[excel] How to open spss data files in excel?

I want to open spss .sav data files in excel without open the spss files(i don't want to convert spss data file into excel file), I know this is possible using OLDB connection, but i don't know how to do this.

Can anyone help me to do this?

Thanks in advance.

I converted sav to csv online: http://pspp.benpfaff.org/

You can do it via ODBC. The steps to do it:

1. Install IBM SPSS Statistics Data File Driver. Standalone Driver is enough.
2. Create DNS via ODBC manager.
3. Use the data importer in Excel via ODBC by selecting created DNS.

(Not exactly an answer for you, since do you want avoid opening the files, but maybe this helps others).

I have been using the open source GNU PSPP package to convert the sav tile to csv. You can download the Windows version at least from SourceForge [1]. Once you have the software, you can convert sav file to csv with following command line:

pspp-convert <input.sav> <output.csv>

[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/?source=navbar

I tried the below and it worked well,

Install Dimensions Data Model and OLE DB Access

and follow the below steps in excel

Data->Get External Data ->From Other sources -> From Data Connection Wizard -> Other/Advanced-> SPSS MR DM-2 OLE DB Provider-> Metadata type as SPSS File(SAV)-> SPSS data file in Metadata Location->Finish

You can use online converter, developed by me at N'counter.

This is the easiest way to open SPSS file in Excel.

1) You just have to upload your file to SPSS coN'verter at https://secure.ncounter.de/SpssConverter

2) Select some options

3) And your converted Excel file will be downloaded

No information about your file contents is retained on our server. The file travels to our server, is converted in-memory, and is immediately discarded: We don't peer into your data at any time!

In order to download that driver you must have a license to SPSS. For those who do not, there is an open source tool that is very much like SPSS and will allow you to import SAV files and export them to CSV.

Here's the software

And here are the steps to export the data.

I help develop the Colectica for Excel addin, which opens SPSS and Stata data files in Excel. This does not require ODBC configuration; it reads the file and then inserts the data and metadata into your worksheet.

The addin is downloadable from http://www.colectica.com/software/colecticaforexcel