SPECFILE subcommand (SPATIAL MAPSPEC command)

The SPECFILE subcommand specifies the name and location for the map specification file defined by the SPATIAL MAPSPEC command.

FILE='filespec'

Specifies the name and location of the file.

• The file specification must be enclosed in quotation marks.
• The output file is .zip archive with the default file extension .mplan.
• You can use "*\" as a directory path to specify the SPSS Statistics temporary directory. The temporary file is deleted at the end of the session.
• If you do not specify a file, a temporary file named mapspec.zip is created in the temporary directory. This file is deleted at the end of the session.

DISPLAY=YES | NO

Controls the display of an output table that contains the details of the map specification. The default setting is YES.

SAVEDATA=NO | YES

Controls whether data from the files are saved with the map specification.

• NO. The map specification contains only references to the files. This option is the default setting.
• YES. Data from map shape files, external data files, and datasets used in the map specification are saved in the .zip archive.
• Data from unsaved datasets in the map specification are always saved.
• Only references are saved for map services and databases.