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Summary. You can enter a summary for your data mining project that will be displayed in the
project repor
t.
Contents. Lists the type and numb er of components referenced by the project file (not editable).
Save unsaved object as. Specifies whether unsaved objects should be saved to the loc al file system,
or stored in th
e repositor y. For more information, see the topic About the IB M SPSS Collaboration
and Deployment Services Repository in Chapter 9 on p. 158.
Update object references when loading project. Se lect this option to upda te the project’s references
to its compon
ents. Note: The files added to a project are not saved in the pr oject file itself. Rather,
a ref erence to the files is stored in the project. This means that moving or deleting a file will
remove that object from the project.
Annotating a Project
The project pane provides a number of ways to annotate your data mining efforts. Project-level
annotations are often use d to track “big-pi cture” goals and decisions, while folder or node
annotations p r ovide additional detail. The Annotations tab pr ovides enough space for you to
docume nt project-level details, such as the exclusion of data with irretrievable missing data or
promising hypotheses formed during data exploration.
To annotate a project:
E Select the project folder in either CRISP-DM or Classes view.
E Right-click the folder and click Project Properties.
E Click the Annotations tab.