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Re: Batch Submission in SPSS in 2012

Posted by Lemon, John S. on Aug 10, 2012; 6:50am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Batch-Submission-in-SPSS-in-2012-tp5714649p5714652.html

Warren

 

Yes you can still do it for 20; the example here is for 19 but the only difference is the name & path of the .exe file.

 

"C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Statistics\19\stats.exe" "<SPSS production job filename>.spj" –production

 

The .spj file is created from “Utilities” -> “Production Facility” and has many options.

 

I use this facility a lot and when coupled with OMS produces routine reports and analyses on a daily and weekly basis with no intervention on my part, except to change the name of the .exe file when we update SPSS – the same files, .spj and syntax, have now been used for at least 3 versions of SPSS and the only thing to be converted when 21 appears is the .bat file by changing the file name !!

 

Best Wishes

 

John S. Lemon

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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Warren.Lambert
Sent: 09 August 2012 22:41
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Batch Submission in SPSS in 2012

 

I used to use SPSS up to 1992.  I always used a small batch program like this

 

     SPSS.bat

 

     e:\spssdos\spsspc.exe %1.get

 

This caused SPSSPC to execute and then run a get file that was passed on the command line. Very fast, a couple of seconds.

 

Can I do this now with SPSS-20?  SPSS says batch is there, but not where I can find it.

 

Warren

 

PS This batch approach works nicely with R, SAS, MPLUS, EQS STATA, & WINSTEPS. You can build in convenient features, like a column text editor.

 

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