Importing: not in default mode

[88fr.leo]

Good evening, I need to import a serie in %change mode, not in default mode. Then, eviews can calculate an index by itself, is that possible?

Thx

[EViews Gareth]

You'll need a value for the first year, but assuming you have that, just import the %change series, then calculate a new series off of it (here I'm seeding the X series at a value of 100, and assuming XCHANGE is the name of the %change series)

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smpl @first @first series x = 100 smpl @first+1 @last x = x(-1)*(1+xchange)

[gio.ortolani]

what about the % change signaled in the link below? is that possible to import series in that mode?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oqilo5ua1euemvq/pch.png

[EViews Gareth]

Same thing.

[gio.ortolani]

my range starts in 1980, but my Excel starts in 2012. i would like to maintain unaltered the sample from 1980 to 2011 that already exists in EViews and import only from 2012 to EViews. if I write @pch(series) in the code, it will be useless? i'm afraid that, in my case, the code you wrote won't help me.

[EViews Gareth]

Start the sample at the period you want to adjust then, rather than the first period in the workfile.