The table below lists all SPSS commands and the additional licenses -if any- you need for using them.
This overview is based on SPSS version 22 but we hope to soon update it for version 24.
Consult the notes section for some tips on using the table or downloading it as an SPSS (.sav) data file.
Overview
Name | Type | Option | Introduced | Notes |
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2SLS | Procedure | Regression | SPSS version 14 | |
ACF | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ADD DOCUMENT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Obsolete. Use DOCUMENT instead. |
ADD FILES | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ADD VALUE LABELS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Add or edit value labels. |
ADP | Procedure | Data Preparation | SPSS version 18 | |
AGGREGATE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Create dataset with summary statistics over cases. |
AIM | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
ALSCAL | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ALTER TYPE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 16 | Convert string variables to numeric variables to or reversely. |
ANACOR | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ANOVA | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
APPLY DICTIONARY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Copy dictionary properties between files or variables. |
AREG | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ARIMA | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
AUTORECODE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Convert string variable into numeric variable with value labels. |
BEGIN DATA-END DATA | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
BEGIN GPL-END GPL | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
BEGIN PROGRAM-END PROGRAM | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | Indicates start of Python or R program block. |
BOOTSTRAP | Transformation | Bootstrapping | SPSS version 18 | |
BREAK | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CACHE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CASEPLOT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CASESTOVARS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Restructure data: convert cases to variables. |
CATPCA | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CATREG | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CCF | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CD | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 13 | Set default directory. Affects all commands (including GET, SAVE, INSERT and SET CTEMPLATE) except SET TLOOK. |
CLEAR TIME PROGRAM | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 16 | |
CLEAR TRANSFORMATIONS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CLUSTER | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Hierarchical cluster analysis, often used in market segmentation. |
CODEBOOK | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 17 | Similar to DISPLAY DICTIONARY. |
COMMENT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Obsolete. Use an asterisk (*) for comments in syntax. |
COMPARE DATASETS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 21 | |
COMPUTE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CONJOINT | Procedure | Conjoint | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CORRELATIONS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Only Pearson correlations. Use NONPAR CORR for Spearman/Kendall correlations. |
CORRESPONDENCE | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
COUNT | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | For counting missing values over variables, use NMISS. |
COXREG | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CREATE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Creates lag/lead series, cumulative sums and more. |
CROSSTABS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CSCOXREG | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 16 | |
CSDESCRIPTIVES | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CSGLM | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 13 | |
CSLOGISTIC | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 13 | |
CSORDINAL | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 15 | |
CSPLAN | Other | Complex Samples | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CSSELECT | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CSTABULATE | Procedure | Complex Samples | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CTABLES | Procedure | Custom Tables | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
CURVEFIT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
DATA LIST | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
DATAFILE ATTRIBUTE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
DATASET ACTIVATE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | Choose which dataset is addressed by subsequent commands. |
DATASET CLOSE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | Close dataset (without saving). |
DATASET COPY | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
DATASET DECLARE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
DATASET DISPLAY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
DATASET NAME | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | Assign name to dataset by which it can be addressed. Allows working on multiple datasets simultaneously. |
DATE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
DEFINE-!ENDDEFINE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Define macro. Mostly deprecated since Python was introduced in SPSS version 14. |
DELETE VARIABLES | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Permanently delete one or more variables. |
DESCRIPTIVES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Descriptive statistics over all cases. Also fastest way to create z-scores. |
DETECTANOMALY | Procedure | Data Preparation | SPSS version 14 | |
DISCRIMINANT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
DISPLAY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Display parts of dictionary. Use SHOW for displaying settings. |
DMCLUSTER | Procedure | Direct Marketing | SPSS version 18 | |
DMLOGISTIC | Procedure | Direct Marketing | SPSS version 18 | |
DMROC | Procedure | Direct Marketing | SPSS version 18 | |
DMTABLES | Procedure | Direct Marketing | SPSS version 18 | |
DMTREE | Procedure | Direct Marketing | SPSS version 18 | |
DO IF | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Only acts upon transformations. |
DO REPEAT | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Only acts upon transformations. |
DOCUMENT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | A DOCUMENT is a data file description that is saved as part of the dictionary. |
DROP DOCUMENTS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | See DOCUMENT. |
ECHO | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
END CASE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Often used with INPUT PROGRAM and LOOP. |
END FILE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Often used with INPUT PROGRAM and LOOP. |
ERASE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Delete one or more external files. Use carefully. |
EXAMINE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
EXECUTE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Does nothing except run pending transformations. |
EXPORT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
EXSMOOTH | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
EXTENSION | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 16 | |
FACTOR | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Exploratory factor analysis (including PCA). |
FILE HANDLE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
FILE LABEL | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
FILE TYPE-END FILE TYPE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
FILTER | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Exclude selection of cases from procedures. |
FINISH | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
FIT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
FLIP | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Transposes the active dataset. |
FORMATS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Set formats for (mostly) numeric variables.. |
