Use this function to import data to `EViews` workfile from R
eviews_import(source_description="",wf="",type="",options="",smpl_string="",
genr_string="",rename_string="",frequency="",start_date="",id="",destid="",
append=FALSE,save_path="")
An EViews workfile
Description of the file from which the data is to be imported. The specification of the description is usually just the path and file name of the file.
Object or a character string representing the name of an `EViews` workfile.
Optional. Specify the file type, it can values allowed by `EViews` import
commands like access
, text
. For the most part, you should not need to specify a “type=” option as EViews will automatically determine the type from the filename.
Optional.Specify the `EViews` options
for import
command like resize
, link
, page=page_name
.
Optional. Specify the sample to be used for the data import.
Optional. Any valid `EViews` series creation expression to be used to generate a new series in the workfile as part of the import procedure.
Optional. Pairs of old object names followed by the new name to be used to rename some of the imported series.
Object or a character string representing the frequency of a workfile page to be created. Only letters accepted by EViews are allowed. For example u
for undated, a
for annual, m
for monthly and so on.
Object or a character string representing the start date
. It should be left blank for undated (when the frequency
is u
).
Name of `EViews` ID series. Required for `EViews` Match-Merge Import
.
Name of the destination ID. Required for `EViews` Match-Merge Import
.
Logical, whether to append to the bottom of the `EViews` workfile page or not.
Specify the path to save the `Eviews` workfile
Other important functions:
EviewsR
,
create_object()
,
eng_eviews()
,
eviews_graph()
,
eviews_pagesave()
,
eviews_wfcreate()
,
eviews_wfsave()
,
exec_commands()
,
export()
,
import_table()
,
import()
,
rwalk()
,
set_eviews_path()