OUTPUT ACTIVATE

The OUTPUT commands (OUTPUT NEW, OUTPUT NAME, OUTPUT ACTIVATE, OUTPUT OPEN, OUTPUT SAVE, OUTPUT CLOSE) provide the ability to programmatically manage one or many output documents.

OUTPUT ACTIVATE [NAME=]name

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 15.0

• Command introduced.

Example

GET FILE='/examples/data/SalaryData2005.sav'.
DESCRIPTIVES salbegin salary.
OUTPUT NAME alleduclevels.

TEMPORARY.
SELECT IF (educ>12).
OUTPUT NEW NAME=over12.
DESCRIPTIVES salbegin salary.

GET FILE='/examples/data/SalaryData2000.sav'.
TEMPORARY.
SELECT IF (educ>12).
DESCRIPTIVES salbegin salary.

OUTPUT ACTIVATE alleduclevels.
DESCRIPTIVES salbegin salary.