Re: [Gretl-devel] missing options for frequency conversion quarterly to annual
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014, Sven Schreiber wrote:
the attached file is the result from compacting monthly series to
quarterly.
When I try to compact further to annual then I don't get any options
(average, summing, etc.). But I do get the options when I try other files.
Is it because gretl is particularly clever (remembering the prior compacting
method)? In which case I would find a corresponding message in the dialog
window useful. Or is it just a bug?
Well, if you take a look inside your XML data file (use "less" or
perhaps "zless" on Linux) you'll see that the series named US48Temp
has the following recorded:
<variable name="US48Temp"
compact-method="COMPACT_AVG"
/>
So it seems that gretl is remembering what you chose last time and
is assuming it still applies. Maybe we should print a message, but
can you think of a use case where you'd want to use one method when
compacting from monthly to quarterly, and a different method when
going from quarterly to annual?
Allin