diff --git a/pipeline.py b/pipeline.py
index d218216..d636c2f 100644
--- a/pipeline.py
+++ b/pipeline.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 from multiprocessing import Process, Lock
 import pandas as pd
 from google.oauth2 import service_account
+from google.cloud import bigquery as bq
 import data.maker
 
 from data.params import SYS_ARGS 
@@ -115,11 +116,45 @@ class Components :
 		data.maker.train(**_args)
 		
 		if 'autopilot' in ( list(args.keys())) :
-			print (['drone mode enabled ....'])
+			print (['autopilot mode enabled ....'])
 			self.generate(args)
 
 		pass
+	def shuffle(self,args):
+		"""
+		"""
+		df 		= args['reader']() if 'reader' in args else args['data']
 		
+		
+		col  	= args['columns'][0]
+		distrib = df[col].value_counts()
+		values	= np.array(distrib.index)
+		counts 	= np.array(distrib.values)
+		np.random.shuffle(values)
+		np.random.shuffle(counts)
+		N = len (values)
+		theta = np.random.sample()
+		pad = 0
+		# print (values)
+		iovalues = np.zeros(df.shape[0],dtype=df[col].dtype)
+		for i in range(N) :
+			# n = int(counts[i] - counts[i]*theta)
+			n = counts[i]
+			print ([counts[i],theta,n])
+			index = np.where(iovalues == 0)[0]
+			if index.size > 0 and index.size > n:
+				index = index[:n]
+				iovalues[index] = values[i]
+			
+		
+		np.random.shuffle(iovalues)
+		df[col] = iovalues
+		
+		return df
+	def post(self,args):
+		pass
+			
+
 	# @staticmethod
 	def generate(self,args):
 		"""
@@ -181,12 +216,12 @@ class Components :
 		#	let us fix the data types here every _id field will be an np.int64...
 		#
 		
-		for name in df.columns.tolist():
+		# for name in df.columns.tolist():
 			
-			if name.endswith('_id') :
-				if df[name].isnull().sum() > 0 :
-					df[name].fillna(np.nan_to_num(np.nan),inplace=True)					
-					df[name] = df[name].astype(int)
+		# 	if name.endswith('_id') :
+		# 		if df[name].isnull().sum() > 0 and name not in ['unique_device_id']:
+		# 			df[name].fillna(np.nan_to_num(np.nan),inplace=True)					
+		# 			df[name] = df[name].astype(int)
 		
 		
 		_dc = pd.DataFrame()
@@ -232,6 +267,11 @@ class Components :
 			
 			_id = 'path'
 		else:
+			client      = bq.Client.from_service_account_json(args["private_key"])
+			full_schema = client.get_table(client.dataset(args['dataset']).table(args['from'])).schema
+			full_schema = [{'name':item.name,'type':item.field_type,'description':item.description} for item in full_schema]
+			io_schema = [{'name':item['name'],'type':item['type'],'description':item['description']} for item in full_schema if item['name'] in args['columns']]
+
 			credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file('/home/steve/dev/aou/accounts/curation-prod.json')
 			_pname = os.sep.join([folder,table+'.csv'])
 			_fname = table.replace('_io','_full_io')
@@ -243,11 +283,11 @@ class Components :
 			else:
 				Components.lock.acquire()
 				
-				data_comp.to_gbq(if_exists='append',destination_table=partial,credentials=credentials,chunksize=90000)	
+				data_comp.to_gbq(if_exists='append',destination_table=partial,credentials=credentials,chunksize=90000,table_schema=io_schema)	
 				
 				INSERT_FLAG = 'replace' if 'partition' not in args or 'segment' not in args else 'append'	
 				
-				_args['data'].to_gbq(if_exists='append',destination_table=complete,credentials=credentials,chunksize=90000)
+				_args['data'].to_gbq(if_exists='append',destination_table=complete,credentials=credentials,chunksize=90000,table_schema=full_schema)
 				Components.lock.release()
 			_id = 'dataset'
 		info = {"full":{_id:_fname,"rows":_args['data'].shape[0]},"partial":{"path":_pname,"rows":data_comp.shape[0]} }
@@ -354,7 +394,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__' :
 		else:
 			generator.generate(args)
 		# Components.generate(args)
-	
+	elif 'shuffle' in SYS_ARGS:
+		args['data'] = DATA[0]
+		_df = (Components()).shuffle(args)
+		print (DATA[0][args['columns']])
+		print ()
+		print (_df[args['columns']])
 	else:
 		
 		# DATA  = np.array_split(DATA,PART_SIZE)