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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

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

Hi,

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

I think you have no choice.

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 : Thanks for your help.

Try:

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

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?

You might/will hit the 24 character maximum though.

Any plans to expand that 24 character limit?

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

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.