The Production Facility uses command syntax to automate program functionality. These text files contain syntax commands that can be interpreted by the application.

You can use the Paste button in dialog boxes to have the syntax generated by your selections pasted to the syntax window. That syntax can then be saved to syntax files.

From the Start menu select:

Start
Programs
SPSS for Windows
SPSS Production Facility

Click Add to select the syntax files you want to run.

Navigate to the Sample Files folder and select automaton.sps.

Click Open to add this file to the production job.

This syntax file first opens demo.sav, then creates three different pivot tables.

Click Browse to select the folder where output files should be created.

Navigate to the sample files folder and click OK.

You can save production jobs for future use.

From the Production Facility's menus choose:

File
Save

Type productiondemo.spp for the filename.

If not already there, navigate to the Sample Files folder and click Save.

To begin running this production job, from the menus choose:

Run
Production Job

The Production Facility window is minimized while the syntax files are executed. When the last command finishes, the window is brought back to the front of the screen.