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SPSS Statistics

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Sharepoint/Teams/OneDrive Connector for SPSS Statistics Shared Files

Shared SPSS files append local user file path when accessing and saving via Windows File Explorer. This causes instability when another user then tries to go access and modify the file and so on. There needs to be a Cloud connector for customer wh...
7 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

New system variables $NCASES, $NNUMERIC, and $NSTRING

The following are FAQs in SPSS discussion forums: 1) How can I get the total number of cases in my file? 2) How can I get the total number of variables? For 2, sometimes people may want the number of string variables only or the number of numeric ...
9 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Containerize SPSS Concurrent License Manager

The SPSS Concurrent License Manager is a simple, lightweight sentinel perfect for containerization. A containerized version would be easier to sustain and upgrade via CI/CD to cloud infrastructure, while also reducing total cost of ownership to cu...
5 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Bug report: entering codes for missing values

I am running SPSS v29 under a concurrent license. Entering negative numbers for user defined missing values does not work now, neither in the Variable View or in Data&Define Varpiable Properties.
6 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Add Coding for Inferential Testing for SPSS Quantile Regression Coefficients

Anyone who wants to use Quantile Regression (QR) must conduct inferential tests for differences among the beta coefficients across quantiles. Without these tests, QR cannot be interpreted for research purposes (unless you have a population of data...
6 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Support for PostgresSQL

Many organisations use PostgresSQL databases, it would be good if SPSS Statistics had official support for this datasource.
7 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Allow editing X axis of violin chart

If I am making a violin chart for a variable where the values follow a certain order, for example, days of the week, I don't have a way to put the chronological order on the X axis.The same thing happens if the values of my variables are ranges, f...
7 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

IBM SPSS Statistics concurrent license manager via web portal

Please add a web portal for managing licenses and users instead of the traditional Sentinel RMS LM. The courrent UI style and the tools it provides are outdated and very old fashion. A revision of the current SPSS license tool to be managed via cl...
10 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

SPSS Stats Server File Level Security w/Internal Authentication

Add File Level Security to Statistics Server v23 and later while utilizing "Internal Authentication" identical to that of the File Level Security found in Modeler Server v17. This enhancement was made for Modeler Server v17. Internal Authenticatio...
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

Statistics Server/Client Add Compatibility for Oracle Access Manager WebGate WSSO

Please add Single Sign On (SSO) compatibility to use Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4.3.0 WebGate, and later for Web Single Sign On (WSSO).
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration