Parameter arguments

Parameters can be used as flags during command line execution of IBM® SPSS® Modeler. In command line arguments, the -P flag is used to denote a parameter of the form -P <name>=<value>.

Parameters can be any of the following:

Simple parameters (or parameters used directly in CLEM expressions).
Slot parameters, also referred to as node properties. These parameters are used to modify the settings of nodes in the stream. See the topic Node properties overview for more information.
Command line parameters, used to alter the invocation of IBM SPSS Modeler.

For example, you can supply data source user names and passwords as a command line flag, as follows:

modelerclient -stream response.str -P:databasenode.datasource="{\"ORA 10gR2\",user1,mypsw,false}"

The format is the same as that of the datasource parameter of the databasenode node property. For more information, see: databasenode properties.

The last parameter should be set to true if you're passing an encoded password. Also note that no leading spaces should be used in front of the database user name and password (unless, of course, your user name or password actually contains a leading space).

Note: If the node is named, you must surround the node name with double quotes and escape the quotes with a backslash. For example, if the data source node in the preceding example has the name Source_ABC the entry would be as follows:

modelerclient -stream response.str -P:databasenode.\"Source_ABC\".datasource="{\"ORA 10gR2\",
 user1,mypsw,true}"

A backslash is also required in front of the quotes that identify a structured parameter, as in the following TM1 datasource example:

clemb -server -hostname 9.115.21.169 -port 28053 -username administrator
    -execute -stream C:\Share\TM1_Script.str -P:tm1import.pm_host="http://9.115.21.163:9510/pmhub/pm"
    -P:tm1import.tm1_connection={\"SData\",\"\",\"admin\",\"apple\"}
    -P:tm1import.selected_view={\"SalesPriorCube\",\"salesmargin%\"}

Note: If the database name (in the datasource property) contains one or more spaces, periods (also known as a "full stop"), or underscores, you can use the "backslash double quote" format to treat it as string. For example: "{\"db2v9.7.6_linux\"}" or: "{\"TDATA 131\"}". In addition, always enclose datasource string values in double quotes and curly braces, as in the following example:

"{\"SQL
Server\",spssuser,abcd1234,false}"