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Hi,

I am trying to run the following spec file below but constantly get an error message. The odd thing is that the same spec file (with the appropriate series spec added back in) appears to work perfectly in the original X12-ARIMA programme itself, hence this leads me to conclude that there must be something wrong with how I'm passing the spec file to Eviews. Data is monthly data. Help please, I just can't figure it out!

Details are as follows.

ERROR: cny_dur is already in the regression.

Command to run the spec file through Eviews
Spec File

Could you post the CNY2010.dat file?

Attached to this post. Somehow the forum doesn't allow me to upload .dat or .txt files..? So I changed the file extension to .doc, but it is actually just a regular ASCII file.

I can't seem to replicate your exact error. Could you post your workfile too?

Okay, I deleted the rest of my data to leave behind a single series, and am now getting a completely different error.

Great, thanks.

For reasons currently unknown to us, it looks as though it will work if, and only if, you run EViews by launching the EViews6.exe executable directly from within the EViews 6 directory, rather than through a short cut (or through the Start menu in Windows), and then try to perform your X12.

Obviously we're looking into why running EViews 6 from a short cut or the Start menu should make a difference, but until we've worked out why and how to fix it, a solution is to simply navigate to the EViews 6 directory on your computer and then launch EViews 6 from there.

Thanks - it works fine now. Interesting bug.
Perhaps it has something to do with setting the appropriate paths?

We weren't setting the working directory properly. We've fixed it in the latest patch.

Gareth, I am also having thesing X12 ARIMA from Eviews. So far, I think X12A has some restrictions on how it is run.

I had some problems running X12A through Excel VBA and it seemed to me that the length of the path is a restriction.

Eviews seems also not to run PICKMDL as well.

Hope Eviews 7 can fix these. Thank You, Fabio

Hi,

I am trying to run the following spec file below but constantly get an error message. The odd thing is that the same spec file (with the appropriate series spec added back in) appears to work perfectly in the original X12-ARIMA programme itself, hence this leads me to conclude that there must be something wrong with how I'm passing the spec file to Eviews. Data is monthly data. Help please, I just can't figure it out!

Details are as follows.

ERROR: cny_dur is already in the regression.

Command to run the spec file through Eviews

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freeze(x12out) teu.x12(sfile="C:\Documents and Settings\kysoon\Desktop\X12\teu2.spc", save="d11 d12 d13")

Spec File

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transform{ function=log } outlier{ types=(AO LS TC) lsrun=0 } automdl{savelog=amd} forecast{ maxlead=12 print=none } estimate{print=(roots regcmatrix) savelog=aicc} check{print=all savelog=lbq} regression{ file = "C:\Documents and Settings\kysoon\Desktop\X12\DOS Files\CNY2010.dat" format = "datevalue" variables=( const td) start = 1960.1 user = (cny_bef cny_dur cny_aft) usertype = holiday #aictest=(td easter) savelog=aictest #aictest=(td user) } x11{ savelog=(M1 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 Q Q2) save=(D11 D12 D13 SP1 SP2) } slidingspans{savelog=percent additivesa=percent} history{estimates=(fcst aic sadj sadjchng trend trendchng)}

I'm having the same problem but with Eviews 7.