FREQUENCIES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Fastest option for running histograms and bar charts. |
GENLIN | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 15 | |
GENLINMIXED | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 19 | command syntax reference classifies command as "Advanced Models" instead of "Advanced Statistics". |
GENLOG | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
GET | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Open SPSS data file. |
GET CAPTURE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Deprecated. Use GET DATA instead. |
GET DATA | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Open non SPSS data file (including Excel). |
GET SAS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
GET STATA | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
GET TRANSLATE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
GETCOGNOS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 21 | |
GGRAPH | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
GLM | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | General Linear Model. |
GLM: Multivariate | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
GLM: Repeated Measures | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | Used for repeated measures ANOVA. |
GLM: Univariate | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
GRAPH | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
HILOGLINEAR | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
HOMALS | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
HOST | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 13 | |
IF | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Conditional COMPUTE command. |
IGRAPH | Procedure | Statistics Base | Don't use | Deprecated since version 18. Will be removed from SPSS. |
IMPORT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
INCLUDE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Run external syntax file. Deprecated as predecessor of INSERT. |
INFO | Other | Statistics Base | Don't use | Obsolete and no longer supported |
INPUT PROGRAM | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Simulate large/complex data. Often used with LOOP. |
INSERT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 13 | Run external syntax file. Successor of (now deprecated INCLUDE). |
KEYED DATA LIST | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
KM | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
KNN | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 17 | |
LEAVE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
LINEAR | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 19 | |
LIST | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
LOGISTIC REGRESSION | Procedure | Regression | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
LOGLINEAR | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | Only available in syntax. |
LOOP | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Acts only on transformations. |
MANOVA | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | Only available in syntax. |
MANOVA: Multivariate | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MANOVA: Repeated Measures | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MANOVA: Univariate | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MAPS | Procedure | Statistics Base | Don't use | Removed from SPSS and command syntax reference |
MATCH FILES | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Merge files with similar cases, different variables. |
MATRIX DATA | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MATRIX-END MATRIX | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MCONVERT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MEANS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MISSING VALUES | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Specify missing values for one or many variables. |
MIXED | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MLP | Procedure | Neural Networks | SPSS version 16 | |
MODEL CLOSE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 13 | |
MODEL HANDLE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 13 | |
MODEL LIST | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 13 | |
MODEL NAME | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MRSETS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MULT RESPONSE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 13 | |
MULTIPLE IMPUTATION | Procedure | Missing Values | SPSS version 17 | |
MVA | Procedure | Missing Values | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
N OF CASES | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Obsolete. Use SELECT IF with $casenum instead. |
NAIVEBAYES | Procedure | IBM SPSS Statistics Server | SPSS version 14 | Couldn't find this option on IBM website. |
NEW FILE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
NLR | Procedure | Regression | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
NOMREG | Procedure | Regression | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
NONPAR CORR | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Spearman and Kendall correlations. |
NPAR TESTS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Non parametric significance tests. |
NPTESTS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 18 | Non parametric significance tests. |
NUMERIC | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Numeric counterpart of STRING. Rarely (if ever) needed. |
OLAP CUBES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
OMS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Start monitoring, capturing or suppressing selected output. |
OMSEND | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Stop monitoring/capturing/suppressing selected output and show/save captured output if any. |
OMSINFO | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
OMSLOG | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ONEWAY | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | One-way ANOVA. |
OPTIMAL BINNING | Procedure | Data Preparation | SPSS version 15 | |
ORTHOPLAN | Other | Conjoint | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
OUTPUT ACTIVATE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | Choose output window to which subsequent output should be appended. |
OUTPUT CLOSE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | Close output window (without saving). |
OUTPUT DISPLAY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
OUTPUT EXPORT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 17 | |
OUTPUT MODIFY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 22 | Modifies output items such as tables. |
OUTPUT NAME | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | Assign name to output window by which it can be addressed. Allows using multiple output windows simultaneously. |
OUTPUT NEW | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
OUTPUT OPEN | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
OUTPUT SAVE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
OVERALS | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PACF | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PARTIAL CORR | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PERMISSIONS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Set file permissions (read-only). |
PLANCARDS | Procedure | Conjoint | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PLS | Procedure | PLS Extension Command (free) | SPSS version 16 | Requires SPSS Python Essentials |
PLUM | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
POINT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PPLOT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PREDICT | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PREFSCAL | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 14 | |
PRESERVE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Remember current settings. Enables to RESTORE them later. |
PRINCALS | Procedure | Categories | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | ||
PRINT EJECT | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PRINT FORMATS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PRINT SPACE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PROBIT | Procedure | Regression | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PROCEDURE OUTPUT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PROXIMITIES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
