Locking and unlocking a SuperNode

Warning: Lost passwords cannot be recovered.

You can lock or unlock a SuperNode from any of the three tabs.

  1. Click Lock Node.
  2. Enter and confirm the password.
  3. Click OK.

A password protected SuperNode is identified on the stream canvas by a small padlock symbol to the top-left of the SuperNode icon.

Unlocking a SuperNode

  1. To permanently remove the password protection, click Unlock Node. You are prompted for the password.
  2. Enter the password and click OK. The SuperNode is no longer password protected and the padlock symbol no longer shows next to the icon in the stream.

For a stream saved in a version of SPSS® Modeler between 16 and 17.0 that contains a locked SuperNode, when opening the stream in a different environment such as in IBM® SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services or on a Mac when the SPSS Modeler-installed JRE is different, it must first be opened, unlocked, and resaved using version 17.1 or later on the old environment where it was last saved.

Sometimes an incorrect password error will be displayed when unlocking a SuperNode in stream older than version 18. To work around this, reopen and unlock the node using the exact IBM SPSS Modeler version (or a more current version) on the same platform with the same system local settings as when it was last saved. Then open it in version 18 or later. lock the node, and save the stream again.