SpssOutputItem Class (Python)

The SpssOutputItem class represents any item in an output document. You get an SpssOutputItem object from an OutputItemList object.

Example: Exporting the First Pivot Table to HTML

import SpssClient
SpssClient.StartClient()

OutputDoc = SpssClient.GetDesignatedOutputDoc()
OutputItemList = OutputDoc.GetOutputItems()

for index in range(OutputItemList.Size()):
   OutputItem = OutputItemList.GetItemAt(index)
   if OutputItem.GetType() == SpssClient.OutputItemType.PIVOT:
        OutputItem.ExportToDocument("/myfiles/mypivot",
                      SpssClient.DocExportFormat.SpssFormatHtml)
        break
SpssClient.StopClient()

• SpssClient.GetDesignatedOutputDoc() gets an SpssOutputDoc object for the designated output document. In this example, the variable OutputDoc is an SpssOutputDoc object.
• The GetOutputItems method of an SpssOutputDoc object returns an OutputItemList object. In this example, the variable OutputItemList is an OutputItemList object.
• The for loop iterates through all of the objects in the OutputItemList object--one object for each item in the output document. On each iteration of the loop, the variable OutputItem is an SpssOutputItem object.
• The GetType method from the SpssOutputItem class returns the type of the output item. Pivot tables have an output item type of SpssClient.OutputItemType.PIVOT.
• You export the pivot table using the ExportToDocument method from the SpssOutputItem class.
• The break statement terminates the loop if a pivot table is found.