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SPSS Statistics

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Close without exit

Most software programs allow the user close their work without exiting the program. In SPSS when only one sheet is open there is not option to close, only exit. This affects all users of SPSS. The current setup is cumbersome, being forced to open ...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

AMOS SPSS graphics

I want to analyse SEM on my SPSS 26, but unable.
about 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Support for Cognos Analytics 11.2 and above

We have been using SPSS Statistics connecting to our legacy data warehouse. We have moved out datasources to Cognos Analytics and user will only be able to access datasources through Cognos. However SPSS statistics is not compatible with Cognos An...
over 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Future consideration

Restore ability to set concurrent licensing for all users system-wide

SPSS 28.0 changed the way concurrent licensing works. Every user must explicitly select the concurrent license in the activation wizard the first time SPSS is launched, even if the administrator has already configured concurrent licensing. This is...
over 2 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Functionality already exists

Installing SPSS license by creating manually license file (lservrc)

With SPSS Statistics v 28.0.1.1 it seems to be not possible anymore to install SPSS license by manually copy the lservrc-file to the SPSS product installation directory. The user needs admin rights in order at least for first time push the license...
over 1 year ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Data audit in IBM SPSS Statitics

In IBM SPSS Modeler, there is very useful node called Data Audit. It gives you quick and very helpful variable review. In IBM SPSS Statistics there is probably no way how to make this output (chart + basic statistics define by Measure for all vari...
over 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Variable labels in regression mobile tables (output) as in checked in options

Now variable name used in tables even "labels" setting used in options. Add new checkbox for variable naming for regression tables or make it behavior more general.
almost 3 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Future consideration

SPSS Sentinel License Manager and extra modules

We have a number of users for SPSS. We use the concurrent license that works with the Sentinel License Manager (SLM). Now it is so that we also use additional modules, such as: bootstrapping, Exact Tests, Advanced Statistics, and we make these mod...
over 7 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Official support for Microsoft W10 Azure Cloud VM's

Case #TS004516282 As I previously told that Azure is not officially supported platform for SPSS Statistics. Azure is not a tested environment for SPSS Statistics. That's why I wanted to see if it could work somehow on your platform because some un...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Support for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04

Please provide support for current versions of Ubuntu. Version 14.04 is not supported by Canonical anymore. Support for version 16.04 will expire soon, too. New software should not force the user to use an outdated and unsupported OS, as it involv...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration