Manual sample change in updateable graphs of panel data

[mamo]

Eviews version: 8.1

Issue: When changing a graph's time sample manually with the graph's sample selection bar, not only does the time dimension of the sample shown in the graph adjust but unexpectedly also the cross-sectional dimension: the sample shown will automatically include all the cross sections in the workfile page.

Example:

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wfcreate a 2000 2010 4 series x=nrnd smpl 2004 2010 if crossid=1 or crossid=2 graph gra.line(panel="c") x gra.setupdate(auto) show gra

Change the sample shown in the grpah with the sample selection bar.

Suggestion: Prevent the automatic change of the cross sectional sample dimension when the time dimension is adjusted manually. Additionally, for graphs depicting panel data, you may consider adding a second sample selection bar that allows for a manual adjustment of the cross sections shown.

Best,
mamo

[EViews Gareth]

Really what you're saying is that the slider bar should preserve the if condition on the existing sample, and it is true that it currently doesn't.

I believe it will be tricky for us to support that, but we'll investigate.