Vert

left or right of the start point depending on the angle of the line

Horz

left or right of the start point depending on the angle of the line

AR

above and right of the start point

AL

above and left of the start point

BR

below and right of the start point

BL

below and left of the start point

L

left of the start point

R

right of the start point

A

above the start point

B

below the start point

font([face], [pt], [+/- b], [+/- i], [+/- u], [+/- s])

Set characteristics of text font. The font name (face), size (pt), and characteristics are all optional. face should be a valid font name, enclosed in double quotes. pt should be the font size in points. The remaining options specify whether to turn on/off boldface (b), italic (i), underline (u), and strikeout (s) styles.

textcolor(arg)

Sets the color of the text. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

fillcolor(arg)

Sets the background fill color of the text box. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

framecolor(arg)

Sets the color of the text box frame. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

keep

When adding text to one of the predefined positions (left, right, top, bottom), any existing text in that position will be deleted and replaced with the new text. Use the “keep” option to preserve the existing text and place the second text object on top of the text in that position.

t, ac

Top (above and centered over the graph).

l

Left rotated.

r

Right rotated.

b, bc

Below and centered over the graph.

bl

Below and left side of the graph.

br

Below and right side of the graph.

al

Above and left side of the graph.

ar

Above and right side of the graph.

ibl

Inside near the bottom left corner of the graph.

ibr

Inside near the bottom right corner of the graph.

itl

Inside near the top left corner of the graph.

itr

Inside near the top right corner of the graph.

just(arg)

Set the justification of the text, where arg may be: “c” (center), “l” (left - default), “r” (right).

x, lb

Enclose text in a large box.

sb

Enclose text in a small box.

left / l

Left vertical axis.

right / r

Right vertical axis.

bottom / b

Bottom axis for XY and scatter graphs ( scat, xyarea, xybar, xyline, xypair).

top / t

Top axis for XY and scatter graphs ( scat, xyarea, xybar, xyline, xypair).

zerotop / zeroback

Draw zero line on [top / bottom] of other graph elements.

all / a

All axes.

linear

Linear data scaling (default).

linearzero

Linear data scaling (include zero when auto range selection is employed).

log

Logarithmic scaling.

norm

Norm (standardize) the data prior to plotting.

range(arg)

Specifies the endpoints for the scale, where arg may be: “auto” (automatic choice), “minmax” (use the maximum and minimum values of the data), “n1, n2” (set minimum to n1 and maximum to n2, e.g. “range(3, 9)”).

overlap / ‑overlap

[Overlap / Do not overlap] scales on dual scale graphs.

invert / -invert

[Invert / do not invert] scale.

units(arg)

Specifies the units of the data, where arg may be: “n” (native), “p” (percent), “k” (thousands), “m” (millions), “b” (billions), “t” (trillions).

format(option1 [,option2, ...])

Sets data formatting, where you may provide one or more of the following options:
“commadec” / “-commadec” ([Do / Do not] use comma as decimal, “ksep” / “-ksep” ([Do / Do not] include a thousands separator, “leadzero” / “-leadzero” ([Do / Do not] include leading zeros, “dec=arg” (set number of decimal places, where arg may be an integer or “a” for auto), “prefix=c” (add a prefix character, where c may be a single quoted character or “” to remove the prefix), “suffix=c” (add a suffix character, where c may be a single quoted character or “” to remove the suffix).

grid / -grid

[Draw / Do not draw] grid lines.

zeroline /
‑zeroline

[Draw / Do not draw] a line at zero on the data scale.

zerotop /
-zerotop

[Draw / Do not draw] the zero line on top of the graph.

ticksout

Draw tickmarks outside the graph axes.

ticksin

Draw tickmarks inside the graph axes.

ticksboth

Draw tickmarks both outside and inside the graph axes.

ticksnone

Do not draw tickmarks.

ticksauto

Allow EViews to determine whether to draw tickmarks on or between observations.

tickson

Draw tickmarks on observations.

