The IBM SPSS Statistics Batch Facility

Note: The IBM® SPSS® Statistics Batch Facility is a batch processing utility included with IBM SPSS Statistics Server.

Typically the client for IBM SPSS Statistics Server is IBM SPSS Statistics running on a desktop computer. However, the IBM SPSS Statistics Batch Facility is an alternative way to use the power of IBM SPSS Statistics Server, and it runs on the server computer. The IBM SPSS Statistics Batch Facility is intended for automated production of statistical reports. Automated production provides the ability to run analyses without user intervention. Automated production is advantageous if users at your site regularly require a set of time-consuming analyses, such as weekly reports.

The IBM SPSS Statistics Batch Facility takes as its input a report request contained in a command syntax file. The IBM SPSS Statistics Batch Facility then automatically produces the statistical reports specified by the syntax.