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SPSS Statistics

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SPSS Statistics needs a menu item to return all windows to their default locations

IBM SPSS Statistics users often move between docked and undocked environments where they have access to just a laptop display up to many monitors extending and/or mirroring that laptop display. Currently SPSS Statistics saves the location of open ...
about 2 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Submitted

Full Information Maximum Likelihood method(Estimation method to assign missing values)

I would like to see "Full Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML)" added as a missing value assignment method in SPSS Statistics. FIML is a powerful method for handling missing data in statistical modeling. By using all available information in the ...
2 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Submitted

Sharepoint/Teams/OneDrive Connector for SPSS Statistics Shared Files

Shared SPSS files append local user file path when accessing and saving via Windows File Explorer. This causes instability when another user then tries to go access and modify the file and so on. There needs to be a Cloud connector for customer wh...
about 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

SPSS Statistics Connector to Intersystems IRIS Database

Create a native connector for Intersystems IRIS database in IBM SPSS and other relevant products, enabling seamless data integration and analysis for customers who use IRIS as their primary database. This connector would simplify data access, redu...
5 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Submitted

Zoom functionality(viewer) in SPSS 28

Hello together, it would be great to have an additional zoom function in the viewer as well as in SPSS 28 in general instead of change the font size. So that you can zoom like in the browser with CTRL+ and -. Currently PivotTables settings that we...
over 2 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 Future consideration

New system variables $NCASES, $NNUMERIC, and $NSTRING

The following are FAQs in SPSS discussion forums: 1) How can I get the total number of cases in my file? 2) How can I get the total number of variables? For 2, sometimes people may want the number of string variables only or the number of numeric ...
over 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

SPSS Stats Server File Level Security w/Internal Authentication

Add File Level Security to Statistics Server v23 and later while utilizing "Internal Authentication" identical to that of the File Level Security found in Modeler Server v17. This enhancement was made for Modeler Server v17. Internal Authenticatio...
over 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

Statistics Server/Client Add Compatibility for Oracle Access Manager WebGate WSSO

Please add Single Sign On (SSO) compatibility to use Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4.3.0 WebGate, and later for Web Single Sign On (WSSO).
over 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Containerize SPSS Concurrent License Manager

The SPSS Concurrent License Manager is a simple, lightweight sentinel perfect for containerization. A containerized version would be easier to sustain and upgrade via CI/CD to cloud infrastructure, while also reducing total cost of ownership to cu...
12 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Include both STAR JOIN and MERGE DATA in menu

In SPSS version 25 the STAR JOIN function was removed from the menu. STAR JOIN still works, but can not be found anymore in the menu under Data – Merge Files – Add Variables as in previous versions of SPSS. Under Data – Merge Files – Add Variables...
about 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 Not under consideration