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 Best practices for syncing SPSS .sav files to SharePoint / OneDrive?

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Laurinda Donaghey posted 06/23/26 01:54 PM

We are currently migrating our SPSS files and syntax to a SharePoint/OneDrive environment. To handle this, we’ve embedded Python code within our SPSS syntax to dynamically retrieve the local OneDrive path and pass it to the FILE HANDLE command. 

Before we roll this out, I wanted to reach out and see if others have encountered any specific challenges. Specifically, we are looking for advice on:

  • File syncing: Any known issues or glitches when syncing .sav files to SharePoint?
  • File collisions: How does the sync client handle simultaneous saves?
  • Multi-user access: Has anyone run into locked files or data corruption when multiple users try to access the same directory?

Any insights, workarounds, or warnings would be greatly appreciated!

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Art Jack posted 06/26/26 06:24 PM

I’ve never had any specific issues with OneDrive and SAV files syncing.  Any sync issues I’ve had were because of OneDrive but for all file types.  I don’t have others reading in these files but would guess it would be similar to having them on a sharedrive where we do have issues if multiple people trying to read and write at the same time.  

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