Dear David, thanks for the quick answer. This is exactly what I want to do. Implementing the BaseAlgo class. My problem is: Where/How do I develop my code? My plan was to set up a virtual environment in Anaconda or PyCharm which is identical to the splunk environment (python 2.7, scikit 0.17, scipy ...) I just could not find a comprehensive list of dependencies. I also look into PyDen, but could not get it to work yet. Also, I wonder: What is best practice for developing and testing ML classes? Cheers, Thorsten ... View more