This developer code pattern uses Findability Platform (FP) Predict Plus operator from Red Hat Marketplace to predict customer spending using historical data and demonstrates the automated process of building models. Machine learning is a large field of study that overlaps with and inherits ideas from many related fields, such as artificial intelligence. The focus of the field is learning -- that is, acquiring skills or knowledge from experience. Most commonly, this means synthesizing useful concepts from historical data. As such, there are many types of learning you may encounter as a practitioner in the field of machine learning from whole fields of study to specific techniques.