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Chapter 11

Classes View

The Classes view in the project pane organizes your work in IBM® SPSS® Modeler c ategorically
by the types of objects created. Saved objects can be added to any of the following catego ries:
Streams
Nodes
Models
Tables, graphs, reports
Other (non-SPSS Modeler files, such as slide shows or white papers relevant to your data
mining work)
Figure 11-3
Classes view
Adding objects to the Classes view also adds them to the default phase folder in t he CRISP-DM
view.
Note: If the project pane is not visible in the window, click Project on the View menu.
Building a Project
A project is essentially a file containing references to all of the files that you associate with the
project. This means that project items are saved both individuall yan d as a reference in the project
file (.cpj). Because of this referential structur e, note the following:
Project items must first be saved individually before being added to a project. If an item is
unsaved, you will be prompted to save it before adding it to the current project.
Objects that are updated individually, such as streams, are also updated in the project file.
Manually moving or deleting objects (such as streams, nodes, and output objects) from th efile
system will render links in the project file invalid.

Creating a New Project

New projects are easy to create in the IBM® SPSS® Modeler window. Youcan either start
building one, if none is open, or you can close an existing project and start from scratch.