Oracle Data Miner

Oracle Data Miner is the user interface to Oracle Data Mining (ODM) and replaces the previous IBM® SPSS® Modeler user interface to ODM. Oracle Data Miner is designed to increase the analyst's success rate in properly utilizing ODM algorithms. These goals are addressed in several ways:

  • Users need more assistance in applying a methodology that addresses both data preparation and algorithm selection. Oracle Data Miner meets this need by providing Data Mining Activities to step users through the proper methodology.
  • Oracle Data Miner includes improved and expanded heuristics in the model building and transformation wizards to reduce the chance of error in specifying model and transformation settings.

Defining an Oracle Data Miner Connection

  1. Oracle Data Miner can be launched from all Oracle build, apply nodes, and output dialog boxes via the Launch Oracle Data Miner button.
    Figure 1. Launch Oracle Data Miner Button
    Launch Oracle Data Miner Button
  2. The Oracle Data Miner Edit Connection dialog box is presented to the user before the Oracle Data Miner external application is launched (provided the Helper Application option is properly defined).

    Note: This dialog box only displays in the absence of a defined connection name.

    • Provide a Data Miner connection name and enter the appropriate Oracle 10gR1 or 10gR2 server information. The Oracle server should be the same server specified in IBM SPSS Modeler.
  3. The Oracle Data Miner Choose Connection dialog box provides options for specifying which connection name, defined in the above step, is used.

Refer to Oracle Data Miner on the Oracle Web site for more information regarding Oracle Data Miner requirements, installation, and usage.