returns two tensors, such as (torch.Tensor([[1,2],[3,4]]), torch.Tensor([[5,6], [7,8]])), the result is a DataFrame like the one above.

When providing sample input data for a PyTorch model, you must provide either a list of tensors (which will be converted ta a pandas DataFrame) or a DataFrame. A list may contain a single tensor, but a tensor on its own is not accepted.

Logging the model

The following additional options may be used in the options dictionary when calling log_model.

Option

Description

target_methods

A list of the names of the methods available on the model object. PyTorch models default to forward.

cuda_version

The version of the CUDA runtime to be used when deploying to a platform with GPU; defaults to 11.7. If manually set to None, the model cannot be deployed to a platform having a GPU.

You must specify either the sample_input_data or signatures parameter when logging a PyTorch model so that the registry knows the signatures of the target methods.

Example

import torch
import numpy as np

class TorchModel(torch.nn.Module):
        def __init__(self, n_input: int, n_hidden: int, n_out: int, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32) -> None:
                super().__init__()
                self.model = torch.nn.Sequential(
                        torch.nn.Linear(n_input, n_hidden, dtype=dtype),
                        torch.nn.ReLU(),
                        torch.nn.Linear(n_hidden, n_out, dtype=dtype),
                        torch.nn.Sigmoid(),
                )

        def forward(self, tensor: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
                return self.model(tensor)

n_input, n_hidden, n_out, batch_size, learning_rate = 10, 15, 1, 100, 0.01
dtype = torch.float32
x = np.random.rand(batch_size, n_input)
data_x = torch.from_numpy(x).to(dtype=dtype)
data_y = (torch.rand(size=(batch_size, 1)) < 0.5).to(dtype=dtype)

model = TorchModel(n_input, n_hidden, n_out, dtype=dtype)
loss_function = torch.nn.MSELoss()
optimizer = torch.optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=learning_rate)
for _epoch in range(100):
        pred_y = model.forward(data_x)
        loss = loss_function(pred_y, data_y)
        optimizer.zero_grad()
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()


model_ref = registry.log_model(
    model,
    model_name="torchModel",
    version_name="v1",
    sample_input_data=[data_x],
)
model_ref.run([data_x])
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TensorFlow

Models that extend tensorflow.Module or tensorflow.keras.Model are supported when they accept and return tensors and are compilable or compiled.

  • The __call__ method for a tensorflow.Module or the call method for a tensorflow.keras.Model accepts one or more tensorflow.Tensor or tensorflow.Variable as input and returns a tensorflow.Tensor or tensorflow.Variable or a tuple of one of these types.

  • If your model extends Module, it must be compilable, meaning the __call__ method is decorated with @tensorflow.function; see tf.function documentation. If it extends Model, it must be compiled; see compile documentation.

The registry converts between pandas DataFrames and tensors when calling the model and returning the results. Tensors correspond to columns in the dataframe.

For example, suppose your model accepts two tensors like this:

import tensorflow as tf

class KerasModel(tf.keras.Model):
    def  __init__(self, n_hidden: int, n_out: int) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.fc_1 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(n_hidden, activation="relu")
        self.fc_2 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(n_out, activation="sigmoid")

    def call(self, tensor_1: tf.Tensor, tensor_2: tf.Tensor) -> tf.Tensor:
        input = tensor_1 + tensor_2
        x = self.fc_1(input)
        x = self.fc_2(x)
        return x
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If you want to pass tf.Tensor([[1,2],[3,4]]) as tensor_1 and tf.Tensor([[5,6], [7,8]]) as tensor_2, create a DataFrame as follows to pass to the model.

import pandas as pd
tensors = pd.DataFrame([[[1,2],[5,6]],[[3,4],[7,8]]])
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Then the tensors DataFrame looks like this.

        0       1
0  [1, 2]  [5, 6]
1  [3, 4]  [7, 8]
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Similarly, if your model returns two tensors, such as (tf.Tensor([[1,2],[3,4]]), tf.Tensor([[5,6], [7,8]])), the result is a DataFrame like the one above.

When providing sample input data for a TensorFlow model, you must provide either a list of tensors (which will be converted ta a pandas DataFrame) or a DataFrame. A list may contain a single tensor, but a tensor on its own is not accepted.

Logging the model

The following additional options may be used in the options dictionary when calling log_model.

Option

Description

target_methods

A list of the names of the methods available on the model object. TensorFlow models default to forward.

cuda_version

The version of the CUDA runtime to be used when deploying to a platform with GPU; defaults to 11.7. If manually set to None, the model cannot be deployed to a platform having a GPU.

You must specify either the sample_input_data or signatures parameter when logging a TensorFlow model so that the registry knows the signatures of the target methods.

Example

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

class KerasModel(tf.keras.Model):
        def __init__(self, n_hidden: int, n_out: int) -> None:
                super().__init__()
                self.fc_1 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(n_hidden, activation="relu")
                self.fc_2 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(n_out, activation="sigmoid")

        def call(self, tensor: tf.Tensor) -> tf.Tensor:
                input = tensor
                x = self.fc_1(input)
                x = self.fc_2(x)
                return x

n_input, n_hidden, n_out, batch_size, learning_rate = 10, 15, 1, 100, 0.01
dtype = tf.float32
x = np.random.rand(batch_size, n_input)
data_x = tf.convert_to_tensor(x, dtype=dtype)
raw_data_y = tf.random.uniform((batch_size, 1))
raw_data_y = tf.where(raw_data_y > 0.5, tf.ones_like(raw_data_y), tf.zeros_like(raw_data_y))
data_y = tf.cast(raw_data_y, dtype=dtype)

model = KerasModel(n_hidden, n_out)
model.compile(optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.SGD(learning_rate=learning_rate), loss=tf.keras.losses.MeanSquaredError())
model.fit(data_x, data_y, batch_size=batch_size, epochs=100)

model_ref = registry.log_model(
    model,
    model_name="tfModel",
    version_name="v1",
    sample_input_data=[data_x],
)
model_ref.run([data_x])
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MLFlow

MLFlow models that provide a PyFunc flavor are supported. If your MLFlow model has a signature, the signature argument is inferred from the model. Otherwise, you must provide either signature or sample_input_data.

