Routing Output to SAV Files (OMS command)

IBM® SPSS® Statistics data files consist of variables in the columns and cases in the rows, and that's essentially how pivot tables are converted to data files:

• Columns in the table are variables in the data file. Valid variable names are constructed from the column labels.
• Row labels in the table become variables with generic variable names (Var1, Var2, Var3...) in the data file. The values of these variables are the row labels in the table.
• Three table-identifier variables are automatically included in the data file: Command_, Subtype_, and Label_. All three are string variables. The first two are the command and subtype identifiers. Label_ contains the table title text.
• Rows in the table become cases in the data file.