Now, you know how to export and import data from delimited files and Excel files. In the section, you will learn how to export and import data from other statistical software including SPSS, SAS, and ...

Version 7 of the SAS System includes three interface library engines, BMDP, OSIRIS and SPSS, that enable you to access external data directly from a SAS program. All these engines are read-only.

You can also use the CONVERT procedure to convert BMDP, OSIRIS, and SPSS files to SAS data files; see CONVERT for more information.

Starting with Version 16, SPSS offers a free plug-in that lets users run R code within SPSS having full access to the active SPSS Statistics data, and writing its output to the SPSS Statistics Viewer.