Release notes
Abstract
A comprehensive list of defect corrections for the SPSS Statistics 20.0 Fix Pack 2. Details of the fixes are listed below under the tab for the respective Fix Pack. If you have questions about a particular defect, please contact Customer Support.
Note: each successive Fix Pack is comprehensive and contains the material from the earlier Fix Packs for that Release, as well as all Interim Fixes made available since the previous Fix Pack or full Release. In other words, when multiple Fix Packs are available, you would not need to apply Fix Pack 1 before applying Fix Pack 2.
Also, these lists may contain some internal defect numbers. This was necessitated to provide a complete list of corrected defects as we continue to transition our internal defects to APARs. Future Fix Lists will only contain APAR references.
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SPSS Statistics 20.0 FP2 Downloads
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PM59513 | GLM with certain tests when the data were split by groups (SPLIT FILE SEPARATE) could cause the application to close suddenly. That has been fixed. |
| PM73164 | When submitting jobs to Statistics Batch facility (statisticsb), under some conditions "success" would be reported when instead "failure" should have been reported. That has been fixed. |
| PM70178 | With certain combinations of data and specifications, GENLINMIXED could produce a computational error when it should not. This has been fixed. |
| PM55228 | Deleting variables from wide files could take longer than expected. That has been fixed. |
| PM56464 | When merging data files on Mac OS with duplicate keys, the application could close suddenly instead of producing an error. That has been fixed. |
| PM57301 | Multiple imputation pooled estimates could be incorrect under some conditions. That has been fixed. |
| PM58893 | Mersenne Twister provided an incorrect seed for Crosstabs Monte Carlo exact test on Windows 64-bit. That has been fixed. |
| PM64297 | NPTEST could fail silently or issue an error when invalid XML characters were present in string variables in the data. That has been fixed. |
| PM66515 | With certain combinations of data and model specifications, GENLINMIXED could produce an internal error and stop without producing output. That has been fixed. |
| PM67431 | NPTESTS sometimes did not print the exact significance level as expected. That has been fixed. |
| PM71632 | PLUM with some combinations of data and setting could cause the application to close suddenly. That has been fixed. |
| PM74122 | With some regional settings, data changes would sometimes not be saved to the data file on Windows 64-bit systems. That has been fixed. |
| PM60386 | When using Visual Binning on Mac OS, the Visual Binning dialog could become unresponsive. That has been fixed. |
| PM58686 | Custom European dates were not imported correctly from Excel files. That has been fixed. |
| PM63363 | Excel files containing number-formatted columns, and created with comma decimal separators could lose precision when imported. That has been fixed. |
| PM69998 | Performance when opening large Excel files has been improved. |
| PM60658 | If you run the newer Nonparametric tests procedure (NPTESTS), request a one-sample K-S test, and supply a sample mean and standard deviation, the significance test for the K-S statistic is not calculated with the Lilliefors correction. It should be. |
| PM59640 | If you run the older Nonparametric tests procedure (NPAR TESTS), request a one-sample K-S test, and supply a sample mean and standard deviation, the significance test for the K-S statistic is not calculated with the Lilliefors correction. It should be. |
| PM61155 | A problem with a complex Python Script that could cause the application to close suddenly was fixed. |
| PM48149 | When legacy charts were created with a template that used custom number formats, the charts did not display the custom formats. That has been fixed. |
| PM55100 | Correspondence Analysis is creating a scatterplot where values are incorrectly labeled as zero. That has been fixed. |
| PM57036 | Combining display of data values with excluded categories in a chart template now works as expected. |
| PM56092 | Crosstabs Pivot Tables could display gaps where there should be cells when the output language was not English. That has been fixed. |
| PM57821 | A Concurrent User license problem was resolved so that now Commuter licenses are correctly displayed and can be checked out. |
| PM54605 | An ODBC query using the native Oracle 11G driver could cause the application to close suddenly. That has been fixed. |
