Server definitions

Executing an IBM® SPSS® Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository resource as a job step requires the specification of an appropriate corresponding server to process the instructions contained in the job step. The connection information for such a server is specified within a server definition.

Server definitions can be classified as either execution servers or repository servers.

• Execution servers process the contents of an IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository resource. The execution server type must correspond to the resource type being processed. A SAS An IBM SPSS Modeler An IBM SPSS Statistics job step, for example, requires a SAS an IBM SPSS Modeler an IBM SPSS Statistics server definition.
• A repository server corresponds to an IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services repository installation. A server of this type is typically used by job steps that need to return result artifacts to a repository.

Server definitions are contained in the Resource Definitions folder of the Content Explorer. Specifically, they are defined in the Servers subfolder.