EViews 10+ Problem importing alphanumeric series

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EViews 10+ Problem importing alphanumeric series

Postby modelqs » Tue May 15, 2018 7:45 am

I am importing an alphanumeric series from Excel into an unstructured workfile page:

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wfcreate u 1 1
import "test.xlsx" range="'Test'!A1" colhead=1 namepos=none names=("test") types=(a) @append


The alpha series contains ID values composed of numbers and/or letters. Rows that do not have an ID contain the words "NO ID". For example:

100000000
A00000001
100000002
100000003
100000004
NO ID
NO ID
NO ID

When the data are imported into EViews, the words "NO ID" do not get populated in the alpha object - these rows are just blank. Other values get imported without any issue.

I've tested this with different words, and the problem is the same. (For example, if "A00000001" appears in multiple rows, that value stops being imported.) ID values that are entirely composed of numbers do not have this problem - they can repeat in many rows and still be imported.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? Thanks!

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Re: EViews 10+ Problem importing alphanumeric series

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue May 15, 2018 7:54 am

Could you provide the Excel file?
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Re: EViews 10+ Problem importing alphanumeric series

Postby modelqs » Tue May 15, 2018 8:00 am

See the attachment:
test.xlsx
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Re: EViews 10+ Problem importing alphanumeric series

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue May 15, 2018 8:06 am

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import "test.xlsx" range="'Test'!A1" colhead=1 namepos=none names=("test") types=(a) na="" @append
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Re: EViews 10+ Problem importing alphanumeric series

Postby modelqs » Tue May 15, 2018 8:09 am

Great, thanks!


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