Introduction to SAS Enterprise Miner 5.3 Software

Layout of the Enterprise Miner Window

You use the Enterprise Miner graphical interface to build a process flow diagram that controls your data mining project.

Figure 1.1 shows the components of the Enterprise Miner window.

The Enterprise Miner Window

[The Enterprise Miner Window]

The Enterprise Miner window contains the following interface components:

Toolbar and Toolbar shortcut buttons -- The Enterprise Miner Toolbar is a graphic set of node icons that are organized by SEMMA categories. Above the Toolbar is a collection of Toolbar shortcut buttons that are commonly used to build process flow diagrams in the Diagram Workspace. Move the mouse pointer over any node, or shortcut button to see the text name. Drag a node into the Diagram Workspace to use it. The Toolbar icon remains in place and the node in the Diagram Workspace is ready to be connected and configured for use in your process flow diagram. Click on a shortcut button to use it.
Project Panel -- Use the Project Panel to manage and view data sources, diagrams, model packages, and project users.
Properties Panel -- Use the Properties Panel to view and edit the settings of data sources, diagrams, nodes, and model packages.
Diagram Workspace -- Use the Diagram Workspace to build, edit, run, and save process flow diagrams. This is where you graphically build, order, sequence and connect the nodes that you use to mine your data and generate reports.
Property Help Panel -- The Property Help Panel displays a short description of the property that you select in the Properties Panel. Extended help can be found in the Help Topics selection from the Help main menu or from the Help button on many windows.
Status Bar -- The Status Bar is a single pane at the bottom of the window that indicates the execution status of a SAS Enterprise Miner task.

Enterprise Miner Menus

Here is a summary of the Enterprise Miner menus:

