Select Object → New Object from the main menu and choose “Series.”
#WHAT IS EVIEWS USED FOR SERIES#
the following are valid ways to create a series This column shows the dates associated with each observation in the case of time series data or the observation number in the case of cross-sectional data. Series objects in the same pagefile will have the same range, which is always shown in the left-most column. By nature, a series object contains one column of data (objects with more than one series are called “groups”). The series object is the main data object in EViews, represented by a yellow icon with a graph in it. Series in the same pagefile can be combined to create “group” objects series Such comparisons between countries, as in the previous question, can be made more easily by having the data from our four countries in one pagefile. Open the Caribbean file and copy and paste the data into the new “trin” page. You now have a blank page for this country. Similar to when you created the original workfile, specify the structure type, data range and name of the page (e.g., “trin”). Click the New Page tab and select Specify Frequency/Range… Another way to add a new page is from scratch. Lastly, let’s add some data from Trinidad & Tobago. Another way to add data to a new page is by copying the data from Microsoft Excel (or another program) and selecting Paste from Clipboard as Page as an option from the New Page tab. Let’s continue to build up our workfile by importing data for the Dominican Republic. Select Jamaica as the pre-defined range, specifying the structure (or frequency) of your data in the new page, and then click Finish to load the data. On the New Page tab, click Load Workfile Page… and select the Caribbean Excel file. Let’s add to our file the same macroeconomic variables for another country–this time for Jamaica. One way to create a new page is by loading a new data file into the page. A drop-down menu appears which indicates a variety of ways to create a new page: To add a page, click the “New Page” tab at the bottom. Adding Data by Creating a New PagefileĮViews workfiles can hold more than one page. Then place the steps below in the correct order. Using the steps in the chart below, work in EViews to discover the correct way to do so. Your workfile should now appear with a pagefile containing data on the BahamasĮViews also allows the user to import data by simply copying data from an existing spreadsheet (in Microsoft Excel or other applications) and pasting it into an existing workfile. From Header type, select “Names in first line” to make sure that the variable names will appear at the top of each column.Īs a last step, EViews asks you how you would like to import the data select “Create new page” and click Finish. Choose the pre-defined range called “Bahamas” to import the economic series relevant to The Bahamas and then click Next.ĮViews then prompts you to enter information about each of the columns of data. Notice that EViews automatically detects that the source data was a time series. The range of the workfile allows for up to 140 observations while the current (or active) sample allows for a maximum of 100 observations. Please identify (i.e., check) these two objects in the following list. The 4th step is optional.Īfter creating a workfile, EViews will automatically create two (2) series objects. However, series objects in a specific pagefile must have the same structure (frequency).Ĭreating a workfile for annual time series data involves 4 steps: (1) specifying the workfile structure as “dated – regular frequency”, (2) specifying the frequency of data as annual, (3) selecting a start and end date, and (4) naming your workfile. Unstructured/undated (mostly for cross-sectional data)Ī workfile can have multiple pagefiles, each of a specific (possibly different) type. There are three types of workfile structures available in EViews:ĭated/regular frequency (for time series data) A workfile is made up of one or more page files.ĮViews allows the user to create an empty workfile (i.e., one without any data) and to create a workfile by importing data from another program. Instead, the user must always specify the structure (or frequency) of the file, a range for the data, and a sample. Unlike Microsoft Word or Excel, EViews does not open up a blank document upon launch. EViews documents (also known as “workfiles”) are files that hold different objects (which contain data).