Re: Batch Submission in SPSS in 2012

Posted by Albert-Jan Roskam on Aug 10, 2012; 8:33am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Batch-Submission-in-SPSS-in-2012-tp5714649p5714653.html

Hi,

 

One nice thing is that the syntax can be parametrized, with parameters of the form @param.

For instance:

file handle path /name = @path.

will allow the user to specify a parameter, like so:

%spssdir%\stats.exe d:\temp\job.spj -production silent -symbol @path "d:\temp"

If you look at the printback you see that @path is translated into a minimacro define @path () "d:\temp" !enddefine.

 

Python scripting is another approach. Scripting and the Production Facility are much faster than interactive processing (no GUI overhead). Scripting seems to be slightly faster than the PF, but only marginally. But it's way more flexible.

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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From: "Lemon, John" <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] Batch Submission in SPSS in 2012

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

DIT ( Directorate of Information Technology ) - Student Liaison Officer

University of Aberdeen

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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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