Dr.rer.nat. Dedi Rosadi, M.Sc.
For Econometrics I, International Program
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A Very Short Eviews Tutorial
1. Creating a Workfile:
First you need a Workfile to work on. In the Workfile, you can store your data and any
output you will generate. A new Workfile can be created as follows:
File -> New -> Workfile
You must specify the frequency of the data. In our example, there are observations ranging from
1960 to 1969. Then, set the Workfile frequency as follows:
Start observation
End observation
Annual
1960
1969
If the observations were with some other frequency, you will have to specify it accordingly. For
example:
Start observation
End Observation
Monthly
1960:01
1969:12
Quarterly
1960:01
1969:04
If you are using cross-sectional data, choose the Workfile frequency as Undated or irregular
and in the window marked End Observation enter the number of observations in the cross-
section.
Once you have entered the frequency information, click on the OK button. At this point,
EViews will open a new window WORKFILE: Untitled that contains only two elements: a
Dr.rer.nat. Dedi Rosadi, M.Sc.
For Econometrics I, International Program
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constant called c and a series called resid, which will be updated after every model you estimate.
Before you have estimated any models, the two series will be empty. Note that the icon to the left
of each element in the workfile tells you what type of object you have.
2. Importing Data:
Often you will need to import the contents of a text-ASCII file into EViews. You can do
that as follows:
File —» Import —» Read Text-Lotus-Excel...
Find the file you need to import and double-click on it. EViews will open a new window ASCII
Text Import. In the box marked as Names for series or number of series enter the number of
columns in the original text file (4 in our case). The series you have imported from the text file
will appear in the Workfile window with their respective names. Note that each series has been
imported as an individual element