DATASET NAME

The DATASET commands (DATASET NAME, DATASET ACTIVATE, DATASET DECLARE, DATASET COPY, DATASET CLOSE) provide the ability to have multiple data sources open at the same time and control which open data source is active at any point in the session.

DATASET NAME name
        [WINDOW={ASIS }]
                {FRONT}

This command takes effect immediately. It does not read the active dataset or execute pending transformations. See the topic Command Order for more information.

Release History

Release 14.0

• Command introduced.

Example

GET FILE='/data/mydata.sav'.
DATASET NAME file1.
SORT CASES BY ID.
GET FILE '/data/moredata.sav'
SORT CASES BY ID.
DATASET NAME file2.
GET DATA  /TYPE=XLS
  /FILE='/data/exceldata.xls'.
SORT CASES BY ID.
MATCH FILES FILE=* 
  /FILE=file1 
  /FILE=file2
  /BY ID.
SAVE OUTFILE='/data/mergedata.sav'.