Overview (OMS command)

The OMS command controls the routing and format of output from IBM® SPSS® Statistics to files and can suppress Viewer output. Output formats include: Word, Excel, PDF, IBM SPSS Statistics data file format (SAV), Viewer file format (SPV), XML, HTML, and text.

Basic Specification

The basic specification is the command name followed by a DESTINATION subcommand that contains a FORMAT and/or a VIEWER specification. For FORMAT, an OUTFILE or OUTPUTSET specification is also required.

Syntax Rules

  • All subcommands except DESTINATION are optional. No subcommand may occur more than once in each OMS command.
  • Multiple OMS commands are allowed. For more information, see below.
  • Subcommands can appear in any order.
  • If duplicates are found in a list, they are ignored except in /COLUMNS SEQUENCE where they cause an error.
  • When a keyword takes a square-bracketed list, the brackets are required even if the list contains only a single item.

Limitations

  • For OXML format, the HEADINGS keyword has no effect. If any output from a procedure is included, the procedure title output is included.
  • If the OMS specification results in nothing other than Headings objects or a Notes tables being included for a procedure, then nothing is included for that procedure.