6:32 p.m.
The current snapshots for Windows and Mac (quartz) expose our new
support for dbnomics. Testing is encouraged!
You can find GUI dbnomics access under /File/Databases, or via a "DB"
button in the toolbar of the primary databases window.
To get documentation on the dbnomics function package (version 1)
which supports the whole show, go to the listing of function packages
"On local machine", select dbnomics, and click the PDF icon. There's
info there on accessing dbnomics via the command line.
Allin
8:11 a.m.
Am 10.07.2018 um 20:32 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
The current snapshots for Windows and Mac (quartz) expose our new
support for dbnomics.
Extremely nice and useful!
Testing is encouraged!
First random impressions:
- going to Eurostat, then "general" and clicking the button to list
series, I get "no series found".
(also for INE-SPAIN and 4349)
- after having the window with dataset listing for Eurostat open: then
going back to the window with providers, changing to (say) BCEAO, and
clicking list datasets switches the focus to the Eurostat window, but
doesn't update it to BCEAO.
- The first imported series apparently determines the dataset range; I
tried to import another one with a few more extra obs, the import went
fine, but the obs at the end were just lost; I kind of understand that's
how gretl has always worked, but I wonder if this could be generalized
when working with databases.
- I have to say the multitude of windows that this handling involves
might be a practical problem; again, we have already several times
discussed the general design decision to have a bunch of separate gretl
windows, and I have kept silent (I think) in recent years. But often one
of the first remarks I get from students or interns whom I introduce to
gretl is "can this be changed to a single window?", and all I can say
is, no, sorry. With this dbnomics interface, this issue perhaps becomes
more prevalent. However, not a short-term concern, of course.
- In the main toolbar the tooltip pop-up for the database icon has
always said "gretl database", perhaps this should be reformulated now
that it also points to dbnomics. Similar for the menu label "gretl native".
To get documentation on the dbnomics function package (version 1)
which supports the whole show, go to the listing of function packages
"On local machine", select dbnomics, and click the PDF icon. There's
info there on accessing dbnomics via the command line.
Haven't looked at that yet.
thanks,
sven
3:19 p.m.
On Wed, 11 Jul 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 10.07.2018 um 20:32 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> The current snapshots for Windows and Mac (quartz) expose our new support
> for dbnomics.
Extremely nice and useful!
> Testing is encouraged!
First random impressions:
- going to Eurostat, then "general" and clicking the button to list series, I
get "no series found".
(also for INE-SPAIN and 4349)
I see that too; I'll try to figure out if that's a bug on our end or
an anomaly in dbnomics.
- after having the window with dataset listing for Eurostat open:
then going
back to the window with providers, changing to (say) BCEAO, and clicking list
datasets switches the focus to the Eurostat window, but doesn't update it to
BCEAO.
Ah, that sequence of events had occurred to me but there's no code in
place to handle switching yet. TODO.
- The first imported series apparently determines the dataset range;
I tried
to import another one with a few more extra obs, the import went fine, but
the obs at the end were just lost; I kind of understand that's how gretl has
always worked, but I wonder if this could be generalized when working with
databases.
As things stand you have to think ahead, and if necessary use
"nulldata" or the GUI equivalent to create a dataset of suitable
dimension. We could revisit that, but not rigt now.
- I have to say the multitude of windows that this handling involves
might be a practical problem [...]
Granted. Maybe we need to consider a tabbed window for dbnomics
exploration.
- In the main toolbar the tooltip pop-up for the database icon has
always
said "gretl database", perhaps this should be reformulated now that it also
points to dbnomics.
Agreed.
Similar for the menu label "gretl native"
Maybe.
Thanks for testing!
Allin
9:35 p.m.
Herewith a second response to Sven, noting updates.
On Wed, 11 Jul 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
- going to Eurostat, then "general" and clicking the button
to
list series, I get "no series found". (also for INE-SPAIN and
4349)
Those were spurious "datasets". Our code now bypasses them.
- after having the window with dataset listing for Eurostat open:
then going back to the window with providers, changing to (say)
BCEAO, and clicking list datasets switches the focus to the
Eurostat window, but doesn't update it to BCEAO.
We now open a new window on a new request, and just focus an
existing window only if the request really matches.
- In the main toolbar the tooltip pop-up for the database icon has
always said "gretl database", perhaps this should be reformulated
now that it also points to dbnomics. Similar for the menu label
"gretl native".
The tooltip for the main-window toolbar database icon is now just
"databases".
"Now" means in git; revised snapshots will follow.
Allin
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