Installation

The package is available on PyPI. Use the following command to install it:

$ pip install -U ibm-aigov-facts-client

Requirements

  • Only Python 3.9 or newer is supported. ibm-cloud-sdk-core ==3.24.2 is required to be able to authenticate to the service.

Watsonx Platform

  • In the Cloud version (SaaS), watsonx.governance service is required for the Factsheet service.

  • For project and spaces, watsonx.ai is required for Projects and Spaces.

Watsonx Requirements

Deployment Type

Required Service(s)

SaaS (Cloud)

watsonx.governance

Projects/Spaces

watsonx.ai

Cloud Pak for Data Platform

  • In the Cloud (SaaS), **IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC) / Watsonx.governance ** is required for the Factsheet service.

  • For on-premise installations, either IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC) or **Watson Studio (WS) or Watsonx.governance ** is required for the Factsheet service.

  • For Projects and Spaces, both Watson Studio and Watson Machine Learning (migrated to watsonx.ai) are required.

CP4D Requirements

Deployment Type

Required Service(s)

SaaS (Cloud)

IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC) / Watsonx.governance

Software (On-Premises)

IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC) or Watson Studio (WS) or Watsonx.governance

Projects / Spaces

Watson Studio (WS) and Watson Machine Learning (WML)

Supported Engines

  • Watson Machine Learning

  • External ML engines (for example, AWS Sagemaker, Microsoft Azure, etc.)

Note

  • For native learners in external machine learning engines, ONLY manual logging is supported.