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Customizing IBM SPSS Modeler
Customizing the Nodes Palette
Streams are built using nodes. The Nodes Palette at the bottom of the IBM® SPSS® Modeler
window contains all of the nod es it is possible to use in stream building. For more infor mation,
see the topic Nodes Palette in Chapter 3 on p. 18.
You can reorganize the Nodes P alette in two ways:
 Customize the Palette Manager. For more informati on, see the topic Customizing the Pa lette
Manager on p.
223.
 Change how palette tabs that contain subpalettes are displayed on the Nodes Palette. For more
informa tion, see the topic Creating a Subpalette on p. 227.
Figure 12-5
Record Ops tab on the Nodes Palette
Customizing the Palette Manager
The Palette Manager can be customized to accommodate your usage of IBM® SPSS® Modeler.
For example, if you frequent ly analyz e time-series data from a database, you might want to be
sure that the Database source node, the Time interva ls node, the Time Ser ies node, and the Time
Plot graph node are av ailable together from a uniqu e palette tab. The Palette Manager enables you
to e asily make thes e adjustments by creating your custom palette tabs in the Nodes Palette.
The Palet
te Manager enables you t o carry out various tasks:
 Control w hich palette tabs are shown o n the Nodes Palette below t he stream can vas.
 Change t
he order in which p alette tabs are shown on the Nodes Palette .
 Create and edit your own palette tabs and any associated subpalettes.
 Edit the d
efault node selections on your Favorites tab.
To a ccess the Pal ette Manage r :
E On the To
ols menu, click Manage Palettes.