I want to open spss .sav data files in excel without open the spss files(i don't want to convert spss data file into excel file), I know this is possible using OLDB connection, but i don't know how to do this.
Can anyone help me to do this?
Thanks in advance.
You can use online converter, developed by me at N'counter.
This is the easiest way to open SPSS file in Excel.
1) You just have to upload your file to SPSS coN'verter at https://secure.ncounter.de/SpssConverter
2) Select some options
3) And your converted Excel file will be downloaded
No information about your file contents is retained on our server. The file travels to our server, is converted in-memory, and is immediately discarded: We don't peer into your data at any time!
I help develop the Colectica for Excel addin, which opens SPSS and Stata data files in Excel. This does not require ODBC configuration; it reads the file and then inserts the data and metadata into your worksheet.
The addin is downloadable from http://www.colectica.com/software/colecticaforexcel