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Output Managem
ent System
Data Files Created from Multiple Tables
When multiple tables are routed to the same data file, each table is added to the data
file in a fashion similar to merging data files by adding cases from one data file to
another (Da
ta menu, Merge Files, Add Cases).
 Each subse
quent table will always add cases to the data file.
 If column l
abels in the tables differ, each table may also add variables to the
data file, with missing values for cases from other tables that don’t have an
identically labeled column.
Example: Mu
ltiple Tables with the Same Column Labels
Multiple t
ables that contain the same column labels will typically produce the most
immediately useful data files (ones that don’t require additional manipulation). For
example, two or more frequency tables from the Frequencies procedure will all
have ident
ical column labels.