Tips and shortcuts

Work quickly and easily by familiarizing yourself with the following shortcuts and tips:

• Quickly find nodes. You can use the search bar on the Nodes palette to search for certain node types, and hover over them to see helpful descriptions.
• Quickly edit nodes. After adding a node to your flow, double-click it to open its properties.
• Add a node to a flow connection. To add a new node between two connected nodes, drag the node to the connection line.
• Replace a connection. To replace an existing connection on a node, simply create a new connection and the old one will be replaced.
• Start from an SPSS Modeler stream. You can import a stream (.str) that was created in SPSS Modeler Subscription or SPSS Modeler client
• Use tool tips. In node properties, helpful tool tips are available in various locations. Hover over the tooltip icon to see tool tips.
• Rename nodes and add annotations. Each node properties panel includes an Annotations section in which you can specify a custom name for nodes on the canvas. You can also include lengthy annotations to track progress, save process details, and denote any business decisions required or achieved.
• Generate new nodes from table output. When viewing table output, you can select one or more fields, click Generate, and select a node to add to your flow.
• Insert values automatically into a CLEM expression. Using the Expression Builder, accessible from various areas of the user interface (such as those for Derive and Filler nodes), you can automatically insert field values into a CLEM expression.