File
- New
  - Project -- creates a new project.
  - Diagram -- creates a new diagram.
  - Data Source -- creates a new data source using the Data Source wizard.
  - Library -- creates a new SAS library.
- Open Project -- opens an existing project. You can also create a new project from the Open Project window.
- Recent Projects -- lists the projects on which you were most recently working. You can open recent projects using this menu item.
- Open Model Package -- opens a model package SAS Package (SPK) file that you have previously created.
- Explore Model Packages -- opens the Model Package Manager window, in which you can view and compare model packages.
- Open Diagram -- opens the diagram that you select in the Project Panel.
- Close Diagram -- closes the open diagram that you select in the Project Panel.
- Close this Project -- closes the current project.
- Delete this Project -- deletes the current project.
- Import Diagram from XML -- imports a diagram that has been defined by an XML file.
- Save Diagram As -- saves a diagram as an image (BMP or GIF) or as an XML file. You must have an open diagram and that diagram must be selected in the Project Panel. Otherwise, this menu item appears as Save As and is dimmed and unavailable.
- Print Diagram -- prints the contents of the window that is open in the Diagram Workspace. You must have an open diagram and that diagram must be selected in the Project Panel. Otherwise, this menu item is dimmed and unavailable.
- Print Preview -- displays a preview of the Diagram Workspace that can be printed. You must have an open diagram and that diagram must be selected in the Project Panel. Otherwise, this menu item is dimmed and unavailable.
- Exit -- ends the Enterprise Miner session and closes the window.
Edit
- Cut -- deletes the selected item and copies it to the clipboard.
- Copy -- copies the selected node to the clipboard.
- Paste -- pastes a copied object from the clipboard.
- Delete -- deletes the selected diagram, data source, or node.
- Rename -- renames the selected diagram, data source, or node.
- Duplicate -- creates a copy of the selected data source.
- Select All -- selects all of the nodes in the open diagram, selects all texts in the Program Editor, Log, or Output windows.
- Clear All -- clears text from the Program Editor, Log, or Output windows.
- Find/Replace -- opens the Find/Replace window so that you can search for and replace text in the Program Editor, Log, and Results windows.
- Go To Line -- opens the Go To Line window. Enter the line number on which you want to enter or view text.
- Layout
  - Horizontally -- creates an orderly horizontal arrangement of the layout of nodes that you have placed in the Diagram Workspace.
  - Vertically -- creates an orderly vertical arrangement of the layout of nodes that you have placed in the Diagram Workspace.
- Zoom -- increases or decreases the size of the process flow diagram within the diagram window.
- Copy Diagram to Clipboard -- copies the Diagram Workspace to the clipboard.
View
- Program Editor -- opens a SAS Program Editor window in which you can enter SAS code.
- Log -- opens a SAS Log window.
- Output -- opens a SAS Output window.
- Explorer -- opens a window that displays the SAS libraries (and their contents) to which Enterprise Miner has access.
- Graphs -- opens the Graphs window. Graphs that you create with SAS code in the Program Editor are displayed in this window.
- Refresh Project -- updates the project tree to incorporate any changes that were made to the project from outside the Enterprise Miner user interface.
Actions
- Add Node -- adds a node that you have selected to the Diagram Workspace.
- Select Nodes -- opens the Select Nodes window.
- Connect nodes -- opens the Connect Nodes window. You must select a node in the Diagram Workspace to make this menu item available. You can connect the node that you select to any nodes that have been placed in your Diagram Workspace.
- Disconnect Nodes -- opens the Disconnect Nodes window. You must select a node in the Diagram Workspace to make this menu item available. You can disconnect the selected node from a predecessor node or a successor node.
- Update -- updates the selected node to incorporate any changes that you have made.
- Run -- runs the selected node and any predecessor nodes in the process flow that have not been executed, or submits any code that you type in the Program Editor window.
- Stop Run -- interrupts a currently running process flow.
- View Results -- opens the Results window for the selected node.
- Create Model Package -- generates a mining model package.
- Export Path as SAS Program -- saves the path that you select as a SAS program. In the window that opens, you can specify the location to which you want to save the file. You also specify whether you want the code to run the path or create a model package.
Options
- Preferences -- opens the Preferences window. Use the following options to change the user interface:
  - Look and Feel -- you can select Cross Platform, which uses a standard appearance scheme that is the same on all platforms, or System which uses the appearance scheme that you have chosen for your platform.
  - Property Sheet Tooltips -- controls whether tooltips are displayed on various property sheets appearing throughout the user interface.
  - Tools Palette Tooltips -- controls how much tooltip information you want displayed for the tool icons in the Toolbar.
  - Sample Methods -- generates a sample that will be used for graphical displays. You can specify either Top or Random.
  - Fetch Size -- specifies the number of observations to download for graphical displays. You can choose either Default or Max.
  - Random Seed -- specifies the value you want to use to randomly sample observations from your input data.
  - Generate C Score Code -- creates C score code when you create a report. The default is No.
  - Generate Java Score Code -- creates Java score code when you create a report. The default is No. If you select Yes for Generate Java Score Code, you must enter a filename for the score code package in the Java Score Code Package box.
  - Java Score Code Package -- identifies the filename of the Java Score Code package.
  - Grid Processing -- enables you to use grid processing when you are running data mining flows on grid-enabled servers.
Window
- Tile -- displays windows in the Diagram Workspace so that all windows are visible at the same time.
- Cascade -- displays windows in the Diagram Workspace so that windows overlap.
Help
- Contents -- opens the Enterprise Miner Help window, which enables you to view all the Enterprise Miner Reference Help.
- Component Properties -- opens a table that displays the component properties of each tool.
- Generate Sample Data Sources -- creates sample data sources that you can access from the Data Sources folder.
- Configuration -- displays the current system configuration of your Enterprise Miner session.
- About -- displays information about the version of Enterprise Miner that you are using.

Diagram Workspace Pop-up Menus

You can use the Diagram Workspace pop-up menus to perform many tasks. To open the pop-up menu, right-click in an open area of the Diagram Workspace. (Note that you can also perform many of these tasks by using the pull-down menus.) The pop-up menu contains the following items:

Add node -- accesses the Add Node window.
Paste -- pastes a node from the clipboard to the Diagram Workspace.
Select All -- selects all nodes in the process flow diagram.
Select Nodes -- opens a window that displays all the nodes that are on your diagram. You can select as many as you want.
Layout -- creates an orderly horizontally or vertically aligned arrangement of the nodes in the Diagram Workspace.
Zoom -- increases or decreases the size of the process flow diagram within the diagram window by the amount that you choose.
Copy Diagram to Clipboard -- copies the Diagram Workspace to the clipboard.

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