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Using IBM SPSS Modeler with aRepository

About the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Depl oyment Services Repository

IBM® SPSS® Modeler can be used in conjunction with an IBM SPSS Collaboration and
Deployment Services repository, enabling you to manage the life cycle of data mining models
and related predictive objects, and enabling these objects to be used by enterprise applications,
tools, and solutions. SPSS Modeler objects that can be shared in this way in clude streams, nodes,
stream outputs, scenarios, projects, and models. Objects are stored in the central repository,
from where they can be shared with other applications and tracked using extended versioni ng,
metadata, and search capabilities.
Note: A separate license is required to access an IBM® SPSS®
Collaboration and Deployment Services repository. For more information, see
http://www.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/deployment/cds/
Before you can use SPSS Modeler with the repository, you need to install an adapter at the
repository host. Without this adapter, you may see the following m essage when attempting to
access repository objects from certain SPSS Modeler nodes or models:
Therepository may need updating to support new node, model and ou tput types.
For instructions on installing the adapter, see the SPSS Modeler Deployment Installation guide,
available on the SPSS Modeler Deployment DVD. Details of how to access S PSS Modeler
repository objects from IBM® SPSS® Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment
Manager are given in the SPSS Modeler Deployment Guide.
The following sections provide information on accessing the repository from within SPSS
Modeler.
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