Invoking the software

You can use the command line of your operating system to start IBM® SPSS® Modeler as follows.

Microsoft Windows

  1. On a computer where IBM SPSS Modeler is installed, open a DOS, or command-prompt, window.
  2. Switch to the installation path for IBM SPSS Modeler (for example, [Installpath]\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Modeler\18.5\bin).
  3. To start the IBM SPSS Modeler interface in interactive mode, type the modelerclient command followed by the required arguments; for example:
modelerclient -stream report.str -execute

You can use the available arguments (flags) to connect to a server, load streams, run scripts, or specify other parameters as needed.

Mac OS

  1. Locate the Mac OS command path for IBM SPSS Modeler (for example, [Installpath]/Applications/IBM/SPSS/Modeler/18.5/IBM SPSS Modeler.app/Contents/MacOS).
  2. To start the IBM SPSS Modeler interface in interactive mode, run the modeler command followed by the required arguments; for example:
    ./modeler -stream report.str -execute