The server is just another computer on your organisation’s network (likely to be of a higher specification with more processing and storage capacity than a typical client machine) to which multiple client machines can potentially connect.
In this configuration the local client install of IBM SPSS (Statistics, Modeler or both) will connect to a copy of the equivalent software that is designed to run on a server. This is often where an organisation may consider using client/server architecture. This means that you can install a version locally on any individual user’s computer (often referred to as the client machine) and that user can then access data on that computer (for example as a flat file or a range of flat files) as well as data that resides in any other location to which the user can connect their computer (for example a network drive or using database connectivity protocols such as ODBC).įor many applications the local (client) install option will cater for all your analytical requirements. However there are also situations where an organisation may require different software set up. SPSS products are ‘fat client’ software products.
A licence manager application is installed centrally to control this access. For example, a two-user licence means two people can both be using the software but if a third person attempts to access, they will be refused until one of the first two people logs out. You can buy multiple single user licences for deployment throughout your organisation.Ĭoncurrent user licences allow anyone in the organisation to use the product but stipulate the maximum number of people who can use it at any one time. It can be installed on a single machine.This form of licence is also known as a standalone licence or a named user licence. The difference between the two is to do with who can use the software.Īn authorised user licence is tied to a specific named individual and is for their exclusive use.
desktop) versions of both the Statistics and Modeler product lines are licensed in one of two ways. How your organisation licenses and implements these tools will depend on its requirements. If the categories have no inherent order then the measurement type would be Nominal.IBM SPSS Advanced Analytical Products, including IBM SPSS Statistics and IBM SPSS Modeler, can be implemented and licensed in different ways. Ordinal means categories with some kind of hierarchical order, such as school grades, or in this case severity of heart disease present in the patient.