Transferring saved missing values to another file

[bgreen]

Hello,

Is it possible to copy designated missing values in one SPSS data
file to another. The data contains a number of values which vary per
variable that I wanted to designate as missing. If X.sav is the
original file can I via syntax designate the same values as missing
in X2.sav, assuming common variable names across files?

An alternative, assuming such a method was available, would be to
update X based on values on X2, where there was a difference in X2
compared to X.

Assistance with either option is appreciated.


Bob

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[Jon K Peck]

Yes.  Take a look at APPLY DICTIONARY (or its menu equivalent).


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From:        Bob Green <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email],
Date:        02/06/2013 12:26 PM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Transferring saved missing values to another file
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Hello,

Is it possible to copy designated missing values in one SPSS data
file to another. The data contains a number of values which vary per
variable that I wanted to designate as missing. If X.sav is the
original file can I via syntax designate the same values as missing
in X2.sav, assuming common variable names across files?

An alternative, assuming such a method was available, would be to
update X based on values on X2, where there was a difference in X2
compared to X.

Assistance with either option is appreciated.


Bob

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[David Marso]

From the beloved FM:
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APPLY DICTIONARY can apply variable and file-based dictionary information from an external
IBM® SPSS® Statistics data file or open dataset to the current active dataset. Variable-based
dictionary information in the current active dataset can be applied to other variables in the current
active dataset.
 The applied variable information includes variable and value labels, missing-value flags,
alignments, variable print and write formats, measurement levels, and widths.
 The applied file information includes variable and multiple response sets, documents, file
label, and weight.
 APPLY DICTIONARY can apply information selectively to variables and can apply selective
file-based dictionary information.
 Individual variable attributes can be applied to individual and multiple variables of the same
type (strings of the same character length or numeric).
 APPLY DICTIONARY can add new variables but cannot remove variables, change data, or
change a variable’s name or type.
 Undefined (empty) attributes in the source dataset do not overwrite defined attributes in the
active dataset.

bgreen wrote

Hello,

Is it possible to copy designated missing values in one SPSS data
file to another. The data contains a number of values which vary per
variable that I wanted to designate as missing. If X.sav is the
original file can I via syntax designate the same values as missing
in X2.sav, assuming common variable names across files?

An alternative, assuming such a method was available, would be to
update X based on values on X2, where there was a difference in X2
compared to X.

Assistance with either option is appreciated.


Bob

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[Rick Oliver-3]

The menu equivalent is: Data>Copy Data Properties

Rick Oliver
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IBM Business Analytics (SPSS)
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From:        Jon K Peck/Chicago/IBM@IBMUS
To:        [hidden email],
Date:        02/06/2013 01:48 PM
Subject:        Re: Transferring saved missing values to another file
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>

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Yes.  Take a look at APPLY DICTIONARY (or its menu equivalent).


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
[hidden email]
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From:        Bob Green <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email],
Date:        02/06/2013 12:26 PM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Transferring saved missing values to another file
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>

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Hello,

Is it possible to copy designated missing values in one SPSS data
file to another. The data contains a number of values which vary per
variable that I wanted to designate as missing. If X.sav is the
original file can I via syntax designate the same values as missing
in X2.sav, assuming common variable names across files?

An alternative, assuming such a method was available, would be to
update X based on values on X2, where there was a difference in X2
compared to X.

Assistance with either option is appreciated.


Bob

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