Flat File Export Node

The Flat File export node enables you to write data to a delimited text file. This is useful for exporting data that can be read by other analysis or spreadsheet software.

If your data contains geospatial information you can export it as a flat file and, if you generate a Variable File source node for use within the same stream, all storage, measurement, and geospatial metadata is retained in the new source node. However if you export the data and then import it in a different stream, you must take some extra steps to set the geospatial metadata in the new source node. For more information, see the topic Variable File Node.

Note: You cannot write files in the old cache format, because IBM® SPSS® Modeler no longer uses that format for cache files. IBM SPSS Modeler cache files are now saved in IBM SPSS Statistics .sav format, which you can write using a Statistics export node. For more information, see the topic Statistics Export Node.