How to get the running time from SPSS

[albert_sun]

Hi, all:


Is there a way to output the running time of macro in SPSS?

Thanks,

[Jon K Peck]

A macro expands to one or more commands, so it doesn't have any execution life of its own.  However, the Notes table shows the elapsed time for each procedure.  Transformations preceding a procedure would be included in that time.  You can also precede and follow the macro with SHOW $VARS and subtract the times.

If you want to get deeper into benchmarking, check out the STATS BENCHMARK extension command.  It takes some setup and only works on Windows, but it can give you a lot more information about Statistics resource use (memory, time, i/o, etc).


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Hi, all:


Is there a way to output the running time of macro in SPSS?

Thanks,





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[David Marso]

Try the following ideas:

DEFINE !ProfileStart().
DATASET DECLARE @profile@.
MATRIX.
SAVE MAKE(1,1,1) / OUTFILE @profile@.
END MATRIX.
DATASET ACTIVATE @profile@.
COMPUTE @StartTime@=$TIME.
EXECUTE.
!ENDDEFINE.

DEFINE !ProfileEnd( !Pos !CMDEND).
DATASET ACTIVATE @profile@.
COMPUTE @EndTime@=$TIME.
COMPUTE @ElapsedTime@=@EndTime@-@StartTime@.
PRINT /"Macro:" !1
      /"Beginning:"       @StartTime@ (DATETIME)
      /"Ending:"          @EndTime@ (DATETIME)
      /"Elapsed Seconds:" @ElapsedTime@.
EXECUTE.
DELETE VARIABLES @StartTime@ @EndTime@ @ElapsedTime@.
DATASET CLOSE  @profile@.
!ENDDEFINE.

DEFINE !Profiler (!POS !CHAREND("/") /!POS !CMDEND ).
PRESERVE.
SET PRINTBACK OFF.
!ProfileStart.
DATASET ACTIVATE !2.
!UNQUOTE(!1).
!ProfileEnd !1.
DATASET ACTIVATE !2.
RESTORE.
!ENDDEFINE.

/*Data simulation */.
MATRIX.
SAVE TRUNC(UNIFORM(1000000,1)*100) / OUTFILE * / VARIABLES X1.
END MATRIX.
DATASET NAME rawdata.


DEFINE !Junk().
FREQ ALL.
!ENDDEFINE.

!Profiler "!Junk" / rawdata .

albert_sun wrote

Hi, all:


Is there a way to output the running time of macro in SPSS?

Thanks,

[Jon K Peck]

Simpler:

begin program.
import time
t0 = time.time()
end program.

freq jobcat.

begin program.
print "Elapsed time in seconds:", time.time() - t0
t0 = time.time()
end program.

The second block reports the elapsed time since the first block or the second block was run.


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From:        David Marso <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        10/06/2014 07:29 AM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] How to get the running time from SPSS
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Try the following ideas:

DEFINE !ProfileStart().
DATASET DECLARE @profile@.
MATRIX.
SAVE MAKE(1,1,1) / OUTFILE @profile@.
END MATRIX.
DATASET ACTIVATE @profile@.
COMPUTE @StartTime@=$TIME.
EXECUTE.
!ENDDEFINE.

DEFINE !ProfileEnd( !Pos !CMDEND).
DATASET ACTIVATE @profile@.
COMPUTE @EndTime@=$TIME.
COMPUTE @ElapsedTime@=@EndTime@-@StartTime@.
PRINT /"Macro:" !1
     /"Beginning:"       @StartTime@ (DATETIME)
     /"Ending:"          @EndTime@ (DATETIME)
     /"Elapsed Seconds:" @ElapsedTime@.
EXECUTE.
DELETE VARIABLES @StartTime@ @EndTime@ @ElapsedTime@.
DATASET CLOSE  @profile@.
!ENDDEFINE.

DEFINE !Profiler (!POS !CHAREND("/") /!POS !CMDEND ).
PRESERVE.
SET PRINTBACK OFF.
!ProfileStart.
DATASET ACTIVATE !2.
!UNQUOTE(!1).
!ProfileEnd !1.
DATASET ACTIVATE !2.
RESTORE.
!ENDDEFINE.

/*Data simulation */.
MATRIX.
SAVE TRUNC(UNIFORM(1000000,1)*100) / OUTFILE * / VARIABLES X1.
END MATRIX.
DATASET NAME rawdata.


DEFINE !Junk().
FREQ ALL.
!ENDDEFINE.

!Profiler "!Junk" / rawdata .





albert_sun wrote
> Hi, all:
>
>
> Is there a way to output the running time of macro in SPSS?
>
> Thanks,





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