Building a custom node dialog

The basic steps involved in building a custom node dialog are:

  1. Specify the properties of the node dialog itself, such as the title that appears when the node dialog is launched and the location of the new node within the IBM® SPSS® Modeler palettes. See the topic Dialog Properties for more information.
  2. Specify the controls, such as field choosers and check boxes, that make up the node dialog and any sub-dialogs. See the topic Control types for more information.
  3. Create the script template that specifies the R code or Python for Spark code that is generated by the node dialog. See the topic Building the script template for more information.
  4. Specify properties of the extension that contains your node dialog. See the topic Extension Properties for more information.
  5. Install the extension that contains the node dialog to IBM SPSS Modeler and/or save the extension to an extension bundle (.mpe) file. See the topic Managing custom node dialogs for more information.

You can preview your node dialog as you're building it. See the topic Previewing a custom node dialog for more information.