spss.SetDefaultPlugInVersion Function (Python)

Note: This function is deprecated in release 22. See the topic Working with Multiple Versions of IBM SPSS Statistics (Python) for more information.

spss.SetDefaultPlugInVersion(value). Sets the default version of the IBM® SPSS® Statistics - Integration Plug-in for Python used for Python programs. This function is useful when working with multiple versions of the plug-in on a given machine (see Note below). The value of the argument is a quoted string or an integer specifying a plug-in version--for example, "spss160" or 160 for version 16.0. The strings representing the installed versions of the plug-in are available from the function spss.ShowInstalledPlugInVersions.

For versions 17.0 to 21.0, SetDefaultPlugInVersion also sets the default version of the IBM SPSS Statistics - Integration Plug-in for Python used for Python scripts (Python code that utilizes the SpssClient module).

Example

import spss
spss.SetDefaultPlugInVersion("spss160")

Note: The functions for managing multiple versions of the plug-in (spss.GetDefaultPlugInVersion, spss.SetDefaultPlugInVersion, and spss.ShowInstalledPlugInVersions) operate within a given Python version, not across Python versions. For example, if you are driving IBM SPSS Statistics from a Python IDE installed for Python 3.8 then you can view and control the versions of the plug-in installed for Python 3.8.