SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

OMS 1123
• The TAG subcommand must be followed by an equals sign (=) and a quoted ID value.
• The ID value cannot start with a dollar sign.
• Multiple active OMS commands cannot use the same TAG value.
See “OMSEND” on p. 1156 and “OMSLOG” on p. 1158 for more information.
NOWARN Subcommand
The NOWARN subcommand suppresses all warnings from OMS. The NOWARN subcommand
only applies to the current OMS command. It has no additional specifications.
Routing Output to SAV Files
An SPSS data file consists of variables in the columns and cases in the rows, and that’s essentially
how pivot tables are converted to data files:
• Columns in the table are variables in the data file. Valid variable names are constructed
from the column labels.
• Row labels in the table become variables with generic variable names (Var1, Var2, Var3...)
in the data file. The values of these variables are the row labels in the table.
• Three table-identifier variables are automatically included in the data file: Command_,
Subtype_, and Label_. All three are string variables. The first two correspond to the identifiers
listed in “Command and Subtype Identifiers” on p. 1136. Label_ contains the table
title text.
• Rows in the table become cases in the data file.
Data File Created from One Table
Data files can be created from one or more tables. There are two basic variations for data
files created from a single table:
• Data file created from a two-dimensional table with no layers.
• Data file created from a three-dimension table with one or more layers.
Example
In the simplest case -- a single, two-dimensional table -- the table columns become variables
and the rows become cases in data file.