Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:53:13 -0700
Reply-To: Jon K Peck <peck@us.ibm.com>
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From: Jon K Peck <peck@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: struggling with OMS
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As Pierre says, OMS listens for output generated after you start it. It
captures it upstream from the Viewer. You can pivot tables in the OMS
capture, but OMS provides no control over variable naming.
If you need to capture the output exactly in the Viewer format, it would
require custom scripting in Python or Basic.
Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
peck@us.ibm.com
new phone: 720-342-5621
From: Pierre Tourigny <ptourigny@videotron.ca>
To: SPSSX-L@listserv.uga.edu
Date: 02/20/2012 04:48 AM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] struggling with OMS
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Hi Domonic,
OMS does not work on existing output like OUTPUT EXPORT. It's a new output
stream.
You must put your table-producing procedure between the OMS and OMSEND
commands.
Good luck,
Pierre Tourigny
On 2/20/2012 3:04 AM, Dominic Lusinchi wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am having a difficult time with OMS. I am new to this feature of SPSS. I
scanned through the Syntax Reference guide and the list serve archives but
without success.
My issue. I am conducting a Friedman test and want to export the Ranks
table to a *.sav file such that the variable names in the aforementioned
table will be the variable names in the new data file and the mean ranks
will be the values. Ideally I want to export more than one table such that
each table will be a case in the new data file.
Currently I used this syntax for just one table:
OMS
/SELECT TABLES
/IF COMMANDS=['NPar Tests'] SUBTYPES=['Friedman Ranks'] LABELS =['Mean
Rank']
/DESTINATION FORMAT=SAV
OUTFILE='C:\myfolder\myfile.sav'
/COLUMNS SEQUENCE=[RALL CALL LALL].
OMSEND.
All this syntax provides is a data file with "Command_", "Subtype_" and
"Label_" as variables but no data.
I assume that the OMS command reads the output (SPSS Viewer) currently
open - that is where the results of the Friedman test are located.
The "[RALL CALL LALL]" puts all dimensions in a single row. That might be
a problem since the Ranks table has two columns: one with the variables
and the other with the ranks. I tried using DIMNAMES but without success.
Perhaps I need to transpose rows and columns in the original table in
Viewer?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Dominic
Dominic Lusinchi
Far West Research
Statistical Consulting
San Francisco, California
415-664-3032
dominic@farwestresearch.com
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