The following additional options may be used in the options dictionary when calling log_model.

Option

Description

model_uri

The URI of the artifacts of the MLFlow model. Must be provided if it is not available in the model’s metadata as model.metadata.get_model_info().model_uri.

ignore_mlflow_metadata

If True, the model’s metadata is not imported to the model object in the registry. Default: False

ignore_mlflow_dependencies

If True, the dependencies in the model’s metadata are ignored, which is useful due to package available limitations in Snowflake warehouses. Default: False

Example

import mlflow
from sklearn import datasets, model_selection, ensemble

db = datasets.load_diabetes(as_frame=True)
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = model_selection.train_test_split(db.data, db.target)
with mlflow.start_run() as run:
    rf = ensemble.RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=100, max_depth=6, max_features=3)
    rf.fit(X_train, y_train)

    # Use the model to make predictions on the test dataset.
    predictions = rf.predict(X_test)
    signature = mlflow.models.signature.infer_signature(X_test, predictions)
    mlflow.sklearn.log_model(
        rf,
        "model",
        signature=signature,
    )
    run_id = run.info.run_id


model_ref = registry.log_model(
    mlflow.pyfunc.load_model(f"runs:/{run_id}/model"),
    model_name="mlflowModel",
    version_name="v1",
    conda_dependencies=["mlflow<=2.4.0", "scikit-learn", "scipy"],
    options={"ignore_mlflow_dependencies": True}
)
model_ref.run(X_test)
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Hugging Face Pipeline

The registry supports Hugging Face model classes defined as transformers that derive from transformers.Pipeline. The following code is an example of logging a compatible model.

lm_hf_model = transformers.pipeline(
    task="text-generation",
    model="bigscience/bloom-560m",
    token="...",  # Put your HuggingFace token here.
    return_full_text=False,
    max_new_tokens=100,
)

lmv = reg.log_model(lm_hf_model, model_name='bloom', version_name='v560m')
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Important

A model based on huggingface_pipeline.HuggingFacePipelineModel contains only configuration data; the model weights are downloaded from the Hugging Face Hub each time the model is used.

The model registry currently supports deploying models only to warehouses. Warehouses do not support external network access without special configuration. Even if the required external access integrations have been created, there is no way at this time to specify which integrations a particular model needs.

The current best practice is to instead use transformers.Pipeline as shown in the example above. This downloads model weights to your local system and uploads the entire model to the warehouse. This results in a self-contained model that does not need Internet access.

The registry infers the signatures argument as long as the pipeline contains only tasks from the following list.

  • conversational

  • fill-mask

  • question-answering

  • summarization

  • table-question-answering

  • text2text-generation

  • text-classification (alias sentiment-analysis)

  • text-generation

  • token-classification (alias ner)

  • translation

  • translation_xx_to_yy

  • zero-shot-classification

To see the inferred signature, use the show_functions method. The following, for example, is the result of lmv.show_functions() where lmv is the model logged above.

{'name': '__CALL__',
  'target_method': '__call__',
  'signature': ModelSignature(
                      inputs=[
                          FeatureSpec(dtype=DataType.STRING, name='inputs')
                      ],
                      outputs=[
                          FeatureSpec(dtype=DataType.STRING, name='outputs')
                      ]
                  )}]
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With this information, you can call the model as follows.

import pandas as pd
remote_prediction = lmv.run(pd.DataFrame(["Hello, how are you?"], columns=["inputs"]))
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Usage Notes

  • Many Hugging Face models are large and do not fit in a standard warehouse. Use a Snowpark-optimized warehouse or choose a smaller version of the model. For example, instead of using the Llama-2-70b-chat-hf model, try Llama-2-7b-chat-hf.

  • Snowflake warehouses do not have GPUs. Use only CPU-optimized Hugging Face models.

  • Some Hugging Face transformers return an array of dictionaries per input row. The registry converts such output to a string containing a JSON representation of the array. For example, multi-output Question Answering output looks like this:

    [{"score": 0.61094731092453, "start": 139, "end": 178, "answer": "learn more about the world of athletics"},
    {"score": 0.17750297486782074, "start": 139, "end": 180, "answer": "learn more about the world of athletics.\""}]
    
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You must specify either the sample_input_data or signatures parameter when logging a Hugging Face model so that the registry knows the signatures of the target methods.

Example

# Prepare model
import transformers
import pandas as pd

finbert_model = transformers.pipeline(
    task="text-classification",
    model="ProsusAI/finbert",
    top_k=2,
)

# Log the model
mv = registry.log_model(
    finbert_model,
    model_name="finbert",
    version_name="v1",
)

# Use the model
mv.run(pd.DataFrame(
        [
            ["I have a problem with my Snowflake that needs to be resolved asap!!", ""],
            ["I would like to have udon for today's dinner.", ""],
        ]
    )
)
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Result:

0  [{"label": "negative", "score": 0.8106237053871155}, {"label": "neutral", "score": 0.16587384045124054}]
1  [{"label": "neutral", "score": 0.9263970851898193}, {"label": "positive", "score": 0.05286872014403343}]
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