# Datastore

## Description

The [Datastore](https://cloud.google.com/datastore) online store provides support for materializing feature values into Cloud Datastore. The data model used to store feature values in Datastore is described in more detail [here](https://github.com/feast-dev/feast/blob/v0.31-branch/docs/specs/online_store_format.md#google-datastore-online-store-format).

## Getting started

In order to use this online store, you'll need to run `pip install 'feast[gcp]'`. You can then get started with the command `feast init REPO_NAME -t gcp`.

## Example

{% code title="feature_store.yaml" %}
```yaml
project: my_feature_repo
registry: data/registry.db
provider: gcp
online_store:
  type: datastore
  project_id: my_gcp_project
  namespace: my_datastore_namespace
```
{% endcode %}

The full set of configuration options is available in [DatastoreOnlineStoreConfig](https://rtd.feast.dev/en/latest/#feast.infra.online_stores.datastore.DatastoreOnlineStoreConfig).

## Functionality Matrix

The set of functionality supported by online stores is described in detail [here](../overview#functionality). Below is a matrix indicating which functionality is supported by the Datastore online store.

|                                                           | Datastore |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| write feature values to the online store                  | yes       |
| read feature values from the online store                 | yes       |
| update infrastructure (e.g. tables) in the online store   | yes       |
| teardown infrastructure (e.g. tables) in the online store | yes       |
| generate a plan of infrastructure changes                 | no        |
| support for on-demand transforms                          | yes       |
| readable by Python SDK                                    | yes       |
| readable by Java                                          | no        |
| readable by Go                                            | no        |
| support for entityless feature views                      | yes       |
| support for concurrent writing to the same key            | no        |
| support for ttl (time to live) at retrieval               | no        |
| support for deleting expired data                         | no        |
| collocated by feature view                                | yes       |
| collocated by feature service                             | no        |
| collocated by entity key                                  | no        |

To compare this set of functionality against other online stores, please see the full [functionality matrix](../overview#functionality-matrix).
