Transpose

Transpose creates a new data file in which the rows and columns in the original data file are transposed so that cases (rows) become variables and variables (columns) become cases. Transpose automatically creates new variable names and displays a list of the new variable names.

• A new string variable that contains the original variable name, case_lbl, is automatically created.
• If the active dataset contains an ID or name variable with unique values, you can use it as the name variable, and its values will be used as variable names in the transposed data file. If it is a numeric variable, the variable names start with the letter V, followed by the numeric value.
• User-missing values are converted to the system-missing value in the transposed data file. To retain any of these values, change the definition of missing values in the Variable View in the Data Editor.

To Transpose Variables and Cases

1. From the menus choose:

   Data > Transpose...

2. Select one or more variables to transpose into cases.

Optionally, you can select a name variable, and its values will be used as variable names in the transposed data file.