PROXSCAL | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
QUICK CLUSTER | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | K-Means Cluster Analysis, often used for market segmentation. |
RANK | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RATIO STATISTICS | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RBF | Procedure | Neural Networks | SPSS version 16 | |
READ MODEL | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RECODE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RECORD TYPE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
REFORMAT | Other | Statistics Base | Don't use | Command no longer supported. |
REGRESSION | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RELIABILITY | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RENAME VARIABLES | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Change variable names. |
REPEATING DATA | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
REPORT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
REPOSITORY ATTRIBUTES | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 16 | Command name used to be PER ATTRIBUTES until SPSS version 18. |
REPOSITORY CONNECT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | Command name used to be PER CONNECT until SPSS version 18. |
REPOSITORY COPY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 16 | Command name used to be PER COPY until SPSS version 18. |
REREAD | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
RESPONSE RATE | Procedure | Direct Marketing | SPSS version 18 | |
RESTORE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Used with PRESERVE. |
RMV | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
ROC | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SAMPLE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SAVE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Save data as SPSS data (.sav) file. |
SAVE DATA COLLECTION | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | Command name used to be SAVE DIMENSIONS until SPSS version 18. Only available on Windows OS. |
SAVE MODEL | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SAVE TRANSLATE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Save data as non SPSS file (including Excel). |
SCRIPT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Deprecated since Python was introduced in SPSS version 14. |
SEASON | Procedure | Forecasting | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SELECT IF | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Can be used with LOOP, DO REPEAT, TEMPORARY and DO IF. |
SELECTPRED | Procedure | Statistics Server | SPSS version 14 | |
SET | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Edit one or more settings except CD. Use SHOW for displaying settings. |
SHIFT VALUES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 17 | |
SHOW | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Show one or more settings. Use SET for editing settings. Use DISPLAY for showing dictionary information. |
SIMPLAN | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 21 | |
SIMPREP BEGIN-SIMPREP END | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 21 | |
SIMRUN | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 21 | |
SORT CASES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SORT VARIABLES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 16 | Does not read data if no transformations are pending |
SPCHART | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SPECTRA | Procedure | Forecasting | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SPLIT FILE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Have procedures process groups of cases separately. |
STAR JOIN | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 21 | |
STRING | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Create new string variable before setting its values with COMPUTE, IF or other command. |
SUBTITLE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SUMMARIZE | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SURVIVAL | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
SYSFILE INFO | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Display dictionary information from external SPSS data file. |
T-TEST | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TABLES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Not mentioned in command syntax reference. Some help available via F1 shortkey. |
TDISPLAY | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TEMPORARY | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TIME PROGRAM | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
TITLE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TMS BEGIN | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
TMS END | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
TMS IMPORT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 18 | |
TMS MERGE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 15 | |
TREE | Procedure | Decision Trees | SPSS version 13 | |
TSAPPLY | Procedure | Forecasting | SPSS version 14 | |
TSET | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TSHOW | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TSMODEL | Procedure | Forecasting | SPSS version 14 | |
TSPLOT | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
TWOSTEP CLUSTER | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
UNIANOVA | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Use GLM for repeated measures ANOVA. |
UPDATE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
USE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
VALIDATEDATA | Procedure | Data Preparation | SPSS version 14 | |
VALUE LABELS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Erase all value labels from one or more variables and/or specify new ones. For editing value labels, ADD VALUE LABELS is usually a better option. |
VARCOMP | Procedure | Advanced Statistics | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
VARIABLE ALIGNMENT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 14 | |
VARIABLE LABELS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Add or edit description of variables. |
VARIABLE LEVEL | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Sets measurement levels for variables. |
VARIABLE ROLE | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 18 | |
VARIABLE WIDTH | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Set display width (columns in variable view) for variable(s). |
VARSTOCASES | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Restructure data: convert variables to cases. |
VECTOR | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Allow variables to be addressed by index. Mainly used with LOOP. |
VERIFY | Procedure | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
WEIGHT | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Assign weights to cases. |
WLS | Procedure | Regression | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
WRITE | Transformation | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | File is written after running subsequent procedure, possibly EXECUTE. |
WRITE FORMATS | Other | Statistics Base | SPSS version 12 or lower | |
XGRAPH | Procedure | Statistics base | SPSS version 13 | |
XSAVE | Transformation | Statistics base | SPSS version 12 or lower | Can be used with DO IF and LOOP. |
Notes
For this table as an SPSS data (.sav) file, download overview_all_spss_commands.sav. For checking which commands you can and cannot use, first run show license. The result of doing so on our computer is shown in the screenshot below.

The table tells us we've SPSS version 22 installed with four modules. In SPSS, these are usually referred to as “options” but they somehow appear under “Component” in this table. If we look at the value labels of these options in variable view, we see that they've been coded as 1, 2, 6 and 14. This is shown by the screenshot below.

This means that we can use any command that belongs to option 1, 2, 6 or 14 and was introduced in SPSS version 22 or earlier. We can easily delete all other commands by using SELECT IF with ANY as shown in the syntax below.
Delete Unavailable Commands from Overview
select if (any(option,1,2,6,14) and introduced <= 22).
*2. Run transformation and inspect result.
frequencies option.