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How to create SAS formats files that can be read into SPSS using GET SAS

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I'm using SPSS version 11.x or higher and I'm trying to import a SAS datafile along with its associated formats. I'm following Resolution 19610, which says I can "import [my] SAS formats if they are saved as a native SAS dataset file." It then shows some GET SAS command syntax that refers to a formats file with an extension of .sas7bdat. Every time I try to save out my SAS formats, I get a file with the extension .sas7bcat instead, and the import doesn't seem to work if I use that file. What can I do?

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31951

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IBM SPSS Statistics

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Document number:
418781

Modified date:
16 April 2020

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