Prerequisites Install https://github.com/dmonllao/moodle-local_testanalytics Install the python ML backend as specified in https://docs.moodle.org/36/en/Analytics#Predictions_processor If you already got it installed you will need to update it to the latest version (pip install -I moodlemlbackend==0.37.0) Enable analytics and make sure everything is working, refer to the docs on how to set it up if you don't have it already. Go to site admin > analytics > analytics settings. Disable 'onlycli' option and ensure that 'Default predictions processor' is set to 'PHP machine learning backend' Export Go to site admin > analytics > analytics models Run "Get predictions" for "Inactive users" model Return to the models list page and expand "Inactive users" model actions' menu There should not be a "Export configuration" option There should be a "Delete" option Run "Get predictions" for "Binary" model Return to the models list page and expand "Binary" model actions' menu There should be an "Export configuration" option. Click on it, a ZIP file should be downloaded Confirm that the ZIP contains a JSON file and a mlbackend directory with a model.ser file inside Open the JSON file in it and verify that it contains something like this (ignore the numbers under dependencies>xxx) {"target":"\\local_testanalytics\\analytics\\target\\binary_example","timesplitting":"\\core\\analytics\\time_splitting\\single_range","indicators":["\\local_testanalytics\\analytics\\indicator\\set_setting"],"dependencies":{"local_testanalytics":2017051501,"core":2019011800}} Return to the models list page and select "Edit" from "Binary" model actions' menu Set "Predictions processor" to "Python machine learning backend" and save changes Run "Get predictions" for "Binary" model Run "Export configuration" for "Binary" model Confirm that the ZIP contains a JSON file and a mlbackend directory with a model.json file inside. Open it and verify that it contains a serialised object (mostly float numbers) Return to the models list page and select "Edit" from "Binary" model actions' menu Untick "Enabled", set "Time-splitting method" to empty and save changes Return to the models list page and expand "Binary" model actions' menu, there should be no "Export configuration" option Run "Actions > Edit" for "Discrete" model, change the "Predictions processor" option from "Default..." to "PHP machine learning backend" and save changes. Run "Actions > Export configuration" for the following models: discrete, users without pic and linear Delete Just delete all your models by clicking on "Actions > Delete" and confirm the deletion Import Go to "site admin > analytics > analytics models" and press the "Import model" button Make sure the file area allows only .zip files. Import all five configuration files you previously exported (including the two Binary models you first exported). You should not get any error, and you should see a nice and green "The model has been successfully imported." message For each of them click on "Actions > Edit", confirm that "Enabled" is not ticked, that a time splitting method is selected, that there is at least one indicator and that the predictions processor is different than "Default..." Open the model-config.json files inside one of the zip files you downloaded and change one of the versions under "dependencies" Go to "site admin > analytics > analytics models > import model" and upload the modified file "Ignore version mismatches" should be disabled by default You should see an error message stating something like this: "The version of the following components differ from the version installed in this site: local_testanalytics (20170515031). You can use "Ignore version mismatches" option to ignore these differences." Upload the same file and now tick "Ignore version mismatches" The model should now be successfully imported (green message for the win) Create Go to "site admin > analytics > analytics models > create model" "No teaching" target should not appear as an option in "Target" menu Try to save changes, you shouldn't be able to do it Select "Students at risk of dropping out" as a "Target", "Read actions amount" as "Indicators" and save changes Return to the models list page and select "Actions > Edit" for "Students at risk of dropping out" model. Verify that there is no option to modify the "Target" field