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SPSS Modeler

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Automatically trim leading and trailing spaces from Variable Names

A colleague was struggling with getting a Time Series model to work. The issue turned out to be that there were leading and trailing spaces on the target variable name. I have seen this happen with client data in the past. The error message that M...
over 5 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 Delivered

An Issue in SPSS Modeler Database Functions and IIAS

Incompatibility between using Netezza and Db2 products. Both UDFs (User Defined Function) and built-in functions are available in the case of Netezza, but in the case of IIAS (IBM Integrated Analytics System) / Db2 only UDF is available in CLEM. ...
about 6 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

The data amount of the SPSS Modeler's installation package is large

Since the amount of data of the installation package is large, it takes time to transfer the data when providing the user.Also, My Appliacation's installer development is difficult due to the large amount of data.
over 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

Auto save

The ability to auto save would be a small enhancement with big impact, kind of like the ability to zoom the canvas. Auto save is something I am asked about at almost every workshop and would be a great feature.
over 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

S3 INPUT node to read S3 and ICOS data.

want S3 INPUT node to read S3 and ICOS data.
almost 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 2 Delivered

Errors and standard output to be written to a log file.

want errors and standard output to be written to a log file. When an error occurs in executing a node created with extension node or custom node dialog builder, nothing is displayed in console output. It takes a lot of time to identify the problem...
almost 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 Delivered

Modeler Flow needs to be able to update or delete & insert records into the DB table

In our customer's usecases, we export data to DB tables as several way. 1. Insert (simply appending) 2. Update 3. Update and insert 4. Delete all records and insert 5. Create new table and insert (with schema settings) SPSS Modeler's "dat...
about 4 years ago in SPSS Modeler 3 Delivered

Support reading JSON format

This request is to support an ability to parse JSON data within IBM SPSS Modeler -- whether the JSON data is in a file, embedded in a database column, or comes from Hadoop.
about 9 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

Ability to create source nodes using Custom Node Dialog Builder

Currently it is possible only create Process, Model and Output node type using Custom Node Dialog Builder. In some cases it is necessary to import data from files which are not supported in IBM SPSS Modeler. So it will be useful if there was an op...
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

Modeler Flow needs to be able to cancel long running processes likely SPSS Modeler.

When a process is executed for a long time, it cannot be stopped because there is no button to cancel in the middle. SPSS Modeler has a button to stop processing. Is it possible to get a similar button?As a result, the process that has been execut...
about 4 years ago in SPSS Modeler 6 Delivered