ticksbtw

Draw tickmarks between observations.

ticksbtwns

Draw tickmarks between observations, removing space at the axis ends.

minor /

-minor

[Allow / Do not allow] minor tick marks.

label /

-label

[Place / Do not place] labels on the axes.

duallevel / -duallevel

[Allow / Do not allow] two row date labels on the observation axis.

font([face], [pt], [+/- b], [+/- i], [+/- u], [+/- s])

Set characteristics of axis font. The font name (face), size (pt), and characteristics are all optional. face should be a valid font name, enclosed in double quotes. pt should be the font size in points. The remaining options specify whether to turn on/off boldface (b), italic (i), underline (u), and strikeout (s) styles.

textcolor(arg)

Sets the color of the axis text. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

mirror / -mirror

[Label / Do not label] both left and right axes with duplicate axes (single scale graphs only).

angle(arg)

Set label angle, where arg can be an integer between -90 and 90 degrees, measured in 15 degree increments, or “a” (auto) for automatically determined angling. The angle is measured from the horizontal axis.

pos(arg)

Label position relative to the data point on the graph. The following positions are available:

L – Left of point (vertically centered)

R – Right of point (vertically centered)

A – Above the point (horizontally centered)

B – Below the point (horizontally centered)

C – Centered on pointed (vertically and horizontally)

Auto – Auto position

point(arg)

Which data points to label, where arg can be:

All – label all data points

First – label only the first visible data point

Last – label only the last visible data point

label(arg)

Specifies the contents of the label, where arg is the custom label string containing text and keywords. The following keywords are replaced with their appropriate values:

@legend – the legend label of the series

@xlabel – the x-axis label of the data point

@ylabel – the y-axis label of the data point

color(arg)

The label text color. Use ‘none’ to set the text color as black. Nothing specified will set the text color to match the line color. If the color option is not specified, the color will be unchanged.

point(arg)

Which data points to label, where arg can be:

All – label all data points

First – label only the first visible data point

Last – label only the last visible data point

format("datestring")

datestring should be one of the supported data formats describing how the date should appear. The datestring argument should be enclosed in double-quotes. For example, “yy:mm” specifies two-digit years followed by a colon delimited and then two-digit months.

You may use the special single space datestring “ “ to indicate automatic formatting.

You may also add “\n” to denote a new line providing the option to make the date string 2 lines. For example, “Month\nyear” will place the month on the first line and the year on the second. Note: there is a 2 line maximum. A second “\n” will therefore create an error.

EViews provides considerable flexibility in formatting your dates. See “Date Formats” for a complete description.

interval(step_size [,steps][,align_date])

where step_size takes one of the following values: “auto” (steps and align_date are ignored), “ends” (only label endpoints; steps and align_date are ignored), “all” (label every point; the steps and align_date options are ignored), “obs” (steps are one observation), “year” (steps are one year), “m” (steps are one month), “q” (steps are one quarter).

steps is a number (default=1) indicating the number of steps between labels.

align_date is a date specified to receive a label.

Note, the align_date should be in the units of the data being graphed, but may lie outside the current sample or workfile range.

span(arg)

Specify date label spanning: “auto” (automatic determination), “on” (turn spanning on; label start of period, tick on obs.), “between” (center label on period), “trimbetween” (center label on period, trim spaces at axis ends).

Consider the case of a yearly label with monthly ticks. If span is on, the label is centered on the 12 monthly ticks. If the span option is off, year labels are put on the first quarter or month of the year.

end / -end

[Use / Do not use] end-of-period labeling.

duallevel / -duallevel

[Allow / Do not allow] two row date labels on the observation axis.

line / l

A line

shade

A shaded area

left / l

Draw a horizontal line or shade using the left axis to define the drawing position

right / r

Draw a horizontal line or shade using the right axis to define the drawing position

bottom / b

Draw a vertical line or shade using the bottom axis to define the drawing position

color(arg)

Specifies the color of the line or shade. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

The default is black for lines and gray for shades. RGB values may be examined by calling up the color palette in the Graph Options dialog.

pattern(index)

Sets the line pattern to the type specified by index. index can be an integer from 1 to 12 or one of the matching keywords (“solid”, “dash1” through “dash10”, “none”).

