Customizing the Palette Manager

The Palette Manager can be customized to accommodate your usage of IBM® SPSS® Modeler. For example, if you frequently analyze time-series data from a database, you might want to be sure that the Database source node, the Time intervals node, the Time Series node, and the Time Plot graph node are available together from a unique palette tab. The Palette Manager enables you to easily make these adjustments by creating your custom palette tabs in the Nodes Palette.

The Palette Manager enables you to carry out various tasks:

• Control which palette tabs are shown on the Nodes Palette below the stream canvas.
• Change the order in which palette tabs are shown on the Nodes Palette.
• Create and edit your own palette tabs and any associated subpalettes.
• Edit the default node selections on your tabs.

To access the Palette Manager, on the Tools menu, click Manage Palettes.

Palette Name. Each available palette tab, whether shown on the Nodes Palette or not, is listed. This includes any palette tabs that you have created. See the topic Creating a Palette Tab for more information.

No. of nodes. The number of nodes displayed on each palette tab. A high number here means you may find it more convenient to create subpalettes to divide up the nodes on the tab. See the topic Creating a Subpalette for more information.

Shown? Select this field to display the palette tab on the Nodes Palette. See the topic Displaying Palette Tabs on the Nodes Palette for more information.

Sub Palettes. To select subpalettes for display on a palette tab, highlight the required Palette Name and click this button to display the Sub Palettes dialog box. See the topic Creating a Subpalette for more information.

Restore Defaults. To completely remove all changes and additions you have made to the palettes and subpalettes and return to the default palette settings, click this button.