View Menu

The View Menu allows you to view lists of the variables and series currently stored in memory and quickly generate simple graphs and statistical tables for series displayed in a Series List Window.

The following operations are always available:

Series Window

This brings up a Series List Window showing all the series currently in memory. From this window, you can: use the operations described below or the toolbar icons to generate a variety of graphs and statistical computations; use File>Export... to export selected series to a data file; or double-click on a series to view or edit that series. If you have also opened a RATS format file using File>Open or File>New, you can copy series from memory to the RATS or vice versa file by dragging series between the two windows.

Standard Functions

This opens the Function Wizard, which you can use to browse through the available functions, check function syntax, and paste a function into the input window.

Standard Variables

This provides access to all of the reserved variables defined by various RATS instructions. You can view an alphabetical list of all the variables, or list variables by category.

User Variables

Displays a window listing all of the user-defined variables. For real-valued arrays, you can double-click on the name of the array to view the dimensions of the array.

All Symbols

Displays a window listing all global variable and function names, including both reserved functions and variables and user-defined functions and variables. For real-valued arrays, you can double-click on the name of the array to view the values stored in the array in a separate window.

The following operations are only available for certain types of windows.

Change Layout

Reset List

Show as B&W/Show as Color

These all share the same position in the menu. For a Report Window, it's Change Layout, which allows you to change the appearance of the numbers. For a Series List Window, it's Reset List, which allows you to change which series are listed, and whether or not the series is sorted by name. For a Graph Window, it's Show as B&W or Show as Color which can be used to change the graph from color mode to black and white mode or vice versa. This is equivalent to using the or toolbar icons.

The following operations are only active when a Series List Window is open. They allow you to quickly produce simple graphs and statistical reports for series in the window. The last two operations (Covariance Matrix and Data Table) apply only for a list of the series in memory. They are not available when a RATS format data file list is active.

Time Series Graph

Produces a time series graph of the selected series.

Histogram

Produces a histogram plot of the selected series (can only be applied to one series at a time).

Box Plot

Produces Box plots for the selected series.

Autocorrelations

Produces a plot of the autocorrelations and partial autocorrelations for the series.

Statistics

Produces basic descriptive statistics for the selected series

Covariance Matrix

Produces a covariance\correlation matrix

Data Table

Displays the selected series as columns in a spreadsheet-style window, similar to doing PRINT with the WINDOW option. Note that you cannot edit series values using this data view—double click on a series if you want to edit values in the series.