Process Flow Diagram Logic

Organization of Enterprise Miner Nodes

The nodes of Enterprise Miner are organized into categories of the Sample, Explore, Modify, Model, and Assess (SEMMA) data mining methodology. In addition, there are also Scoring and Utility node tools. You use the Scoring node tools to score your data models and to create freestanding code. You use the Utility node tools to submit SAS programming statements, to create data mining databases, to perform group processing, to define control points in the process flow diagram, and to create subdiagrams.

All of the Enterprise Miner nodes are listed in a set of folders that are located on the Tools tab of the Enterprise Miner Project Navigator. The nodes are listed under the folder that corresponds to their data mining functions.

[Tools Tab of the Enterprise Miner Project Navigator]

Remember that in a data mining project, repeating parts of the data mining process can offer advantages. For example, you may want to explore data and plot data at several intervals throughout your project. It may be advantageous to fit models, assess the models, and then refit the models and then assess them again.

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