Print variables and variable descriptions

[Gablz]

Hello

I want to print all variables and their respective variable descriptions in a large Dataset in SPSS. How do i do this?

Im not that proficient with SPSS and this forum and if i posted this in the wrong section i am sorry and will correct it if needed.

Thank you in advance 🙂

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

You have posted in the SAS communities. You probably want to find an SPSS forum.

[Gablz]

Thanks my bad i forgot that i used to work with SAS and i had this forum saved.

[SASJedi]

If you are working in SPSS itself, you can get help for that at IBM SPSS Statistics - Support

If you are working in SAS, you'll need to import the data first, then use PROC CONTENTS to get info about the dataset and columns:

PROC IMPORT OUT=WORK.MY_SPSS_DATA
            FILE="DRIVE:\path\my_spss_file.sav"
            DBMS=SPSS REPLACE;
RUN;

PROC CONTENTS DATA=WORK.MY_SPSS_DATA;
RUN;