Properties Reference Overview

You can specify a number of different properties for nodes, streams, SuperNodes, and projects. Some properties are common to all nodes, such as name, annotation, and ToolTip, while others are specific to certain types of nodes. Other properties refer to high-level stream operations, such as caching or SuperNode behavior. Properties can be accessed through the standard user interface (for example, when you open a dialog box to edit options for a node) and can also be used in a number of other ways.

• Properties can be modified through scripts, as described in this section. For more information, see Syntax for Properties.
• Node properties can be used in SuperNode parameters.
• Node properties can also be used as part of a command line option (using the -P flag) when starting IBM® SPSS® Modeler.

In the context of scripting within IBM SPSS Modeler, node and stream properties are often called slot parameters. In this guide, they are referred to as node or stream properties.

For more information on the scripting language, see Scripting Language.