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frenchdata - Ken French's data library

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:57 am
by EViews Rebecca
This thread is about the frenchdata add-in that fetches data from Ken French's data library and parses it into EViews workfiles.

Re: frenchdata - Ken French's data library

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:33 am
by tmly
Hi, I am using Eviews 10 Enterprise Edition 64 bit. I have installed the frenchdata add in. I have changed the alpha truncation max length to 5000 in general options. However when I try to import most large portfolios I get the attached error. For instance on the 6 portfolios formed on size and Book-To-Market (2x3). This error occurs on most portfolio data imports. Why is this and does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks. Tom

Re: frenchdata - Ken French's data library

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 1:45 pm
by EViews Rebecca
I don't get this error. Can you check that you are up to date (Help -> EViews Update)?

Re: frenchdata - Ken French's data library

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:57 am
by paolo.zanghieri
Hi,
I cannot dowload the add in. I get a message with "Unknown error". I am using version 11 6v bits.
thanks

Re: frenchdata - Ken French's data library

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:02 am
by EViews Steve
If you ever have trouble downloading an add-in, you can always hit the "Website" button and go to the following page to download the add-in directly:
http://www.eviews.com/Addins/addins.shtml

From that page, I got the following download link for the frenchdata add-in:
http://www.eviews.com/Addins/frenchdata.aipz

Once you've downloaded the AIPZ file, you can drag it onto EViews to start the installation process.