Saving and Importing Models

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You can save your existing analysis models to a disk or any network location. This way the model can be placed anywhere on the network to meet your Commerce Server deployment and security needs. You can also import analysis models into the Commerce Server Data Warehouse or an external Database where the Predictor Resource is stored.

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  • If your Web Server(s) must be able to access analysis models you have saved, your site will not function correctly.
  • You must save analysis model files manually.

To save an analysis model

To import an analysis model

To save an analysis model

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Commerce Server 2002, and then click Commerce Server Manager.

  2. In the Commerce Server Manager, expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, expand Predictor on <server name>, expand Predictor Service, and then select Models.

  3. In the Models content pane, select the model you want to save, and then click Save model on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

  4. In the Save model to a file dialog box, enter the file name and location where you want to save the model, and then click Save.

    Prediction model files are saved with the extension *.PMF, whereas the segment model files are saved with the extension *.SMF

  5. In the Saving an analysis model to a file dialog box, click OK.

To import an analysis model

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Commerce Server 2002, and then click Commerce Server Manager.
  2. In the Commerce Server Manager, expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, expand Predictor on <server name>, expand Predictor Service, and then select Models.
  3. In the Models content pane click Import model on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.
  4. In the Import model from file dialog box, do the following:
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    File name Type the name of the file to import.
    Model name Type a name for the model.
    Destination data warehouse Select the name of the Data Warehouse to which you want to import the properties.
    Model configuration Select the name of the model configuration.
  5. Click OK.

See Also

Deploying Predictor

Securing a Predictor Deployment

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