Export a report to SPSS

Export your report data as a SAV file for advanced analysis in SPSS or other statistical programs.

SPSS exports are compatible with version 16 or higher. The SPSS export produced by the application is in version 19.

Tip: Responses to Open End questions are available in CSV and SPSS formats; however, they are easier to read in an Excel export. See Export a report to Excel.
Note: All users can perform this task. For Power Users and Authors who do not have Can access sensitive data enabled, sensitive data is redacted and replaced with Sensitive.
  1. Open the standard survey report.
  2. Click the report you want to export.
  3. On the report toolbar, click Export > SPSS (Response Data).
    Result:

    The All Active Exports dialog opens and shows your export's progress. You can stay on the page, or navigate away and return to the report to download the completed export later.

  4. To see if exports are ready to download, check for a green dot next to Export on the report toolbar.
    Tip:
    • A blue dot indicates the export is in progress.
    • A red dot indicates the export has failed.
  5. When the download is complete, in the All Active Exports dialog, click Download and then follow your browser's prompts to download and open the file.
Note:
  • Exported files respect the filter criteria applied to the report, but they do not include any changes you made when relabeling, setting date ranges, and editing scale values.
  • If the exported file name is over 256 characters, either rename the folder or file to something shorter or move the file to a folder with a shorter file path. If the data was weighted, the weight values are included in a separate column.
  • By default, the questions and variables that you use to define subgroups or filter conditions will not appear as a column in the file. To include these questions or variables in the file, you must add them to the report. For more information, see Add questions or profile variables to a report.
  • In Power Surveys, off-scale columns in Scale Slider questions are exported as a string type instead of numeric. For more information, see Scale Slider question properties.