stacked bar interpretation

[startz]

Here's a group and the resulting stacked bar graph

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Can someone explain how the picture is a sensible representation of the data. (This may not be a bug, but it's not looking like a good feature either.)

[EViews Gareth]

How would you rather it looked?

[startz]

Hey, why do I have to do the hard questions??? Something like. A from 0.5 to -0.5, B from -.5 to -2.5, F from -2.5 to, uh, I dunno. But what does the picture I get mean?

[EViews Gareth]

It is just as it says it does - each series is stacked. A goes first, and is blue, and goes from 0 to 1. Then B goes on top, and goes from 1 to 3 (1+2=3). Then F goes on top of that and goes, in green, from 3 to 0.5 (3+-2.5=0.5).

[startz]

Okay, not a bug. But when are you going to implement the "do what I want-not what I said" command?

[EViews Gareth]

If you go into the graph dialog, then Graph Elements, then Bar-Area-Pie, then check the box that says "Stack positive & negative....", you might get something more to your liking.

[startz]

Thanks.

[modelmaker]

Is there a corresponding command option for stacking positive and negative values separately?

[EViews Gareth]

Graphname.option +/-stackposneg

[modelmaker]

I gave it a try, but I get an "Invalid graph option" error. What could I be doing wrong?
(Also, I'm using EViews 7.)

[EViews Gareth]

What, exactly, did you type?

[modelmaker]

Oh wait, I realize what I did wrong. I just entered exactly what you typed without thinking. "Graphname.options +stackposneg" works just fine. Thanks!