Read Parquet File

Specify the parquet file to read and the path and name for the sav file to be created from it. When the parquet file is read, variable names are modified to conform to SPSS variable name rules. Check the report variable name changes box to generate a report showing the old and new names if any changes are made.

Optionally enter a list of column names to retrieve. The names are case sensitive. If a name contains a blank, it must be enclosed in quotes. By default, all columns are retrieved.

Specify the output sav file name and path. Optionally, enter a dataset name. If a dataset name is given, the sav file is opened and given that name. If no dataset name is specified, the sav file is created but not opened.

If the Replace opened dataset box is checked and there is already a dataset with the assigned name, that dataset is replaced. Otherwise, the sav file is not opened.

Acknowledgement

This procedure uses the Python readstat package

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