| PM58822 | The application did not support Import and Export of Microsoft SQL Server database tables whose names begin with a number. That has been fixed. |
| PM66625 | An ODBC query using the native Informix driver could fail with an error. That has been fixed. |
| PM67368 | When using ODBC to export to an existing Excel file, only variable names were exported (not data values). That has been fixed. |
| PM61294 | A problem where the application occasionally closed suddenly on multi-processor computers has been fixed. |
| PM66300 | Export to PowerPoint in languages other than English could fail with a blank presentation. That has been fixed. |
| PM57024 | When pivot tables were exported to HTML, and then displayed in another application, the table layout was incorrect. That has been fixed. |
| PM58097 | Pivot table output from Oneway Anova could cause the application to close suddenly if those tables contained blank cells. That has been fixed. |
| PM59776 | When large pivot tables were exported to HTML, the table could be incomplete or missing. That has been fixed. |
| PM61465 | A problem with using the Python SetCaptionText api on large pivot tables was fixed. |
| PM65902 | Exporting pivot tables with cell values less than 1% to Excel now correctly exports the values. |
| PM70401 | Pivot table output from GLM Univariate could cause the application to close suddenly if those tables contained blank cells. That has been fixed. |
| PM67505 | The Production Facility could occasionally produce Java errors instead of the expected results. That has been fixed. |
| PM66504 | A problem where a custom Python scripts would not run was fixed. |
| PM58247 | A problem where the SmartReader would not display the Table Properties has been fixed. |
| PM60683 | Using "Replace" in the Syntax Editor could cause the save button to be disabled when it should have been enabled. That has been fixed. |
| PM64405 | With some data, the Text Import Wizard failed to read all of the columns. That has been fixed. |
| PM65176 | Visual Binning could paste the wrong syntax for locales that use comma as the decimal delimiter. That has been fixed. |
| PM69195 | Running complex Macro syntax more than once in a session could cause an "problem with memory" error. That has been fixed. |
| PM73367 | When using the Statistics Batch Facility on Linux, combinations of long strings, RECODE, and MISSING VALUES could cause the application to close suddenly. That has been fixed. |
| PM67980 | Opening files from a Remote Server did not correctly support UNC paths. That has been fixed. |
| PM56032 | Under some conditions Custom Tables (CTABLES) did not hide category totals as expected. That has been fixed. |
| PM66344 | Custom Tables (CTABLES) with multiple nested and stacked variables now display the stacked groups in the correct order. |
| PM59619 | "Replace All" now works correctly in the Data Editor window. |
| PM69288 | Reports (Analyze > Reports > Report Summaries in Columns) could fail when the data contained a variable named "Total". That has been fixed. |
| PM70421 | Transform > Create Time Series dialog now displays the current periodicity. |
| PM60035 | The wrong error message was displayed when opening a password-protected Excel file. That has been fixed. |
| PM62723 | Blank spaces and invalid characters are now removed from variable names when importing an Excel file. |
| PM70595 | Blank rows no longer cause a problem with custom ranges when importing an Excel file. |
| PM62815 | Blank rows no longer cause a problem with custom ranges when importing an Excel file. |
| PM62819 | Complex cell-based equations could cause an error when importing an Excel file. That has been fixed. |
| PM67114 | When opening an Excel file into the Data Editor, data in columns with custom General format were truncated. That has been fixed. |
| PM54612 | When defining the forecast period of the model, the values for "day" and "week" could be created incorrectly. That has been fixed. |
| PM55992 | Installation of an Extension Bundle could appear to have worked when it didn't. That has been fixed. |
| PM61677 | Patterns on Clustered Boxplots are now printed correctly. |
| PM56040 | A problem displaying spikes on 3D Scatterplots has been fixed. |
| PM58860 | Editing markers on grouped charts (e.g., Scatterplots, Clustered Boxplots) sometimes did not work as expected. That has been fixed. |
| PM62109 | Text Styles on charts now apply to all value labels on the chart. |
| PM68201 | Problems selecting and applying colors to Boxplots have been fixed. |
| PM64430 | The application now starts as expected when it is running on Windows 7 Japanese, and the Windows user name is longer than 17 double-byte characters. |
