Option @smpl in command wfsave

[mamo]

Dear EVIEWs team,

I use Eviews 9.5, Mach 17 2016 build

I am wondering how I can save a subsample of data.
The example code below should save only those observation for which x>0 in a new workfile

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wfcreate u 100
series x=nrnd
wfsave test.wf1 @smpl @all if x>0
show x


Unexpectedly, the newly created workfile contains all observations, including those with negative x-values.
What is wrong with the @smpl option in the wfsave command in the example above?

Best, mamo

[EViews Gareth]

@smpl doesn't work for saving to workfiles. Only foreign data.

[EViews Glenn]

You can always contract the current page or subsample to a new page and then save that page to a new file.