data dictionary

[Ken Wood]

How does one save (in order to print) the information about all the variables in a given dataset?  That is, the information (or selected information) that one sees in the Variable View?

[Parry, James]

Hi Ken,

Try File . . . Display Data File Information . . . Working File (if you have the data open). I believe the only way to limit the variables displayed in this command is to physically drop the variables.

-HTH

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Subject: data dictionary

How does one save (in order to print) the information about all the variables in a given dataset?  That is, the information (or selected information) that one sees in the Variable View?

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

DISPLAY VARIABLES / VARIABLES = myvar1 myvar2.
DISPLAY DICTIONARY / VARIABLES = myvar1 myvar2.

Will display only the variables of interest.


--- "Parry, James" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> Try File . . . Display Data File Information . . .
> Working File (if you have the data open). I believe
> the only way to limit the variables displayed in
> this command is to physically drop the variables.
>
> -HTH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ken
> Wood
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:13 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: data dictionary
>
> How does one save (in order to print) the
> information about all the variables in a given
> dataset?  That is, the information (or selected
> information) that one sees in the Variable View?
>

Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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[Ken Wood]

Thank you for the many suggestions.  For those interested, the suggestions I received are below.






you can go to File Menu and choose the option display information
about the current working file or an external file. You will have an output
that you can save in .spo format or even copy to word, excel or any other
software.




Do Display Dictionary, then go to the Output, select the information
displayed, and either print from there, or export to either RTF or
Excel formats. Recent versions of SPSS provide information on
variable names and structure separately from Value labels, which is
a bit annoying.



try this command in syntax:

display dictionary.




DISPLAY VARIABLES / VARIABLES = myvar1 myvar2.
DISPLAY DICTIONARY / VARIABLES = myvar1 myvar2.

Will display only the variables of interest.




*OMS
*  /SELECT TABLES
*  /EXCEPTIF LABELS =['Notes']
*  /DESTINATION
*        Format = Text
*        OUTFILE = "dictionary.txt".
*DISPLAY DICTIONARY.
*OMSEND.

>
> Try File . . . Display Data File Information . . .
> Working File (if you have the data open). I believe
> the only way to limit the variables displayed in
> this command is to physically drop the variables.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ken
> Wood
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:13 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: data dictionary
>
> How does one save (in order to print) the
> information about all the variables in a given
> dataset?  That is, the information (or selected
> information) that one sees in the Variable View?
>

Ken Wood, PhD
Research Scientist
KMRREC
West Orange, NJ
973-243-6871