How to change both name and display name of variable

[loulouviews]

Hi,

I've a bunch of variable I'm importing from a HTML page with the function wfopen. The webpage also provides names (that I want to change) and description (that I want to keep).
Then I rename those variables with the rename X Y EViews function. Unfortunately, EViews does not change the displayname of the variables.
Does anybody have an idea to change both name and displayname of a variable ?

Thanks in advance,

Loulouviews


PS : I'm using EViews 8

[EViews Gareth]

You'll have to use the series.displayname command to change the displaynames separately.

[loulouviews]

Hi,

I'm reopening this thread because I'm renaming series by doing

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rename {%oldname} {%newname}

But when plotting the series, EViews still displays the oldname.
Since I've more than 8000 series renamed in a loop and renaming each sequentially, I'd prefer not doing another loop with .displayname proc.

Thanks a lot in advance !

Louis

[EViews Gareth]

I think you have no choice.

[loulouviews]

Ok, thanks for your reply.
How can I get the original name of a variable then ?
Here is my problem : I'm reading series from a .tsv file. EViews is reading it perfectly except for a bunch of variables which got a name longer than 24 characters.
EViews automatically renames them but it also stores the "real name" in a "original name" field.
How can I get access to it ?
I would imagine something like :

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string %myName=name_of_the_series.@originalname

Thanks for your help.

[EViews Gareth]

Try:

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%myname = name_of_series.@attr("originalname")

[loulouviews]

Thanks a lot for your reply !
Finally I noticed that the displayname was still the original name so I did

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%name=name_of_series.@displayname

[cmm1603]

Hi there,

I imported data from a Eurostat table and I want to know how I can change multiple variables names collectively by assigning a prefix to all of them. I know how to rename variables one by one but want to know if there's a more time efficient way to do this.
All variables start with different things (list of variable below as an example):
currency_and_deposits
equity_investments
long_term___loans
unlisted_shares

I want to be able to add a prefix such as "gga" in front of all the names:
gga_currency_and_deposits
gga_equity_investments
gga_long_term___loans
gga_unlisted_shares

Is this doable?

[EViews Gareth]

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rename * gga_*

You might/will hit the 24 character maximum though.

[bobhughesaier]

Any plans to expand that 24 character limit?

[EViews Gareth]

It is on the list of things to contemplate, yes.

[bobhughesaier]

OK. So, it doesn't sound like it'll be in the next version/update. For what it's worth, it gets my vote as a high priority. Thanks Gareth.