Subcommands (SHOW command)
The following alphabetical list shows the available subcommands.
- ALL
- Display important settings that are applicable to your system. This setting is the default.
- BASETEXTDIRECTION
- The direction for text flow. The setting is
AUTOMATIC
,RIGHTTOLEFT
, orLEFTTORIGHT
. The default setting isAUTOMATIC
. - BLANKS
- Value to which a blank field for a numeric variable is translated. The default is the system-missing value.
- BOX
- Characters that are used to draw boxes. Both character and hexadecimal
representations are displayed. The default is
X’2D7C2B2B2B2B2B2B2B2B2B’
. This setting applies only to text output from the program. - BLOCK
- Character that is used to draw bar charts. Both character and hexadecimal
representations are displayed. The default is
X’2A’
. This setting applies only to the text output from the program. - CC
- Custom currency formats.
CC
shows the current custom currency formats that are defined forCCA
,CCB
,CCC
,CCD
, andCCE
onSET
. In Windows environments, the formats reflect the Regional Settings Properties. You can also request any of these keywords individually. - CACHE
- Cache active data file. This setting shows the number of changes in the active data file before a cache file is created. The default is 5.
- CMPTRANS
- Override IBM® SPSS® Statistics Server setting
for compiled transformations. The setting is either
ON
orOFF
(aliasYES
orNO
). There is no default because the default behavior is determined by the IBM SPSS Statistics Server. - CTEMPLATE
- Chart template file. The setting is either
NONE
or a file name. - DECIMAL
- Decimal indicator. This setting indicates the current character that is used
as the decimal indicator.
DOT
indicates that a period is the decimal indicator;COMMA
indicates that a comma is the decimal indicator. - DEFOLANG
- Default output language. This setting indicates the default output language
to use if the language that is specified on the
OLANG
subcommand is not available. The initial default setting is the language version of the installed software. - DIGITGROUPING
- Whether the current IBM SPSS Statistics locale’s digit
grouping format is applied to numeric output. The setting is
YES
(aliasON
) orNO
(aliasOFF
). The default isNO
. - DIRECTORY
- Default directory. This setting indicates the root directory that is used to determine the locations of files that are specified with no paths or relative paths. A wide variety of actions can change the current default directory during a session.
- ENVIRONMENT
- Operating system and computer information. This setting includes information about environment variables, defined paths, and domain.
- EPOCH
- Range of years for date-format variables and date functions that are entered
with a two-digit year value.
AUTOMATIC
indicates a 100-year range that begins 69 years before the current year and 30 years after the current year. - ERRORS
- Error messages for text output. The setting can be
LISTING
(aliasYES
orON
) orNONE
(aliasNO
orOFF
). - EXTENSIONS
- No longer supported.
- EXTPATHS
- Displays the locations for installing and searching for custom dialogs, extension commands, and R packages. When more than one location exists, location 1 takes precedence over location 2, and so on. The location R_HOME (in R_HOME\library) specifies the directory where R is installed.
- FILTER
- Filter status. This setting indicates whether filtering is in effect
(
FILTER
command) and indicates the filter variable that is in use (if any). - FORMAT
- Default print and write formats for numeric variables that are defined on
DATA LIST in free-field format and all numeric variables that are created by transformation
commands. The default is
F8.2
. - FUZZBITS
- Default setting of the fuzzbits argument for the RND and TRUNC functions. The default is 6.
- HANDLES
- Displays a list of all file handles currently in effect. File handles are
created with the
FILE HANDLE
command. - HEADER
- Headings for text output. The setting is
YES
,NO
, orBLANK.
The default isNO
. - JOURNAL
- No longer supported.
- LEADZERO
- Whether leading zeros are displayed for numeric values that consist only of
a decimal part. The setting is either
YES
orNO
. - LENGTH
- Maximum page length for output. The default is 59. This setting applies only to the text output from the program.
- LICENSE
- Licensed components, expiration date, release number, and maximum number of users who are allowed by the license.
- LOCALE
- Operating system locale setting and code page. In Windows operating systems, locale is set in the Regional Options of the Control Panel.
- MCACHE
- Memory cache size in kilobytes. The default and recommended setting are based on your specific hardware.
- MDISPLAY
- When defined, the subcommand uses pivot tables to display matrices. When the
subcommand is not defined, the default behavior is to display matrices to
TEXT
. - MESSAGES
- Resource-utilization messages for text output. The setting can be
LISTING
(aliasYES
orON
) orNONE
(aliasNO
orOFF
). - MEXPAND
- Macro expansion. The setting is either
ON
(aliasYES)
orOFF
(aliasNO
). The default isON
. - MIOUTPUT
- Displays the settings for pooled output when a multiply imputed dataset is analyzed.
- MITERATE
- Maximum loop iterations that are allowed in macro expansions. The default is 1000.
- MNEST
- Maximum nesting level for macros. The default is 50.
- MPRINT
- Inclusion of expanded macros in the output. The setting is either
ON
(aliasYES
) orOFF
(aliasNO
). The default isOFF
. - MXCELLS
- No longer supported.
