Access this on-demand session to learn how to automate key elements of your SPSS Statistics workflow and save significant time on repetitive analytical tasks. Many users rely heavily on point-and-click procedures, but automation opens the door to greater efficiency, fewer errors and more consistent, repeatable analysis. This session demonstrates the main automation techniques available in SPSS and shows how to put them into practice.

You will learn how to use syntax to create custom SPSS jobs, how macros can streamline repeating blocks of syntax and how to schedule automated tasks to run without manual intervention. The session also introduces VBA scripting for integrating SPSS with tools such as Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Python, which extends both the automation and analytical capabilities of SPSS. You will also see how to add your own analyses, create custom dialogs and develop lightweight applications that make complex processes easier for others to run.

This on-demand session is ideal for SPSS users who want to move beyond point-and-click, analysts who run recurring reports, expert users who need governed ways to share methods and developers who want to incorporate statistical power into their own tools.

During just one hour you will learn:

• How you can save time and reduce errors by automating repetitive tasks within SPSS
• How you can run these tasks interactively or at a scheduled time
• How you can build more flexibility on top of your existing syntax e.g. processing multiple files
• How you can automate interaction between SPSS and other tools such as MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• How you can add your own custom analyses into SPSS
• How you can build custom dialogs and applications

Using Syntax, you’ll learn how to create your own custom SPSS jobs. We’ll then show you how you can set up syntax macros which enable you to re-use repeating blocks of syntax without having to do any repetitive cut and paste. We’ll then give you an introduction to VBA scripts and you’ll learn how they can help you further automate your analysis in SPSS as well as communication with other tools. The VBA approach can be extended into Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and also into Python, which is the latest extension to SPSS Statistics. You’ll discover how Python can help you extend the analytical range of SPSS and adds its own automation possibilities.