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Customizing IBM SPSS Modeler
Customizing the Nodes Palette
Streams are built u sing nodes. The Nodes Palette at the bottom of the IBM® SPSS® Modeler
window contains all o f the nodes it is possible to use in st r eam building. For more informatio n,
see the topic Nodes Palette in Chapter 3 on p. 18.
You can reorganize the Nodes Palette in two ways:
Customize the Palette Manager. For more infor mation, see the topic Customizing the Palette
Manager on p.
223.
Change how palette tabs that contain subpalettes are displayed on the Nodes Palette. For mo r e
informa tion, see the topic Creating a Subpalette on p. 227.
Figure 12-5
Record Ops tab on the Nodes Palette
Customizing the Palette Manager
The Palette Manager can be customized to accommodate your usage of IBM® SPSS® Modeler.
For example, if you frequently analyze time-series data from a database, you might want to be
sure that the Database source node, the Time intervals node, the Time Series node, and the Time
Plot gra ph node are available together from a unique palette tab. The Palette Manager enables you
to easily make these adjus tments by creating your custom palette tabs in the N odes Palette.
The Palet
te Manager enables you to carry out various tasks:
Control which palette tabs are shown on the Nodes Palette below the stream canvas.
Change t
he order in which palette tabs are shown on the Nodes Palette.
Create and edit you r own palette tabs and any associa ted subpalettes.
Edit the d
efault node selections on your Favorites tab.
To a ccess the Pal ette Manage r :
E On the To
ols menu, click Manage Palettes.