Saving data: Data file types
You can save data in the following formats:
SPSS Statistics (*.sav). IBM® SPSS® Statistics format.
Comma-delimited (*.csv). Text files with values separated by commas or semicolons. If the current IBM SPSS Statistics decimal indicator is a period, values are separated by commas. If the current decimal indicator is a comma, values are separated by semicolons. You can save files in Unicode encoding or local code page encoding.