- MXERRS
- Maximum number of errors that are allowed and number of errors so far in
current session. In most implementations of IBM SPSS Statistics, the maximum
number of errors that are defined on
SET MXERRS
is ignored. However, the information thatSHOW MXERRS
provides about number of errors in the current session can be useful. - MXLOOPS
- Maximum executions of a loop on a single case. The default is 40.
- MXMEMORY
- No longer supported.
- MXWARNS
- Maximum number of warnings and errors that are shown for text output. The default is 10.
- N
- Unweighted number of cases in the active dataset.
N
displays UNKNOWN if there is no active dataset.N
cannot be changed withSET
. - OATTRS
- Whether OXML and SAV output from OMS contains English-only attribute values
and English-only variable names respectively. The setting is
OLANG
,ENG
, orBOTH
. The default isOLANG
. - OLANG
- Output language for pivot tables.
- ONUMBERS
- Display of variable values in the outline for pivot tables. The settings can
be
LABELS
,VALUES
, andBOTH
. - OVARS
- Display of variables as headings. The settings can be
LABELS
,NAMES
, andBOTH
. - PLUGINS
- Displays which programmability plug-ins are installed. For Python and R, the path to the Python or R home directory is also shown.
- PRINTBACK
- Command print back. The setting can be
BOTH
(aliasLISTING
,YES
, orON
) orNONE
(aliasNO
orOFF
). The default isBOTH
at system installation. - PXTWARNS
- Defines the number of trailing lines of warning messages that Python
Xtensions write to the output. The command accepts a single integer value greater than or equal to
0
orALL
(write all warning messages). A value of0
disables Python Xtension warning message output. A value ofALL
echoes all Python Xtension warning message output. The default value is3
. - REPDEFER
- Whether connection requests to an IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository are deferred until needed.
The setting is
YES
(aliasON
) orNO
(aliasOFF
). The default isNO
unless you are running command syntax with the IBM SPSS Statistics Batch Facility (available with IBM SPSS Statistics Server), in which case the default isYES
. - RESULTS
- Output from commands. This setting is not applicable to output that is
displayed in pivot tables. The setting can be
LISTING
(aliasYES
orON
) orNONE
(aliasNO
orOFF
). - RNG
- Random number generator. Indicates which random number generator is being used.
- SCALEMIN
- For data files that were created in versions before version 8.0, the minimum number of unique values for a numeric variable that is used to classify the variable as scale. This setting affects only data files created in versions before version 8.0 that are opened in later versions.
- SCOMPRESSION
- Compression of IBM SPSS Statistics data files. This
setting can be overridden by the
COMPRESSED
orUNCOMPRESSED
subcommands on theSAVE
orXSAVE
commands. The default setting varies by system.SCOMPRESSION
cannot be changed withSET
. - SEED
- Seed for the random-number generator. The default is generally 2,000,000 but might vary by system.
- SMALL
- Decimal value to control display of scientific notation in output.
- SORT
- Sorting mechanism that is in effect: IBM SPSS Statistics or external, third-party (if available).
- SPLIT
- Split file status.
- SYSMIS
- The system-missing value.
SYSMIS
cannot be changed withSET
. - TABLERENDER
- No longer supported.
- TFIT
- Adjust column widths in pivot tables. The settings can be
BOTH
(label and data) andLABELS.
. - THREADS
- Number of threads. The default and recommended setting are based on your specific hardware.
- TLOOK
- Pivot table template file. The setting can be either
NONE
or a file name. - TMSRECORDING
- TMS recording status.
Yes
indicates that a TMS block for writing transformations to PMML is in effect.No
indicates that TMS is not currently in effect. For more information, see TMS BEGIN. - TNUMBERS
- Display of variable values in pivot tables. The settings can be
VALUES
,LABELS
, andBOTH
. - TVARS
- Display of variables as headings. The settings can be
NAMES
,LABELS
, andBOTH
. - UNDEFINED
- Warning message for undefined data.
YES
is the value that is associated with the default setting ofSET UNDEFINED=WARN
.NO
is the value that is associated withSET UNDEFINED=NOWARN
, which suppresses messages but does not alter the count of warnings toward theMXWARNS
total. - UNICODE
- Unicode mode status. The setting is either
YES
(aliasON
) orNO
(aliasOFF
). - VERSION
- Version number and creation date.
- WEIGHT
- Variable that is used to weight cases.
WEIGHT
can be specified forSHOW
only and cannot be changed withSET
. - WIDTH
- Maximum page width for the output. The default is 132 columns for batch mode and 80 for interactive mode. This setting applies only to text output from the program.
- WORKSPACE
- Special workspace memory limit in kilobytes. The default is 6148.
- XVERSION
- Version of Output XML schema that is used to generate OXML output from OMS.
The setting is
DEFAULT
or the version number (if the version differs from the default one). The default is the valueDEFAULT
. - ZCOMPRESSION
- Override Server setting for compression of scratch files. The setting is
either
ON
orOFF
(aliasYES
orNO
). There is no default because the default behavior is determined by the IBM SPSS Statistics Server. - $VARS
- Values of system variables.
$VARS
cannot be changed withSET
.