You are working with a Snowpark DataFrame 'transactions df that contains customer transaction data'. This data includes a 'transaction amount' column and a 'transaction date' column. You need to create a new feature called 'is weekend transaction' that indicates whether a transaction occurred on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday). Furthermore, some 'transaction_date' values are missing. You want to impute the missing dates with the mode (most frequent date) before determining if the transaction occurred on a weekend. Which of the following steps, when combined, provide the correct and most efficient approach to achieve this?
Correct Answer: B
Option B is the most efficient and utilizes Snowpark's built-in capabilities. It calculates the mode using Snowpark's aggregation functions, fills missing values using and leverages the function to determine weekend status without the need for a UDF. Option A creates a UDF which is less efficient than using a built-in function. Option C replaces with an arbitary string which is bad as its hardcoding and not efficient, after filling the value a UDF is made which is not efficient as well, Also after that the data has to converted back, thus option C is not correct. Options D is more complex as it utilizes temporary table which is not efficient. Option E create a UDF when snowpark provides readily available functions. so its less efficient.