How to review and edit variable specifications (names, formats, notes, formulas, etc.)?

How to review and edit variable specifications (names, formats, notes, formulas, etc.)?

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Spotfire Statistica 12.7 and higher

Description

How to review and edit variable specifications (names, formats, notes, formulas, etc.)?
 

Resolution

To review specifications for a single variable, double-click on a variable name in a spreadsheet to display the Variable specifications dialog, where one can change the variable name, font format, display format, missing data value, long label, or formula for the current variable.

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In this dialog, click the Values/Stats button to access descriptive statistics and a listing of sorted numeric values and text labels for the current variable. Click the Text Labels button to display the Text Labels Editor, where one can review and change the assignments between the text and numeric values for the current variable.

To review specifications for all variables, click the All Specs button to display the Variable Specifications Editor, an editable, combined table of specifications of all variables in the current data file. The table format is convenient when one needs to compare or edit specifications of several variables, especially when one needs to paste and copy between variables. User can also access this dialog by selecting All Variable Specs from the Data menu.

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In the workspace mode, you can use search for "Variable Format/Rename" node to edit variable specifications.

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Issue/Introduction

How to review and edit variable specifications (names, formats, notes, formulas, etc.)?