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SPSS Modeler

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Specifying RTN Codes to Ignore

• current situation: • If the RTN code is not 0 in the stream job step and the general job step, the job step will be treated as Failure, and the job will also have a Status of Failure. • Improvement Request: • I want to set a return code to be ig...
5 days ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS CNDS 0 Submitted

IBM SPSS Solution Publisher should execute stream scripting

IBM SPSS Solution Publisher should be able to execute stream scripting that has been published — that is, when .pim and .par files are run using modelerrun.exe. It should work for both CLEM and Python (Jython). Currently, this is not the case, and...
15 days ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS CNDS 0 Submitted

Allow SPSS Modeler to use Oracle connections configured with Kerberos SSO authentication

why - A lot more secure and less additional credential management. And it makes end user lives just a little bit easier when they don't have to mess around with additional credentials.who - All SPSS Modeler users who use Oracle DB as data sources....
19 days ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Submitted

Two-Factor Authentication(Two Step Authentication) function implement

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security process that requires two forms of identification to log in to an account or system. It's also known as two-step verification or dual-factor authentication. [How it works]You provide your password as t...
about 2 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS CNDS 0 Submitted

Allow to hide covariance arrows when copying model.

Often, I want to copy the AMOS model for a report, but the covariance arrows cover many of the model's coefficients and make it difficult for a client to read them.
about 2 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Submitted

When we try to read some Excel files into SPSS Modeler v18.5, we get an error saying format is not recognizable.

On Modeler Client 18.5, When we try to read some excels(image-1) filled with personal information like the one below in SPSS 18.5, we get an error saying format is not recognizable.(image-2) The same excel is read without any problems in 18.1. We ...
2 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Submitted

Support reading a CLOB field at least from DB2

Currently we have to cast a CLOB field as VARCHAR in order to read it into modeler from a DB2 source, and then we only get the first N characters. Please support reading entire CLOB as a string of size at least 256K characters or preferably more o...
8 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Future consideration

Re-usable Supernodes -- multiple instances of same one can occur in stream but modifying it immediately modifies all instances. Like a callable Function/Subroutine/Macro in programming languages.

Often we want to perform the same set of operations ("sub-flow") in multiple places in the stream, e.g. for similar/parallel data either from different data sources, or destined for different output or export nodes. It is essential that the *same*...
8 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Future consideration

DB2 12 Support for SPSS 18.5

My client, diamond account in Turkiye and one of the greatest banks, is using DB2 12 which has EOS date at the end of 2025. However, they are unable to use it with SPSS 18.5 as DB2 12 is not supported. They are unable to create critical reports us...
9 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Future consideration

A text to motion tracking

It is easier to track your footage
10 months ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Algorithms 0 Needs more information