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Excel import to spss - The column contained no recognized type

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Problem

I'm trying to import an Excel worksheet into SPSS for Windows and I'm getting an error. It appears that any columns in an Excel worksheet containing blank cells or a formula giving an alphanumeric outcome can't be imported into SPSS. I get the following error: Warning. Command name: GET DATA (2101) The column contained no recognized type; defaulting to "Numeric[8,2]" * Column 2 And since the field in SPSS defaulted to numeric all alphanumeric data has been lost - shows up as sysmis. I can perform the importation cleanly using ODBC, but is there anything else I can do?

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16 April 2020

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