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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

SPSS 18. connection to Cognos Analytics as Data Source

SPSS Modeler 18 can not connect to Cognos Analytics as a data source.
about 7 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...
about 7 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.
over 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

Optimize classification models to optimize for high Recall and Precision

The classification models are currently optimizing for high Accuracy. There can be situations where high Recall or Precision may be desired rather than Accuracy. Can we give the user the ability to select the measure that needs to be optimized? Wi...
over 2 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 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

The setting to disable warning dialog at the time of nodes' reconnection

When you work in SPSS Modeler, you quite often make connection replacements between nodes. Like inbound connection to a node that has already been connected with another node. Having this node accept only one inbound connection, each time a warnin...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered

Modeler Flow on DSX Local should support TXT file as local dataset

Currently Modeler Flow on DSX Local support only CSV file as local dataset. We are requesting an enhancement to allow Modeler Flow on DSX Local to also support TXT file as local dataset.
over 5 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Delivered