Hi there,
We are trying to export our survey syntax into SPSS 20 - followed all the instructions and continuously receiving constant repetitions of the following errors for each variable - alas, no output is achieved. Any ideas



>Error # 100. Command name: RENAME VARIABLE
>This command is not permitted before the beginning of file definition
>commands.
>Execution of this command stops.
RENAME VARIABLE ( V67 = C7_other ).

Did you modify the line that does the actual import so it can find the file? Line 4 i think it is. There should be a different error before this one as the renames are on the end of the file.

Nope! Here's the full text output

pastebin.com/m4jtv446

The real error: >(2269) Failure opening file: /Users/HackettandTiger/survey_61547_SPSS_data_file.dat

Line 5 should be modified to read the full path to the file. When it can find the file it will run normal.

Hi there,

I have the same problem as liamh121. But by ready the reaction, I still don't understand what I can do to export data to spss.

Has somebody any ideas?

Looking forward for a reaction

Well, do you actually have problems with exporting or with importing? I assume it is with importing, right?

Yes with importing. To make from the syntax file a sav file, to use the data in SPSS.

What error(s) do you see? Please provide more information.

In the attachments I put the output which I get afther changing what is standing behind File to this: /FILE='c:\data\survey_56224_SPSS_data_file.dat' and clicking on Run --> All

I see that the attachment of the output is not working so I made a picture of it.

I als tried File with this name: C:\spss\Data\limesurvey\SPSS\survey_56224_SPSS_data_file.dat

But by both I get the same result. In the picture you see what I see in the syntax file.

Hopefully this give enough information to come to a solution

It looks like you have an incorrect path to the "survey_56224_SPSS_data_file.dat" file.

Open the folder it was downloaded into, right-click in the address bar and copy the address as text. Then paste that address into line 8 of the SPSS syntax file. So that line may look something like:

Hi Tony,

I tried it, but it is still not working. The first picture is the address bar which I see when I open it and the second picture is the adress bar when I copy the adress as text. I tried both ways to put in after file. But I am working on the system of the hospital Erasmus MC.

I also tried to download it in document, but also here it was not working.

And to be sure, you mean Line 5 after the word file instead of line 8 or?

Remove "c:\" from the beginning.