Setting Notification Options
Using the Notifications tab of the User Options dialog box, you can set various options regarding the occurrence and type of warnings and confirmation windows in IBM® SPSS® Modeler. You can also specify the behavior of the Outputs and Models tabs in the managers pane when new output and models are generated.
Show stream execution feedback dialog Select to display a dialog box, that includes a progress indicator, when a stream has been running for three seconds. The dialog box also includes details of the output objects created by the stream.
- Close dialog upon completion By default, the dialog box closes when the stream finishes running. Clear this check box if you want the dialog box to remain visible when the stream finishes.
Warn when a node overwrites a file Select to warn with an error message when node operations overwrite an existing file.
Warn when a node overwrites a database table Select to warn with an error message when node operations overwrite an existing database table.
Sound Notifications
Use the list to specify whether sounds notify you when an event or error occurs. There are a number of sounds available. Use the Play (loudspeaker) button to play a selected sound. Use the ellipsis button (...) to browse for and select a sound.
- Mute all sounds Select to turn off sound notification for all events.
Visual Notifications
The options in this group are used to specify the behavior of the Outputs and Models tabs in the managers pane at the top right of the display when new items are generated. Select New Model or New Output from the list to specify the behavior of the corresponding tab.
The following option is available for New Model:
Replace previous model If selected (default), overwrites an existing model from this stream in the Models tab and on the stream canvas. If this box is unchecked, the model is added to the existing models on the tab and the canvas. Note that this setting is overridden by the model replacement setting on a model link.
The following option is available for New Output:
Warn when outputs exceed [n] Select whether to display a warning when the number of items on the Outputs tab exceeds a prespecified quantity. The default quantity is 20; however, you can change this if needed.
The following options are available in all cases:
Select tab Choose whether to switch to the Outputs or Models tab when the corresponding object is generated while the stream runs.
- Select Always to switch to the corresponding tab in the managers pane.
- Select If generated by current stream to switch to the corresponding tab only for objects generated by the stream currently visible in the canvas.
- Select Never to restrict the software from switching to the corresponding tab to notify you of generated outputs or models.
Flash tab Select whether to flash the Outputs or Models tab in the managers pane when new outputs or models have been generated.
- Select If not selected to flash the corresponding tab (if not already selected) whenever new objects are generated in the managers pane.
- Select Never to restrict the software from flashing the corresponding tab to notify you of generated objects.
Scroll palette to make visible (New Model only). Select whether to automatically scroll the Models tab in the managers pane to make the most recent model visible.
- Select Always to enable scrolling.
- Select If generated by current stream to scroll only for objects generated by the stream currently visible in the canvas.
- Select Never to restrict the software from automatically scrolling the Models tab.
Open window (New Output only). Select whether to automatically open an output window upon generation.
- Select Always to always open a new output window.
- Select If generated by current stream to open a new window for output generated by the stream currently visible in the canvas.
- Select Never to restrict the software from automatically opening new windows for generated output.
To revert to the system default settings for this tab, click Default Values.