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Chapter 8
In this step, provide information about how the variables in the current file should
be used in the new file. You can also create a variable that identifies the rows in
the new file
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Figure 8-21
Restructure Data Wizard: Select Variables
How should the new rows be identified? You can create a variable in the new data file
that i
dentifies the row in the current data file that was used to create a group of new
rows. The identifier can be a sequential case number or it can be the values of the
variable. Use the controls in Case Group Identification to define the identification
vari
able in the new file. Click a cell to change the default variable name and provide a
descriptive variable label for the identification variable.
What should be restructured in the new file? In the previous step, you told the wizard
how m
any variable groups you want to restructure. The wizard created one new
variable for each group. The values for the variable group will appear in that