code: def _flatten_config(config: Dict) -> Dict:
      """Flattens the nested configuration dictionary into "dot-style" paths for each item.
  
      Args:
          config: A flattened configuration dictionary
  
      Returns:
          A flattened dictionary
  
          For example:
  
          {"backends": {"viz": "seaborn"}}
          becomes:
          {"backends.viz": "seaborn"}
      """
      return pd.json_normalize(config, sep=".").iloc[0].to_dict()
  
file_path: data-describe/data_describe/config/_config.py
imports: import contextlib
  import copy
  from typing import Any, Dict
  import pandas
label_desc: Use image node_id 6 for calling a global function with example usage: _flatten_config(config) and returns: pd