Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateExperiment

Creates a SageMaker experiment. An experiment is a collection of trials that are observed, compared and evaluated as a group. A trial is a set of steps, called trial components, that produce a machine learning model.

Note

In the Studio UI, trials are referred to as run groups and trial components are referred to as runs.

The goal of an experiment is to determine the components that produce the best model. Multiple trials are performed, each one isolating and measuring the impact of a change to one or more inputs, while keeping the remaining inputs constant.

When you use SageMaker Studio or the SageMaker Python SDK, all experiments, trials, and trial components are automatically tracked, logged, and indexed. When you use the Amazon SDK for Python (Boto), you must use the logging APIs provided by the SDK.

You can add tags to experiments, trials, trial components and then use the Search API to search for the tags.

To add a description to an experiment, specify the optional Description parameter. To add a description later, or to change the description, call the UpdateExperiment API.

To get a list of all your experiments, call the ListExperiments API. To view an experiment's properties, call the DescribeExperiment API. To get a list of all the trials associated with an experiment, call the ListTrials API. To create a trial call the CreateTrial API.

Request Syntax


{
   "Description": "string",
   "DisplayName": "string",
   "ExperimentName": "string",
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ]
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Description

The description of the experiment.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 3072.

Pattern: .*

Required: No

DisplayName

The name of the experiment as displayed. The name doesn't need to be unique. If you don't specify DisplayName, the value in ExperimentName is displayed.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 120.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9](-*[a-zA-Z0-9]){0,119}

Required: No

ExperimentName

The name of the experiment. The name must be unique in your Amazon account and is not case-sensitive.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 120.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9](-*[a-zA-Z0-9]){0,119}

Required: Yes

Tags

A list of tags to associate with the experiment. You can use Search API to search on the tags.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "ExperimentArn": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

ExperimentArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the experiment.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: arn:aws[a-z\-]*:sagemaker:[a-z0-9\-]*:[0-9]{12}:experiment/.*

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ResourceLimitExceeded

You have exceeded an SageMaker resource limit. For example, you might have too many training jobs created.

HTTP Status Code: 400