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SPSS Modeler

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Create a Data Asset node with read method 'Select statement' (without the need to select a schema and table at first)

In order to create a Data Asset node with a select statement, you currently need to perform these steps: create new Data Asset node – select connection – select schema – select table – change read method from 'General' to 'Select statement' – ente...
about 1 year 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.
over 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...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 Delivered

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...
about 6 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 "database e...
almost 5 years ago in SPSS Modeler 3 Delivered

Custom SQL statement in data nodes should be migrated into SPSS Modeler flow while doing the migration of flows from SPSS client version to CPD SPSS Modeler.

When a user imports an SPSS stream(Developed in SPSS Desktop client) which is having a SQL statement in data node, it is not available after the import in CP4D SPSS. SBI is one of the biggest state owned bank in India. SBI analytics team use the S...
over 1 year ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 Delivered

SPSS 18. connection to Cognos Analytics as Data Source

SPSS Modeler 18 can not connect to Cognos Analytics as a data source.
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

Excel Import Node - Allow STORAGE override to avoid losing data

Right now, Modeler has issues importing Excel files for string fields that may have blank rows. If the first 50 rows of that field are blank, Modeler will default that field to a numeric storage, and any data further down would be lost. There is n...
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 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. ...
over 6 years ago in SPSS Modeler / 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.
about 9 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered