What's new and changed in SPSS Modeler

SPSS Modeler updates can include new features and fixes. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Software Hub.

IBM® watsonx™ Version 2.2.2

A new version of SPSS Modeler was released in October 2025.

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release
This release of the service includes various fixes.
Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data on the IBM Support website.

IBM watsonx Version 2.2.1

A new version of SPSS Modeler was released in August 2025.

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of SPSS Modeler includes the following features:
Use SQL pushback with more connectors

You can now use SQL optimization, also known as SQL pushback, with the following connectors:

  • Exasol
  • SAP HANA
  • Vertica

The SQL optimization feature improves performance by compiling SQL operations into code that can run in the database and then pushing these operations back to the database to run.

For more information about SQL pushback, see SQL optimization.

Use SQL optimization with Kerberos SSO for Oracle

You can now use SQL optimization when Kerberos SSO is enabled for authentication with an Oracle connector.

For more information, see Oracle connection.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

IBM watsonx Version 2.2.0

A new version of SPSS Modeler was released in June 2025.

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of SPSS Modeler includes the following features:
Give users a viewer role

An administrator can now add users with the viewer role so that they can see the output of SPSS Modeler flows. Viewers can open a flow in a read-only mode, where they can view the models and model nuggets.

For more information about adding viewers, see Project collaborators.

Use SQL pushback with more connectors

You can now use SQL optimization, also known as SQL pushback, with the following connectors:

  • Amazon RDS for MySQL
  • Amazon RDS for Oracle
  • IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL
  • IBM watsonx.data™ Presto
  • Microsoft Azure Databricks
  • MySQL
  • Presto
  • Teradata

The SQL optimization feature improves performance by compiling SQL operations into code that can run in the database and then pushing these operations back to the database to run.

For more information about SQL pushback, see SQL optimization.

Updates
The following updates were introduced in this release:
  • You can now adjust the size of the node properties panel.
  • When configuring a Data Asset node, you can now set the Table format as Iceberg or Delta Lake to get the correct properties for your Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake tables.
Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.