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X-12-Graph: A SAS/GRAPH® Program for X-12-ARIMA Output
User's Guide for the Batch Program on the PC or Unix, Version 1.6



Demetra Lytras, U.S. Census Bureau

Primary Developer: Catherine C. Harvill Hood

January 13, 2011


1: New Features in Version 1.6

Version 1.6 has two new types of graphs: forecast graphs for comparing two adjustments and spectrum graphs for comparing two adjustments. Additional graphs for plotting indirect adjustments were added to the software. Two new graphs were added to the history graphs for comparing two adjustments, allowing the percent differences of the month-to-month percent changes of the seasonal adjusted values and the trend to be shown.

The version also includes various bug fixes.

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2: Installing X-12-Graph

2.1: Requirements

X-12-Graph Batch is a SAS® program using SAS/GRAPH® (SAS Institute, Inc. 1990). It requires SAS Version 8 or higher. The program also requires Version 0.2.8 or higher of X-12-ARIMA; it may work for subsequent releases, but some graphs may not be created.

No knowledge of SAS is required to use X-12-Graph.

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2.2: Installing X-12-Graph

Before you can use X-12-Graph, you must copy it to your computer:

  1. Create a directory for the program; c:\x12graph is recommended, and will be used throughout this document.
  2. Copy the file x12gbat.zip to the c:\x12graph directory.
  3. Double Click on x12gbat.zip in Windows® Explorer to uncompress the files.

X-12-Graph Batch consists of a SAS program, a subdirectory with two SAS files, and an images subdirectory, as well as this document. After uncompressing x12gbat.zip, the following files should be in the c:\x12graph directory:

x12gbat.sas
x12gbat.htm

The c:\x12graph\appl directory should contain the following files:

Namelist.sas7bdat
Templt.sas7bcat

There should also be a directory c:\x12graph\images containing examples of the graphs that can be created.

The two SAS files in the appl subdirectory must be in that directory for the program to run. The SAS program x12gbat.sas can be stored in any directory.

SAS and SAS/GRAPH software are registered trademarks of the SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration.

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