Fix: PARSynthesizer not being able to conditionally sample with dat…

…e time as context (#2347)

sdv/sequential/par.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import uuid
 import warnings
+from copy import deepcopy
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -74,15 +75,44 @@ def _get_context_metadata(self):
         if self._sequence_key:
             context_columns += self._sequence_key
 
-        for column in context_columns:
-            context_columns_dict[column] = self.metadata.columns[column]
-
         for column, column_metadata in self._extra_context_columns.items():
             context_columns_dict[column] = column_metadata
 
+        for column in context_columns:
+            context_columns_dict[column] = self.metadata.columns[column]
+
+        context_columns_dict = self._update_context_column_dict(context_columns_dict)
         context_metadata_dict = {'columns': context_columns_dict}
         return SingleTableMetadata.load_from_dict(context_metadata_dict)
 
+    def _update_context_column_dict(self, context_columns_dict):
+        """Update context column dictionary based on available transformers.
+
+        Args:
+            context_columns_dict (dict):
+                Dictionary of context columns.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict:
+                Updated context column metadata.
+        """
+        default_transformers_by_sdtype = deepcopy(self._data_processor._transformers_by_sdtype)
+        for column in self.context_columns:
+            column_metadata = self.metadata.columns[column]
+            if default_transformers_by_sdtype.get(column_metadata['sdtype']):
+                context_columns_dict[column] = {'sdtype': 'numerical'}
+
+        return context_columns_dict
+
+    def _get_context_columns_for_processing(self):
+        columns_to_be_processed = []
+        default_transformers_by_sdtype = deepcopy(self._data_processor._transformers_by_sdtype)
+        for column in self.context_columns:
+            if default_transformers_by_sdtype.get(self.metadata.columns[column]['sdtype']):
+                columns_to_be_processed.append(column)
+
+        return columns_to_be_processed
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         metadata,
@@ -352,12 +382,6 @@ def _fit_context_model(self, transformed):
             context[constant_column] = 0
             context_metadata.add_column(constant_column, sdtype='numerical')
 
-        for column in self.context_columns:
-            # Context datetime SDTypes for PAR have already been converted to float timestamp
-            if context_metadata.columns[column]['sdtype'] == 'datetime':
-                if pd.api.types.is_numeric_dtype(context[column]):
-                    context_metadata.update_column(column, sdtype='numerical')
-
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', message=".*The 'SingleTableMetadata' is deprecated.*")
             self._context_synthesizer = GaussianCopulaSynthesizer(
@@ -540,9 +564,30 @@ def sample_sequential_columns(self, context_columns, sequence_length=None):
                 set(context_columns.columns), set(self._context_synthesizer._model.columns)
             )
         )
+        context_columns = self._process_context_columns(context_columns)
+
         condition_columns = context_columns[condition_columns].to_dict('records')
-        context = self._context_synthesizer.sample_from_conditions([
-            Condition(conditions) for conditions in condition_columns
-        ])
+        synthesizer_conditions = [Condition(conditions) for conditions in condition_columns]
+        context = self._context_synthesizer.sample_from_conditions(synthesizer_conditions)
         context.update(context_columns)
         return self._sample(context, sequence_length)
+
+    def _process_context_columns(self, context_columns):
+        """Process context columns by applying appropriate transformations.
+
+        Args:
+            context_columns (pandas.DataFrame):
+                Context values containing potential columns for transformation.
+
+        Returns:
+            context_columns (pandas.DataFrame):
+                Updated context columns with transformed values.
+        """
+        columns_to_be_processed = self._get_context_columns_for_processing()
+
+        if columns_to_be_processed:
+            context_columns[columns_to_be_processed] = self._data_processor.transform(
+                context_columns[columns_to_be_processed]
+            )
+
+        return context_columns

tests/integration/sequential/test_par.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def _get_par_data_and_metadata():
         'column2': ['b', 'a', 'a', 'c'],
         'entity': [1, 1, 2, 2],
         'context': ['a', 'a', 'b', 'b'],
+        'context_date': [date, date, date, date],
     })
     metadata = Metadata.detect_from_dataframes({'table': data})
     metadata.update_column('entity', 'table', sdtype='id')
@@ -94,15 +95,21 @@ def test_column_after_date_complex():
     data, metadata = _get_par_data_and_metadata()
 
     # Run
-    model = PARSynthesizer(metadata=metadata, context_columns=['context'], epochs=1)
+    model = PARSynthesizer(metadata=metadata, context_columns=['context', 'context_date'], epochs=1)
     model.fit(data)
     sampled = model.sample(2)
+    context_columns = data[['context', 'context_date']]
+    sample_with_conditions = model.sample_sequential_columns(context_columns=context_columns)
 
