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Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:19 pm**

For example, this code:

open haver "C:\Haver\USECON"
    data(format = haver) 1970:1 2015:2 i
close haver

returns an error:

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## IO30. There is no series CONSTANT on the file

presumably because -i- is a reserved keyword. Similarly, this code

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compute lbl = "i"
open haver "C:\Haver\USECON"
    data(format = haver) 1970:1 2015:2 %s(lbl)
close haver

outputs:

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## SX22. Expected Type INTEGER, Got SERIES[REAL] Instead

Assuming I diagnosed the problem correctly, is there a way around this, besides importing the data into Excel, CSV, etc. and reading it into RATS without referring to the name directly?

Since this is an external data source, I can't simply rename the series in the file.

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:10 pm**

You need to use a different local series name, and reset its label to "I":

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clear myi
label myi
# "I"
open haver "C:\haver\USECON"
cal(q) 1970:1
data(format = haver) 1970:1 2015:2 myi

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