Reading IBM SPSS Data Collection Data

On Microsoft Windows operating systems, you can read data from IBM® SPSS® Data Collection products. (Note: This feature is only available with IBM SPSS Statistics installed on Microsoft Windows operating systems.)

To read IBM SPSS Data Collection data sources, you must have the following items installed:

• .NET framework. To obtain the most recent version of the .NET framework, go to http://www.microsoft.com/net.
• IBM SPSS Data Collection Survey Reporter Developer Kit. An installable version of IBM SPSS Data Collection Survey Reporter Developer Kit is available with the installation media.

You can read IBM SPSS Data Collection data sources only in local analysis mode. This feature is not available in distributed analysis mode using IBM SPSS Statistics Server.

To read data from a IBM SPSS Data Collection data source:

1. In any open IBM SPSS Statistics window, from the menus choose:

   File > Open IBM SPSS Data Collection Data

2. On the Connection tab of Data Link Properties, specify the metadata file, the case data type, and the case data file.

   Note: Do not change any of the other settings on the Connection tab or any of the settings on the other Data Link Properties tabs.

3. Click OK.
4. In the IBM SPSS Data Collection Data Import dialog box, select the variables that you want to include and select any case selection criteria.
5. Click OK to read the data.