Extension Details

The Extension Details dialog box displays the information that was provided by the author of the extension. In addition to required information, such as Summary, and Version, the author might have included URLs to locations of relevance, such as the author's home page. If the extension was downloaded from the Extension Hub, then it includes a license that can be viewed by clicking View license.

Components. The Components group lists the custom dialogs, if any, and the names of any extension commands that are included in the extension. Extension commands can be run from the syntax editor in the same manner as built-in IBM® SPSS® Statistics commands. Help for an extension command might be available by positioning the cursor within the command (in a syntax window) and pressing the F1 key. Help might also be available by running CommandName /HELP in the syntax editor.

Note: Installing an extension that contains a custom dialog might require a restart of IBM SPSS Statistics to see the entry for the dialog in the Components table.

Dependencies. The Dependencies group lists add-ons that are required to run the components included in the extension.

  • Integration Plug-Ins for Python and R. The components for an extension may require the Integration Plug-in for Python, or the Integration Plug-in for R, or both. See the topic How to get integration plug-ins for more information. The Integration Plug-in for Java™ is installed with the Core system and does not require separate installation.
  • R packages. Lists any R packages that are required by the extension. During installation of the extension, the installer attempts to download and install the necessary packages on your machine. If this process fails, you will be alerted and you will then need to manually install the packages. See the topic Required R packages for more information.
  • Python modules. Lists any Python modules that are required by the extension. Any such modules may be available from the IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics community at https://www.ibm.com/community/spss-statistics . Copy the modules to a location specified for extension commands as shown in the output from the SHOW EXTPATHS command. Alternatively, you can copy the modules to a location on the Python search path, such as the Python site-packages directory.
  • Extensions. Lists the names of any extensions that are required by the current extension. Any such extensions might be available for download from the Extension Hub.

How To Access the Details for an Installed Extension

  1. From the menus, choose:

    Extensions > Extension Hub

  2. Click the Installed tab on the Extension Hub dialog.
  3. Click More info for the desired extension.