The “none” keyword turns on solid lines.

width(n1)

Specify the width, where n1 is the line width in points (used only if object_type is “line” or “dashline”). The default is 0.5 points.

top

Specifies that the line be drawn on top of the graph. (Note that this option has no effect on shades.)

linecolor(arg)

Sets the default color for lines. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a full description of the keywords, see “Color definitions”.

shadecolor(arg)

Sets the default color for shades. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a full description of the keywords, see “Color definitions”

width(n1)

Specify the width, where n1 is the line width in points (used only if object_type is “line” or “dashline”). The default is 0.5 points.

pattern(index)

Sets the default line pattern to the type specified by index. index can be an integer from 1 to 12 or one of the matching keywords (“solid”, “dash1” through “dash10”, “none”). Sets the line pattern to the type specified by index. index can be an integer from 1 to 12 or one of the matching keywords (“solid”, “dash1” through “dash10”, “none”).

The “none” keyword turns on solid lines.

existing

Apply the default settings to all existing line/shade objects in the graph.

area

Area graph ( area).

band

Area band graph ( band).

bar

Bar graph ( bar).

boxplot

Boxplot graph ( boxplot).

distplot

Distribution graph ( distplot).

dot

Dot plot graph ( dot).

errbar

Error bar graph ( errbar).

hilo

High-low(-open-close) graph ( hilo).

line

Line graph ( line).

pie

Pie graph ( pie).

qqplot

Quantile-Quantile graph ( qqplot).

scat

scatmat

Matrix of scatterplots ( scatmat).

scatpair

Scatterplot pairs graph ( scatpair).

seasplot

Seasonal line graph ( seasplot).

spike

Spike graph ( spike).

xyarea

XY line-symbol graph with one X plotted against one or more Y’s using existing line-symbol settings ( xyarea).

xybar

XY line-symbol graph with one X plotted against one or more Y’s using existing line-symbol settings ( xybar).

xyline

xypair

Same as XY but sets XY settings to display pairs of X and Y plotted against each other ( xypair).

reset

Resets all graph options to the global defaults. May be used to remove existing customization of the graph.

p

Print the graph (for use when specified with a graph command).

c

Clears all text fields in the label.

d

Sets the description field to text.

s

Sets the source field to text.

u

Sets the units field to text.

r

Appends text to the remarks field as an additional line.

p

Print the label view.

columns(arg) (default=“auto”)

Columns for legend: “auto” (automatically choose number of columns), int (put legend in specified number of columns).

display/–display

Display/do not display the legend.

inbox/–inbox

Put legend in box/remove box around legend.

position(arg)

Position for legend: “left” or “l” (place legend on left side of graph), “right” or “r” (place legend on right side of graph), “botleft” or “bl” (place left-justified legend below graph), “botcenter” or “bc” (place centered legend below graph), “botright” or “br” (place right-justified legend below graph), “(h, v)” (the first number h specifies the number of virtual inches to offset to the right from the origin. The second number v specifies the virtual inch offset below the origin. The origin is the upper left hand corner of the graph).

font([face], [pt], [+/- b], [+/- i], [+/- u], [+/- s])

Set characteristics of legend font. The font name (face), size (pt), and characteristics are all optional. face should be a valid font name, enclosed in double quotes. pt should be the font size in points. The remaining options specify whether to turn on/off boldface (b), italic (i), underline (u), and strikeout (s) styles.

textcolor(arg)

Sets the color of the legend text. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

fillcolor(arg)

Sets the background fill color of the legend box. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

framecolor(arg)

Sets the color of the legend box frame. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

legend / -legend

Turn on and off legend.

size(w, h)

Specifies the size of the plotting frame in virtual inches (w=width, h=height).

lineauto

Use solid lines when drawing in color and use patterns and grayscale when drawing in black and white.

linesolid

Always use solid lines.

linepat

Always use line patterns.

color / -color

Specifies that lines/filled areas [use / do not use] color.

