Syntax file

The Production Facility uses command syntax to automate program functionality. These text files contain syntax commands that can be interpreted by the application.

You can use the Paste button in dialog boxes to have the syntax generated by your selections pasted to the syntax window. That syntax can then be saved to syntax files.

step From the Start menu select:

Start
 Programs
  SPSS for Windows
   SPSS Production Facility

step Click Add to select the syntax files you want to run.

step Navigate to the Sample Files folder and select automaton.sps.

step Click Open to add this file to the production job.

This syntax file first opens demo.sav, then creates three different pivot tables.

step Click Browse to select the folder where output files should be created.

step Navigate to the sample files folder and click OK.

You can save production jobs for future use.

step From the Production Facility's menus choose:

File
 Save

step Type productiondemo.spp for the filename.

step If not already there, navigate to the Sample Files folder and click Save.

step To begin running this production job, from the menus choose:

Run
 Production Job

The Production Facility window is minimized while the syntax files are executed. When the last command finishes, the window is brought back to the front of the screen.