     # Assert
     assert sampled.shape == data.shape
     assert (sampled.dtypes == data.dtypes).all()
     assert (sampled.notna().sum(axis=1) != 0).all()
 
+    expected_date = datetime.datetime.strptime('2020-01-01', '%Y-%m-%d')
+    assert all(sample_with_conditions['context_date'] == expected_date)
+    assert all(sample_with_conditions['context'].isin(['a', 'b']))
+
 
 def test_save_and_load(tmp_path):
     """Test that synthesizers can be saved and loaded properly."""

tests/unit/sequential/test_par.py

@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def test__fit_context_model_with_datetime_context_column(self, gaussian_copula_m
         par = PARSynthesizer(metadata, context_columns=['time'])
         initial_synthesizer = Mock()
         context_metadata = SingleTableMetadata.load_from_dict({
-            'columns': {'time': {'sdtype': 'datetime'}, 'name': {'sdtype': 'id'}}
+            'columns': {'time': {'sdtype': 'numerical'}, 'name': {'sdtype': 'id'}}
         })
         par._context_synthesizer = initial_synthesizer
         par._get_context_metadata = Mock()
@@ -934,6 +934,8 @@ def test_sample_sequential_columns(self):
         """Test that the method uses the provided context columns to sample."""
         # Setup
         par = PARSynthesizer(metadata=self.get_metadata(), context_columns=['gender'])
+        par._process_context_columns = Mock()
+        par._process_context_columns.side_effect = lambda value: value
         par._context_synthesizer = Mock()
         par._context_synthesizer._model.columns = ['gender', 'extra_col']
         par._context_synthesizer.sample_from_conditions.return_value = pd.DataFrame({
@@ -970,6 +972,7 @@ def test_sample_sequential_columns(self):
         call_args, _ = par._sample.call_args
         pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(call_args[0], expected_call_arg)
         assert call_args[1] == 5
+        par._process_context_columns.assert_called_once_with(context_columns)
 
     def test_sample_sequential_columns_no_context_columns(self):
         """Test that the method raises an error if the synthesizer has no context columns.
@@ -1083,3 +1086,67 @@ def test___init__with_unified_metadata(self):
 
         with pytest.raises(InvalidMetadataError, match=error_msg):
             PARSynthesizer(multi_metadata)
+
+    def test_sample_sequential_columns_with_datetime_values(self):
+        """Test that the method converts datetime values to numerical space before sampling."""
+        # Setup
+        par = PARSynthesizer(metadata=self.get_metadata(), context_columns=['time'])
+        data = self.get_data()
+        par.fit(data)
+
+        par._context_synthesizer = Mock()
+        par._context_synthesizer._model.columns = ['time', 'extra_col']
+        par._context_synthesizer.sample_from_conditions.return_value = pd.DataFrame({
+            'id_col': ['A', 'A', 'A'],
+            'time': ['2020-01-01', '2020-01-02', '2020-01-03'],
+            'extra_col': [0, 1, 1],
+        })
+        par._sample = Mock()
+        context_columns = pd.DataFrame({
+            'id_col': ['ID-1', 'ID-2', 'ID-3'],
+            'time': ['2020-01-01', '2020-01-02', '2020-01-03'],
+        })
+
+        # Run
+        par.sample_sequential_columns(context_columns, 5)
+
+        # Assert
+        time_values = par._data_processor.transform(
+            pd.DataFrame({'time': ['2020-01-01', '2020-01-02', '2020-01-03']})
+        )
+
+        time_values = time_values['time'].tolist()
+        expected_conditions = [
+            Condition({'time': time_values[0]}),
+            Condition({'time': time_values[1]}),
+            Condition({'time': time_values[2]}),
+        ]
+        call_args, _ = par._context_synthesizer.sample_from_conditions.call_args
+
+        assert len(call_args[0]) == len(expected_conditions)
+        for arg, expected in zip(call_args[0], expected_conditions):
+            assert arg.column_values == expected.column_values
+            assert arg.num_rows == expected.num_rows
+
+    def test__process_context_columns(self):
+        """Test that the method processes specified columns using appropriate transformations."""
+        # Setup
+        instance = Mock()
+        instance._get_context_columns_for_processing.return_value = ['datetime_col']
+        instance._data_processor.transform.return_value = pd.DataFrame({'datetime_col': [1, 2, 3]})
+
+        context_columns = pd.DataFrame({
+            'datetime_col': ['2021-01-01', '2022-01-01', '2023-01-01'],
+            'col2': [4, 5, 6],
+        })
+
+        expected_result = pd.DataFrame({
+            'datetime_col': [1, 2, 3],
+            'col2': [4, 5, 6],
+        })
+
+        # Run
+        result = PARSynthesizer._process_context_columns(instance, context_columns)
+
+        # Assert
+        pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(result, expected_result)