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The project can be saved as an SPSS script file.  This script can be used by SPSS to load the named data file along with all the texts for questions and stored filters.

When the project is saved to an SPS file the user is asked for the name of the data file to be supplied with it.  The generated script contains the full path of this file in the first line of the script.

IMPORTANT: if the files (SPS and CSV) are moved to another location then the path in the first line will need to be changed to the correct path where the data file is situated before running the syntax.

The SPS file will be saved as UTF-8 with BOM to preserve language text.

As well as questions and stored filters the script also defines:

•New variables of the score values from any single-coded questions that have score values attached to the responses, these variables should be used in any multivariate analysis instead of the original questions which may have responses without scores such as "Don't know" or "Refused" which would invalidate the analysis.

•MRSETS for each multi-coded question that can be used with the tables option in SPSS.

See Project export for more details.