What Exactly Is Recorded in Analysis Macros?
Analysis Macros are the ones that are created automatically and are always being recorded “behind the scenes” whenever you start an analysis from the Statistics or Graphs menus. The term “analysis” in STATISTICA denotes one task selected either from the Statistics or Graphs menu, which can be very small and simple (e.g., one scatterplot requested from the Graphs menu) or very elaborate (e.g., a complex structural equation modeling analysis selected by choosing that option from the Statistics menu and involving hundreds of output documents). Whenever you choose any options from those menus, recording begins; the recording terminates when you exit the analysis, that is, when you click the final Cancel button to close the startup dialog. At that point, the recording is discarded and “forgotten.” There are several things to remember when using the Analysis Macro recording facilities. All of these are consequences of the general “rule”: Only actions performed as part of and during the speci
