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SPSS Statistics

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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

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

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...
over 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 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...
about 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Bland-Altman Plot

User in the field of biostatistics are using Bland-Altman technique and would like to have a direct access to the procedure rather than having to use 3 different unrelated procedures to have this product.
almost 9 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Azure Managed Instance SQL Compatibility with SPSS

We would like to request Azure Managed Instance SQL compatibility to the SPSS product line. We need to enable it for SPSS users to access and analyse data in the centrally available Azure Managed Instance (SQL Server) Version 12. The university-wi...
over 4 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

On restrictions on String variables used for 'Grouping Valiable' of 'Independent-Samples T test'

About 'Grouping Valiable' of 'Independent-Samples T test'. Improvement request I would like to use Long String (eg 24 bytes) as 'Grouping Valiable'. In the case of String variable, only variables that variable width is 8 or less can be input to [G...
almost 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Bug report: entering codes for missing values

I am running SPSS v29 under a concurrent license. Entering negative numbers for user defined missing values does not work now, neither in the Variable View or in Data&Define Varpiable Properties.
about 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration