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Status Not under consideration
Workspace SPSS Modeler
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 12, 2018

About modeler client and Modeler server connection display

Launch the Modeler client.When starting the Modeler client, the display on the lower left side of Modeler's screen is a disconnected server connection.Open the stream. Log in to the server. The display on the lower left of Modeler's screen will be the display connected to the server. Connection to Modeler Server disconnected with server login.
For example, the server machine shuts down, the server machine's Modeler Server service stopped, etc.
The server machine recovers and start again. The Modeler Server service will also be started.
The client machine's display remains connected to the server. In this state, execute the first opened stream.
The following message is displayed.
"Execution was interrupted"

My customer wants to change the message displayed when the client executes something after the connection with the server is disconnected.
After reconnecting to the server, the current message displayed when the client executes something is difficult to understand because the cause is unknown.
Therefore, please change to a message that is easy to understand.

the current message
"Execution was interrupted"

Please change it to a message with the following contents
”Execution was interrupted due to disconnection with Modeler Server. Please reconnect to Modeler Server."

Also he wants to change the display of the connection on the lower left side of Modeler's screen.
Modeler Client checks if Modeler Server is running.
Then, if Modeler Server is stopped, change the "Connection" display of Modeler Client to "Disconnected".