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I have a basic SPSS Modeller flow ...

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When I try to run the 'Value Bin' node I get the error:

Error: Output field 'Value Bin' is incomplete

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Value Bin is defined as this:

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I shouldn't have any missing values:

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What does this error message actually mean?

Sorry for all the screenshots.

Update

I updated the Derive node to a binning node and still the same issue:

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Chris Snow
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In your Derive node, under Measurement, you need to change Range to Set.

By definition the field is Nominal so to declare it also as a Range, i.e. Continuous, confuses things. I'm not sure why the node even gives you that option but maybe it makes sense somewhere.

The error 'Output field X is incomplete' means that the type of X is not fully specified, and in this case it's because it can't make sense of something that is both nominal and continuous.

Rob Duncan
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  • Changing to a SET fixed the issue. Strangely, I also tried a BIN node instead of Derive, but that surprisingly didn't work. – Chris Snow Apr 20 '18 at 13:17
  • That surprises me too. You can usually resolve such problems by adding a Type node immediately before the modeling node; you don't need to change any settings, but it will make sure that any 'incomplete' types are fully resolved before the algorithm is invoked. – Rob Duncan Apr 20 '18 at 16:40