Note that if the “lineauto” option is specified, this choice will also influence the type of line or filled area drawn on screen: if color is specified, solid colored lines and filled areas will be drawn; if color is turned off, lines will be drawn using black and white line patterns, and gray scales will be used for filled areas.

barlabelabove /
-barlabelabove

[Place / Do not place] text value of data above bar in bar graph.

barlabelinside barlabelinside

[Place / Do not place] text value of data inside bar in bar graph.

barlabelnone

Remove text value of data from bar graph.

outlinebars /
-outlinebars

[Outline / Do not outline] bars in a bar graph.

outlinearea /
-outlinearea

[Outline / Do not outline] areas in an area graph.

outlineband /
-outlineband

[Outline / Do not outline] bands in an area band graph.

barspace /‑barspace

[Put / Do not put] space between bars in bar graph.

pielabel /
-pielabel

[Place / Do not place] text value of data in pie chart.

automult/-automult

[Auto reduce / Do not autoreduce] frame size in multiple graphs to make text appear larger

dual/-dual

[Overlap / Do not overlap] scales (no cross).

barfade(arg)

Sets the fill fade of the bars in a bar graph. arg may be: “none” (solid fill - default), “3d” (3D rounded fill), “lzero” (light at zero), “dzero” (dark at zero).

antialias(arg)

Sets anti-aliasing to smooth the appearance of data lines in the graph. arg may be: “auto” (EViews uses anti-aliasing where appropriate - default), “on”, or “off”.

interpolate(arg)

Sets the interpolation method to estimate values between two known data points in the graph. arg may be: “linear” (no interpolation), “mild” (mild spline), “medium” (medium spline), or “full” (full spline).

stackposneg / ‑stackposneg

For bar graphs, stack positive and negative values separately (Excel style).

gridl / -gridl

[Turn on / Turn off] grid lines on the left scale.

gridr / -gridr

[Turn on / Turn off] grid lines on the right scale.

gridb / -gridb

[Turn on / Turn off] grid lines on the bottom scale.

gridt / -gridt

[Turn on / Turn off] grid lines on the top scale.

gridnone

No grid lines (turns of time scale grid).

gridauto

Allow EViews to place grid lines at automatic intervals.

gridcust(freq [,step])

Place grid lines at custom intervals, specified by freq. freq may be:

“obs” or “o” (Step = One obs),

“year” or “y” (Step = Year),

“quarter” or “q” (Step = Quarter),

“month” or “m” (Step = Month),

“day” or “d” (Step = Day),

“user” or “u” (Step = custom).

You may optionally specify a step for the interval. If not specified, the default is the last grid step used for this graph, or 1 if a step has never been specified.

gridcolor(arg)

Sets the grid line color. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

gridwidth(n)

Sets the width of the grid lines in points. n should be a number between 0.25 and 5.

gridpat(index)

Sets the default line pattern to the type specified by index. index can be an integer from 1 to 12 or one of the matching keywords (“solid”, “dash1” through “dash10”, “none”). Sets the line pattern to the type specified by index. index can be an integer from 1 to 12 or one of the matching keywords (“solid”, “dash1” through “dash10”, “none”).

