FIELDNAMES Subcommand (SAVE TRANSLATE command)

FIELDNAMES writes variable names to the first row in spreadsheets and tab-delimited and comma-delimited text files.

  • By default, variable names are not included in the file.
  • For Excel files, version 8 or later, you can also select to write either variable names or variable labels.
VALUE=NAMES
Writes variable names. This setting is the default setting if FIELDNAMES is used without a VALUE keyword.
VALUE=LABELS
Writes variable labels. If a variable does not have a defined variable label, the variable name is used.

Example

SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='/data/csvfile.csv' /TYPE=CSV /FIELDNAMES.