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IBM SPSS Modeler Overview
EEdit options.cfg, located in the /configdirectory of your SPSS Modeler installation directory. Edit
the temp_directory parameter in this file to read:
temp_directory, "C:/spss/servertemp"
.
EAfter doing this, you must restart the SPSS Modeler Server service. You can do this by clicking
the Services tab on your Windows Control Panel. Just stop the service and then start it to activ ate
the changes you made. Restarting the machine will also restart the servic e.
All temp files will now be written to this new directory.
Note: The most common error when you are attempting to do this is to use the wrong type of
slashes. Because of SPSS Modeler ’sU NIX history,for ward slashes are used.

Starting Multiple IBM SPSS Modeler Sessions

If you need to launch more than one IBM® SPSS® Modeler session at a time, you must make
some changes to your IBM® SPSS® Modeler and Windows settings. For example, you may
need to do this if you have two separate server licenses and want to run two strea ms against two
different servers from the same client machine.
Toenable m ultiple SPSS Modeler sessions:
EClick:
Start > [All] Programs > IBM SPSS Modeler15
EOn the IBM SPSS Modeler15 shortcut (the one with the icon), right-click and select Properties.
EIn the Targettext box, a dd
-noshare
to the end of the string.
EIn Windows Explorer, select:
Tools> Folder Options...
EOn the File Typesta b, select the SPSS Modeler Stream option and click Advanced.
EIn the Edit File Typedialo gbo x,se lect Open with SPSS Modeler and click Edit.
EIn the Application used to perform action text box, add
-noshare
before the -stream argument.
IBM SPSS Modeler Interface at a Glance
At each point in the data mining process, IBM® SPSS® Modeler’s easy-to-use interface invite s
your specific business expertise. Mod eling algorithms, such as prediction, classification,
segmentation, and association detection, ensure powerful and accurate m odels. Model results
can easily be deployed and read into databases, IBM® SPSS® Statistics, and a wide variety
of other applications.
Workingwith SPSS Mo deler is a three-step process of working with data.
First, you read data into SPSS Modeler.
Next, you run the data through a series of manipulations.
Finally, you send the data to a destination.