Managing custom node dialogs
The Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions allows you to manage custom node dialogs, within extensions that are created by you or by other users. Custom node dialogs must be installed to all instances of SPSS® Modeler Client or SPSS Modeler Batch where they are neededbefore they can be used. Note that there is nothing that needs to be installed to SPSS Modeler Server to use a custom dialog node in server mode.
Opening an extension that contains custom node dialogs
You can open an extension bundle file (.mpe) that contains the specifications for one or more custom node dialogs or you can open an installed extension. You can modify any of the nodedialogs in the extension and save or install the extension. Installing the extension installs the node dialogs that are contained in the extension. Saving the extension saves changes that were made to any of the node dialogs in the extension.
To open an extension bundle file, from the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions choose:
To open an installed extension, from the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions choose:
Saving to an extension bundle file
Saving the extension that is open in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions also saves the custom node dialogs that are contained in the extension. Extensions are saved to an extension bundle file (.mpe).
From the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions, choose:
Installing an extension
Installing the extension that is open in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions also installs the custom node dialogs that are contained in the extension. Installing an existing extension replaces the existing version, which includes replacing all custom node dialogs in the extension that were already installed.
To install the currently open extension, from the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions choose:
By default, extensions are installed to a general user-writable location for your operating system. For more information, see the topic Installation locations for extensions.
Uninstalling an extension
From the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions, choose:
Uninstalling an extension uninstalls all custom node dialogs that are contained in the extension. You can also uninstall extensions from the Extension Hub.
Importing a custom dialog package file
You can import a custom dialog package (.cfd) file into the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions. The .cfd file is converted into a .cfe file, which is added to a new extension.
From the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions, choose:
You can also add .cfe files to an extension from the Extension Properties dialog, which is accessed from within the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions.
Adding a custom node dialog to an extension
You can add a new custom nodedialog to an extension.
From the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions, choose:
Switching between multiple custom node dialogs in an extension
If the current extension contains multiple custom node dialogs, you can switch between them.
From the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions, choose:
and select the custom node dialog that you want to work with.
Creating a new extension
When you create a new extension in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions, a new empty custom node dialog is added to the extension.
To create a new extension, from the menus in the Custom Dialog Builder for Extensions choose:
Extensions in SPSS Modeler Batch or in IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
To use extensions in an SPSS Modeler Batch or IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services installation, ensure that the environment variable IBM_SPSS_MODELER_EXTENSION_PATH is defined on the target environment, and that it points to the location that contains the extensions. If the streams that contain a custom node were stored to the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository before the IBM_SPSS_MODELER_EXTENSION_PATH environment variable was defined, you must re-store the streams to the repository before they will run successfully.