Create an entity type

You can create an entity type in the Amazon Fraud Detector console, using the put-entity-type command, using the PutEntityType API, or using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3). The examples below creates an entity type customer in the Amazon Fraud Detector console and using the SDK for Python (Boto3). If you are creating an entity type to associate with an event type for training a fraud detection model, use the entity type from your event dataset that is appropriate for your use case.

Create an entity type using the Amazon Fraud Detector console

To create an entity type,

1. Open the AWS Management Console and sign in to your account.

2. Navigate to Amazon Fraud Detector, choose Entities in the left navigation, then choose Create.

3. In the Create entity page, enter customer as the entity type name. Optionally, enter a description of the entity.

4. Choose Create entity.

Create an entity type using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)

The following AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) code example uses the PutEntityType API to create an entity type customer. If you are creating an entity type to associate with an event type for training a fraud detection model, use the entity from your event dataset that is appropriate for your use case.

import boto3
fraudDetector = boto3.client('frauddetector')

fraudDetector.put_entity_type(
name = 'customer',
description = 'customer'
)