In this section, we have made a hypothetical, yet hopefully realistic, setting where the reader can identify a goal, determine what data is available for use, and then review, understand, and load that data into Watson Analytics. We will be looking at a scenario where you have been given access to patient medical records, as well as the legends from various dialog sessions with those patients.

Although dialoguing isn't always saved in a formatted (or at least consistently formatted) way, it is easiest to consume and use dialoguing with Watson Analytics if some time is taken to apply at least some degree of formatting to the data. The amount of effort required to format or apply formatting to dialog information depends (mostly) on the method that was used to collect it.