[FSTORE-1269] Extend get_feature_vector in user guide

docs/user_guides/fs/feature_view/feature-vectors.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Once you have trained a model, it is time to deploy it. You can get back all the
 If you want to understand more about the concept of feature vectors, you can refer to [here](../../../concepts/fs/feature_view/online_api.md).
 
 ## Retrieval
-You can get back feature vectors from either python or java client by providing the primary key value(s) for the feature view. Note that filters defined in feature view and training data will not be applied when feature vectors are returned.
+You can get back feature vectors from either python or java client by providing the primary key value(s) for the feature view. Note that filters defined in feature view and training data will not be applied when feature vectors are returned. If you need to retrieve a complete value of feature vectors without missing values, the required `entry` are [feature_view.primary_keys](https://docs.hopsworks.ai/feature-store-api/3.7/generated/api/feature_view_api/#primary_keys). Alternative, you can provide the primary key of the feature groups as the key of the entry. It is also possible to provide a subset of the entry, which will be discussed [below](#partial-feature-retrieval).
 
 === "Python"
     ```python
@@ -37,6 +37,31 @@ You can get back feature vectors from either python or java client by providing
     featureView.getFeatureVectors(Lists.newArrayList(entry1, entry2);
     ```
 
+### Required entry
+Starting from python client v3.4, you can specify different values for the primary key of the same name which exists in multiple feature groups but is not used as the join key. The table below summarises the value of `primary_keys` in different settings. Considering that you are joining 2 feature groups, namely, `left_fg` and `right_fg`, the feature groups have different primary keys, and features (`feature_*`) in each setting. Also, the 2 feature groups are [joint](https://docs.hopsworks.ai/feature-store-api/3.7/generated/api/query_api/#join) on different *join conditions* and *prefix* as `left_fg.join(right_fg, <join conditions>, prefix=<prefix>)`.
+
+For java client, and python client before v3.4, the `primary_keys` are the set of primary key of all the feature groups in the query. These key are also compatible to python client starting from v3.4.
+
+| Setting | primary key of `left_fg` | primary key of `right_fg` | join conditions                            | prefix | primary_keys                                   | note                                                     |
+|------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
+|   1  | id                        | id                         | ```on=["id"]```                               |        | id                                           | Same feature name is used in the join.                        |
+|   2  | id1                        | id2                         | `left_on=["id1"], right_on=["id2"]`        |        | id1                                           |  Different feature names are used in the join.               |
+|   3  | id1, id2                   | id1                         | `on=["id1"]`                               |        | id1, id2                                      | `id2` is not part of the join conditions                  |
+|   4  | id, user_id                | id                          | `left_on=["user_id"], right_on=["id"]`     |        | id, user_id                                   | Value of `user_id` is used for retrieving features from `right_fg` |
+|   5  | id1                        | id1, id2                    | `on=["id1"]`                               |        | id1, id2                                      | `id2` is not part of the join conditions                  |
+|   6  | id                         | id, user_id                 | `left_on=["id"], right_on=["user_id"]`     | “right_“| id, “right_id“ | Value of “right_id“ and "id" are used for retrieving features from `right_fg` |
+|   7  | id                         | id, user_id                 | `left_on=["id"], right_on=["user_id"]`     |         | id, “fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_id” | Value of “fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_id“ and "id" are used for retrieving features from `right_fg`. See note below. |
+|   8  | id                        | id                         | `left_on=["id"], right_on=["feature_1"]`  | “right_“ | id, “right_id“                              | No primary key from `right_fg` is used in the join. Value of `right_id` is used for retrieving features from `right_fg` |
+|   9  | id                        | id                         | `left_on=["id"], right_on=["feature_1"]`  |          | id1, “fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_id” | No primary key from `right_fg` is used in the join. Value of "fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_id" is used for retrieving features from "right_fg`. See note below. |
+|   10  | id                        | id                         | `left_on=["feature_1"], right_on=["id"]` | “right_“ | id, “right_id“                              | No primary key from `left_fg` is used in the join. Value of `right_id` is used for retrieving features from `right_fg` |
+|   11  | id                        | id                         | `left_on=["feature_1"], right_on=["id"]` |          | id1, “fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_id” | No primary key from `left_fg` is used in the join. Value of “fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_id” is used for retrieving features from `right_fg`. See note below. |
+|   12  | user, year                 | user, year                  | `left_on=["user"], right_on=["user"]`     | “right_“ | user, year, “right_year“                   | Value of "user" and "right_year" are used for retrieving features from `right_fg`. `right_fg` can be the same as feature group as `left_fg`. |
+|   13  | user, year                 | user, year                  | `left_on=["user"], right_on=["user"]`     |        | user, year, “fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_year” | Value of "user" and "fgId_&lt;rightFgId&gt;_&lt;joinIndex&gt;_year" are used for retrieving features from `right_fg`. `right_fg` can be the same as feature group as `left_fg`. See note below. |
+
+Note:
+
+"&lt;rightFgId&gt;" can be found by `right_fg.id`. "&lt;joinIndex&gt;" is the order or the feature group in the join. In the example, it is 1 because `right_fg` is in the first join in the query `left_fg.join(right_fg, <join conditions>)`.
+
 ### Missing Primary Key Entries
 
 It can happen that some of the primary key entries are not available in some or all of the feature groups used by a feature view.
@@ -65,7 +90,27 @@ This call will raise an exception if for example for the third entry `pk1 = 5` O
 can't be found.
 That means, `get_feature_vectors` will never return partial feature vector, but will omit empty feature vectors.
 
-If you are aware of missing featurs, you can use the [*passed features*](#passed-features) functionality, described down below.
+If you are aware of missing features, you can use the [*passed features*](#passed-features) or [Partial feature retrieval](#partial-feature-retrieval) functionality, described down below.
+
+### Partial feature retrieval
+If your model can handle missing value or if you want to impute the missing value, you can get back feature vectors with partial values using python client starting from version 3.4. In the example below, let's say you join 2 feature groups by `fg1.join(fg2, left_on=["pk1"], right_on=["pk2"])`, required keys of the `entry` are `pk1` and `pk2`. If `pk2` is not provided, this returns feature values from the first feature group and null values from the second feature group when using the option `allow_missing=True`, otherwise it raises exception.
+
+```python
+# get a single vector with 
+feature_view.get_feature_vector(
+    entry = {"pk1": 1},
+    allow_missing=True
+)
+
+# get multiple vectors
+feature_view.get_feature_vectors(
+    entry = [
+        {"pk1": 1},
+        {"pk1": 3},
+    ],
+    allow_missing=True
+)
+```
 
 ### Retrieval with transformation
 If you have specified transformation functions when creating a feature view, you receive transformed feature vectors. If your transformation functions require statistics of training dataset, you must also provide the training data version. `init_serving` will then fetch the statistics and initialize the functions with the required statistics. Then you can follow the above examples and retrieve the feature vectors. Please note that transformed feature vectors can only be returned in the python client but not in the java client.