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# ETL: PlatformFamily

> Extract the platform family or device category (mobile, desktop, tablet) from a user agent string. For device type analytics in ETL pipelines.

## Description

Extract platform family (device category) from user agent string, based on [ua\_parser](https://github.com/tobie/ua-parser).

## Syntax

`PlatformFamily(user_agent_string)`

## Examples

`PlatformFamily('Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; Crebergallery spider robot)')` returns 'Bot'

## Return value datatype

string

## Notes

Returns "Other" if platform family can't be extracted from string.

## Impact of null value

If input is null, returns null.