topic Re: Can one control clus_desc in TextMiner cluster analysis? in SAS Data Science https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Can-one-control-clus-desc-in-TextMiner-cluster-analysis/m-p/115517#M9291 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Author,</P><P></P><P>To answer your questions:</P><P></P><P>Answer 1: Yes, the strings represent the cluster descriptors</P><P>Answer 2: The plus symbols represent the parent terms</P><P>Answer 3: No, at least not explicitly via editing the raw sas7bdat file.&nbsp; However, the contents of the fields can be adjusted by adding to the proceeding Text Parsing node's stop list and then re-run the workflow.</P><P></P><P>Thank you,</P><P>Michael Wallis</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:55:13 GMT mdwallis 2013-06-20T16:55:13Z Can one control clus_desc in TextMiner cluster analysis? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Can-one-control-clus-desc-in-TextMiner-cluster-analysis/m-p/115516#M9290 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Actually, I have a couple of related questions.&nbsp; When ones does a TM cluster analysis, a file labeled <SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">textcluster_</SPAN><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">clusters.sas7bdat appears in the work directory and contains a field labeled clus_desc that contains a number of strings and + symbols.</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Question 1: Do the strings in that field represent descriptors of the clusters? </P><P>Question 2: Do the + symbols represent parents or, if not, what do they represent?</P><P>Question 3: Can one control the contents of that field, e.g., to exclude particular strings?</P><P></P><P>TIA,</P><P>Art</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:38:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Can-one-control-clus-desc-in-TextMiner-cluster-analysis/m-p/115516#M9290 art297 2013-04-22T15:38:41Z Re: Can one control clus_desc in TextMiner cluster analysis? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Can-one-control-clus-desc-in-TextMiner-cluster-analysis/m-p/115517#M9291 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Author,</P><P></P><P>To answer your questions:</P><P></P><P>Answer 1: Yes, the strings represent the cluster descriptors</P><P>Answer 2: The plus symbols represent the parent terms</P><P>Answer 3: No, at least not explicitly via editing the raw sas7bdat file.&nbsp; However, the contents of the fields can be adjusted by adding to the proceeding Text Parsing node's stop list and then re-run the workflow.</P><P></P><P>Thank you,</P><P>Michael Wallis</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:55:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Can-one-control-clus-desc-in-TextMiner-cluster-analysis/m-p/115517#M9291 mdwallis 2013-06-20T16:55:13Z