Setting options for nodes

Once you creat and connect nodes, there are several options for customizing nodes. Right-click a node and select one of the menu options.

  • Click Edit to open the dialog box for the selected node.
  • Click Connect to manually connect one node to another.
  • Click Disconnect to delete all links to and from the node.
  • Click Rename and Annotate to open the Annotations tab of the editing dialog box.
  • Click New Comment to add a comment related to the node. See the topic Adding Comments and Annotations to Nodes and Streams for more information.
  • Click Disable Node to "hide" the node during processing. To make the node visible again for processing, click Enable Node. See the topic Disabling Nodes in a Stream for more information.
  • Click Cut or Delete to remove the selected node(s) from the stream canvas. Note: Clicking Cut allows you to paste nodes, while Delete does not.
  • Click Copy Node to make a copy of the node with no connections. This can be added to a new or existing stream.
  • Click Load Node to open a previously saved node and load its options into the currently selected node. The nodes must be of identical types.
  • Click Retrieve Node to retrieve a node from a connected IBM® SPSS® Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository.
  • Click Save Node to save the node's details in a file. You can load node details only into another node of the same type.
  • Click Store Node to store the selected node in a connected IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository.
  • Click Cache to expand the menu, with options for caching the selected node.
  • Click Data Mapping to expand the menu, with options for mapping data to a new source or specifying mandatory fields.
  • Click Create SuperNode to expand the menu, with options for creating a SuperNode in the current stream.
  • Click Generate User Input Node to replace the selected node. Examples generated by this node will have the same fields as the current node.
  • Click Run From Here to run all terminal nodes downstream from the selected node.