Click on the insertion mode icon to draw constructs.
Click on the selection mode icon to select, resize or move constructs. Click on the connection mode icon to connect constructs. Cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, SmartPLS, and session presenters.ĩ. Notice that your indicator variables are now visible in this window. If you have string variables create a working file that removes them. Second, all variables in your data file must be numerical.
Note: you must code all missing data in your file, not just the data you are using in your SEM model. The most likely reasons for problems in importing data are that you have missing data and did not code it as missing, or that you have String variables in your data. If it is red your data was not properly imported into SmartPLS. Modeling Window Double click here (on your project name) to get this screen with the above tool bar. Cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, SmartPLS, and session presenters.Ĩ Notice that your indicator variables are now visible in this window.
Cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, SmartPLS, and session presenters.ħ This dialog box is used to tell the software where to find the data for your SEM model.Ĭlick here to establish a link to your data. You can use a different name if you wish. A project name for our example in this workshop has been inserted. Cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, SmartPLS, and session presenters.Ħ. Cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, SmartPLS, and session presenters.ĥ Type a project name in this window. Next click on the Create New Project option. Cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, SmartPLS, and session presenters.Ĥ To start using the software, left click on the File pull-down menu and click on New. This is the screen you will see when you first load the SmartPLS software. You are now ready to create a new SmartPLS SEM project.ģ. Click on the file that runs SmartPLS ( ) and then on the Run tab to start the software.
Now go to the folder where you previously downloaded and saved the SmartPLS software on your computer. Click on Save Target As to save the data to a folder on your hard drive, and then Close. Follow the onscreen instructions to save one of these two files on your hard drive. SmartPLS can use both data file formats (i.e. The data we will use to run our example PLS model can be downloaded at the following URL: When you get to the website scroll down to the Corporate Reputation Example where it says Click on the following links to download files. Before you draw your model, you need to have data to use in running your model.
In the following slides we describe how to draw and execute a PLS-SEM model using the SmartPLS software program. The next slide shows the graphical interface for the SmartPLS software. Founder & Senior ScholarĢ Getting Started with the SmartPLS Software