FORMAT=RATS

RATS format is specially designed to deal with time series data. It’s a Time Series Database format which is available on all versions of RATS. It supports all of the time-series frequencies supported by RATS, including panel and intra-day data. It also allows you to store series with different frequencies in the same file.

RATS Instructions

data(format=rats)	read series from RATS format into memory
store(convert=rats)	copy series from one RATS format file to another
copy(format=rats)	write series to a RATS file
prtdata(format=rats)	write series from one RATS format file to another

Interface Operations

Data Wizard

You can read series by using File—Open... to open a RATS format file, selecting the desired series from the RATS Data File window, and using Data/Graphics—Data (RATS Format).

Series Window and RATS Data Window

You can use File—Open and File—New... to open or create a RATS format file. Various toolbar and contextual menu operations are available for generating graphs, editing series, renaming series, and so on. You can bring series into memory from an open RATS file using the Data Wizard described above, or by dragging and dropping series onto the Series Window.

You can write series from working memory to the open file by dragging and dropping them from the Series Window onto the RATS Data File Window.

You can import series into the file from another using File—Import... or the toolbar button. You can export series to another using File—Export..., the toolbar button, or the Export operation on the contextual menu.

Details

See Section 2.7 of the Introduction for more details on creating and using RATS format files.