How difficult is to include a new database on Gretl's server? I'm asking this because I would like to see Brazilian Central Bank database (just like FED, ECB, and others) inside Gretl.

Em 24 de fevereiro de 2010 Allin <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; escreveu: On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > > > How difficult is to include a new database on Gretl's server? > > I'm asking this because I would like to see Brazilian Central > > Bank database (just like FED, ECB, and others) inside Gretl. > > I'd be happy to put up a Brazilian database. If you can create the > database files and either email them to me or give me a URL from > which I can pick them up, then I can put a package in place. Allin, the "Banco Central do Brasil" (as known as Bacen) has a system that manages its time series: "The Time Series Management System". Looking at the presentation text I'd found this: "The Time Series Management System (SGS) has the objective of consolidating and disclosing economic-financial information, while preserving uniformity among the documents produced on the basis of time series stored in the system. The series can be consulted individually, in groups or in personalized lists, or even automatically, according to automated services instructions, on the Help menu, System help submenu, option Automated services (webservices)." So, what we need is to take a look at the option "Automated services (webservices)". Unfortunately I don't know how to use webservices :(