| PM58233 | A problem with the Japanese translation of footnotes in the pivot tables produced by NONPAR CORR has been corrected. |
| PM66053 | A Concurrent User license error message was clarified to indicate that the number of allowed users has been exceeded. |
| PM60277 | Model Viewer output created from Generalized Linear Models (GENLINMIXED) now displays values and labels when pasted into the Output Viewer. |
| PM57228 | When opening an Excel file via Open Database, certain time formats could be imported incorrectly. That has been fixed. |
| PM61756 | Microsoft SQL Database column names that include question marks can now be imported. |
| PM69527 | A problem with saving data to a PostGreSQL database via ODBC has been fixed. |
| PM60301 | Pivot tables containing Czech characters were not correctly exported with OMS. That has been fixed. |
| PM66056 | Using OMS to export large Pivot Tables to Excel could sometimes fail. That has been fixed. |
| PM60551 | A problem with the default display of Missing Values on Pie charts was fixed. |
| PM74900 | Variable names that begin with the string "over" are now handled correctly on the UNIANOVA's EMMEANS subcommand. |
| PM57004 | Problems with the behavior of Demote in the Viewer outline pane have been fixed. |
| PM59306 | An incorrect warning about the version of output files no longer appears. |
| PM61207 | Occasional layout problems when exporting pivot tables to PowerPoint have been fixed. |
| PM62030 | Changes to alignment of Output Headers and Footers did not always work. That has been fixed. |
| PM62191 | Exporting pivot tables to PDF could result in a file that was a larger size than necessary. That has been fixed. |
| PM62421 | Polish characters on charts could be exported incorrectly for Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) files. That has been fixed. |
| PM60741 | Print preview of an output file could cause memory to be used and not released. That has been fixed. |
| PM55743 | Table looks that use centimeters (instead of inches) now size tables appropriately. |
| PM58652 | A problem with pivot tables using the Czech Koruna character as a custom currency suffix has been fixed. |
| PM60466 | A problem with using the Python SetTextSizeAt or SetTextSize apis to increase font size was fixed. |
| PM60482 | Setting a specific starting cell location when exporting pivot tables to Excel sometimes did not work. That has been fixed. |
| PM62418 | Changing layers in pivot tables created by OLAP CUBES sometimes did not work correctly. That has been fixed. |
| PM71163 | Using Copy Special to copy a Windows metafile (WMF or EMF) could result in a missing title when pasted. That has been fixed. |
| PM58547 | Production jobs that included many files sometimes did not display correctly in the Production Facility user interface. That has been fixed. |
| PM65685 | Journal files sometimes omitted the last character of the syntax command name. That has been fixed. |
| PM67850 | A problem with using the Python HideLabelsWithData api was fixed. |
| PM56501 | A problem with pagination of output from REPORT was fixed. |
| PM74191 | The WinWrap Basic GetVariableValueLabels method would add an extra value and assign the label to that value. That has been fixed. |
| PM64112 | Production jobs would sometimes fail to stop after errors. That has been fixed. |
| PM55382 | When searching a selection Replace All sometimes did not work as expected. That has been fixed. |
| PM59409 | The error pane of the Syntax Editor could sometimes list the incorrect line number for the error. That has been fixed. |
| PM71795 | Opening a large Syntax file could make the application unresponsive. That has been fixed. |
| PM61015 | On Mac OS, problems switching between the Data Editor Variable and Data views have been fixed. |
| PM56493 | Combining display of data values with excluded categories in a chart now works as expected. |
| PM63727 | Reversing scale axis values on a 3-D chart now works as expected. |
| PM62934 | Specifying a Zoned Decimal format on DATA LIST now works as expected with Freefield data. |
| PM63241 | NPTESTS sometimes reported an error about string variables even when no string variables were used in the analysis. That has been fixed. |
| PM71503 | In LOGISTIC REGRESSION output, the Wald statistic is now labeled correctly in Korean. |
| PM63749 | Exported PDF bookmarks now go to the expected location. |
| PM61963 | When running a large number of matches, the FUZZY extension command could cause the application to close suddenly. That has been fixed. |
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