Since I'm not experienced with either SPSS or PSPP there might already be a solution that I missed. But this might clarify things further:
The file validation_production_job.spj, which is naturally in XML, contains instructions for which .sps files to run. It also contains a segment indicating where to output a view file (a log of the actions executed for each .sps file that can be in the format of an spss view [.spv], word doc, excel spreadsheet, or pdf). In order to run a .spj file called “%TEMP%” (which I have defined earlier in the batch file) that uses data from the file %DATA%, I type "C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Statistics\21\stats.exe" %TEMP% -production silent -symbol @datafile %DATA% Someone suggested that the equivalent statement in PSPP would be among the lines of "pspp syntax1 & pspp syntax2" but I'm not sure how to deal with things like -production or silent or -symbol or @datafile ... On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:40 PM, John Darrington < [email protected]> wrote: > What that page doesn't explain, is what can a "production job" do, that > can't be > done with parallel executions of SPSS/PSPP. > > Ok, PSPP cannot run two syntax files concurrently. But, unless you have > a multi-core > or multi-processor machine, doing so will save little if any time. If you > do have > a multi-processor machine, or perhaps a cluster, then what can a > "production job" do > that isn't done by running "pspp syntax1 & pspp syntax2" ? > > The web page also talks about being able to run processes on remote > servers, but > presumably some program/service has to be installed there - so why not > just install > PSPP on the remote server and run that? > > The only possible advantage I can see, is if a "production job" can > somehow collate > and aggregate the results of two or more parallel jobs. But the page > makes no > mention of such an ability. > > It seems that it's primary selling point is > "Production jobs are useful if you often run the same set of time-consuming > analyses, such as weekly reports." > But again, I don't see why you need anything special to do that. Simply > write a > syntax file to analyse the report, put it in a well know file, and set your > crontab (or equivalient under windows) to run this syntax each week. > > > Am I missing something? > > > John > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:24:47AM -0400, Matthew Silver wrote: > The .spj file is a production job which runs several .sps files at > once. A > more detailed explanation can be found at the link > > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/spssstat/v20r0m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.spss.statistics.help%2Fidh_prod.htm > > > -- > PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 > fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 > See http://keys.gnupg.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. > >
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