If you are using file handles in SPSS code, you may want to be able to access those file handles the same way in Python or R code called within SPSS. That does not come up often for me, and most of the time I have data files in many different places, so I typically just stick with using file handles. If SPSS needs write access to the directory in particular, this is sometimes easier than dealing with permissions. I don’t typically change SPSS’s current directory, but there are legitimate reasons to do so. So instead of defining a save file handle, you could do: CD "C:\Users\axw161530\Dropbox\Documents\BLOG\FileHandles_SPSS". I should also mention you could use the CD command to some of the same effect. Depending on the structure though you may need to edit the INSERT call though at the header for all of the sub-syntaxes, so it may not be any less work. Again if you need to move this entire project, all you need to do is edit that original base file handle location.Ī final note, if I have a set of complicated code that I split up into multiple syntax files, one trick you can use is to place all of your file handles into one set of syntax, and then use INSERT to call that syntax. In this case I defined a base location, and then defined the data and report file handles as folders within the base file handle. FILE HANDLE base /NAME = "H:\ProjectX".įILE HANDLE report /NAME = "base\Reports" every GET FILE, or GET TRANSLATE, or SAVE).Īnother trick you can use is that you can stack multiple file handles together. If you used absolute references you would need to edit the file at every location you used that absolute path (e.g. If you use file handles, all you need to do is change the one line of code at the top of your syntax. Say I needed to move where I saved the files from my personal drive to a work H drive. SAVE OUTFILE = "save\TransformedData1.sav"īesides being shorter, this greatly aids when you need to move files around.
*SAVE OUTFILE = "C:\Users\axw161530\Dropbox\Documents\BLOG\FileHandles_SPSS\TransformedData1.sav" The same works for where I save the files, so I would use the second SAVE line instead of the first after I’ve defined a file handle. I can just write something like: GET FILE = "data\SPSS_Dataset1.sav". So what this does instead of having to write something like: GET FILE = "H:\ProjectX\OriginalData\SPSS_Dataset1.sav". What those commands go are point to particular locations on my machine that either have the data I will use for the syntax, and where to save the subsequent results. *Simple description here of what the syntax does.įILE HANDLE data /NAME = "H:\ProjectX\OriginalData".įILE HANDLE save /NAME = "C:\Users\axw161530\Dropbox\Documents\BLOG\FileHandles_SPSS".
For example, here is basically what most of my syntax’s look like at the top. C.To aid in reproducible analysis, I often have a set of FILE HANDLE commands at the header of my syntax. IN CASE, IN CASE IT IS NOTICED AT LATER STAGE THAT UPLOADED DOCUMENTS ARE NOT GENUINE THEN SCHOOL SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ACTION AS PER NORMS. NOTE: THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO UPLOAD THE SELF ATTESTED COPIES OF ABOVE LISTED DOCUMENTS BY CHAIRMAN/ MANAGER/ SECRETARY AND PRINCIPAL. BY THE STATE GOVT./ UTĬOPIES OF RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE UNDER RTE ACT 2009, AND ITS RENEWAL, IF APPLICABLEĬOPY OF VALID BUILDING SAFETY CERTIFICATE AS PER THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODEĬOPY OF VALID FIRE SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMPANY AUTHORITYĬOPY OF THE DEO CERTIFICATE SUBMITTED BY THE SCHOOL FOR AFFILIATION/ UPGRADATION/ EXTENSION OF AFFILIATION SELF CERTIFICATION BY SCHOOLĬOPIES OF VALID WATER, HEALTH AND SANITATION CERTIFICATE GENERAL INFORMATIONĬOPIES OF AFFILIATION/ UPGRADATION LETTER AND RECENT EXTENSION OF AFFILIATION, IF ANYĬOPIES OF SOCIETIES/ TRUST/ COMPANY REGISTRATION/ RENEWAL CERTIFICATE, AS APPLICABLEĬOPY OF NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE (NOC) ISSUED, IF APPLICABLE. Central Board of Secondary Education APPENDIX - IX A.