The “none” keyword turns on solid lines.

gridontop /
-gridontop

[Draw / Do not draw] the grid lines on top of the graph.

fillcolor(arg)

Sets the fill color of the graph frame. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

backcolor(arg)

Sets the background color of the graph. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

framecolor(arg)

Sets the background color of the graph frame. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”..

fillfade(arg)

Sets the fill fade of the graph frame. arg may be: “none” (solid frame fill - default), “ltop” (light at top), “dtop” (dark at top).

backfade(arg)

Sets the background fade of the graph. arg may be: “none” (solid background - default), “ltop” (light at top), “dtop” (dark at top).

framewidth(n)

Sets the width of the graph frame in points. n should be a number between 0.25 and 5.

frameaxes(arg)

Specifies which frame axes to display. arg may be one of the keywords: “all”, “none”, or “labeled” (all axes that have labels), or any combination of letters “l” (left), “r” (right), “t” (top), and “b” (bottom), e.g. “lrt” for left, right and top.

indenth(n)

Sets the horizontal indentation of the graph from the graph frame in virtual inches. n should be a number between 0 and 0.75.

indentv(n)

Sets the vertical indentation of the graph from the graph frame in virtual inches. n should be a number between 0 and 0.75.

inbox / -inbox

[Show / Do not show] the graph frame on axes that do not have data assigned to them.

background / ‑background

[Include / Do not include] the background color when exporting or printing the graph.

drop (default)

For a graph with a non-contiguous sample, drop the excluded observations from the graph scale.

connect

For a graph with missing values or a non-contiguous sample, connect non-missing observations.

disconnect

For a graph with missing values or a non-contiguous sample, disconnect non-missing observations.

pad

For a graph with a non-contiguous sample, pad the graph scale with the excluded observations

segment

For a graph with a non-contiguous sample, drop the excluded observations from the graph scale and draw vertical lines at the seams in the observation scale.

t=file_type

Specifies the file type, where file_type may be one of: Enhanced Windows metafile (“emf” or “meta”), ordinary Windows metafile (“wmf”), Encapsulated PostScript (“eps” or “ps”), Bitmap file (“bmp”), Graphics Interchange Format (“gif”), Joint Photographic Experts Exchange (“jpeg” or “jpg”), Portable Network Graphics (“png”), Portable Document Format (“pdf”), LaTeX (“tex”), Markdown (“md”), or MPEG-4 (“mp4”).

Files will be saved with the “.emf”, “.wmf”, “.eps”, “.bmp”, “.gif”, “.jpeg”, “.png”, “.pdf”, “.tex”, “.md”, or “.mp4” extensions, respectively.

u=units

Specify units of measurement, where units is one of: “in” (inches), “cm” (centimeters), “pt” (points), “pica” (picas), “pixels” (pixels). Note: pixels are only applicable to bmp, gif, jpeg, and png files. Default is inches otherwise.

w=width

Set width of the graphic in the selected units.

h=height

Set height of the graphic in the selected units.

c / -c

[Save / Do not save] the graph in color.

trans / -trans

[Set / Do not set] background to transparent (for graph formats which support transparency).

d = dpi

Specify the number of dots per inch. Only applicable to bmp, gif, jpeg, and png files when units has not been set to pixels. In the case units = “pixels”, it is ignored.

box / -box

[Save / Do not save] the graph with a bounding box. The bounding box is an invisible rectangle placed around the graphic to indicate its boundaries. The default is taken from the global graph export settings.

land

Save the graph in landscape orientation. The default uses portrait mode.

prompt

Force the dialog to appear from within a program.

texspec / -texspec

[Include / Do not include] the full LaTeX documentation specification in the LaTeX output. The default behavior is taken from the global default settings.

median, med / -median, -med

[Show / Do not show] the medians.

mean / -mean

[Show / Do not show] the means.

whiskers, w /

-whiskers, -w

[Show / Do not show] the whiskers (lines from the box to the staples).

staples, s

/ -staples, -s

[Show / Do not show] the staples (lines drawn at the last data point within the inner fences).

near / -near

[Show /Do not show] the near outliers (values between the inner and outer fences).

far / -far

[Show / Do not show] the far outliers (values beyond the outer fences).

width(arg) (default =“fixed”)

Set the width settings for the boxplots, where arg is one of: “fixed” (uniform width), “n” (proportional to sample size), “rootn” (proportional to the square root of sample size).

ci(arg) (default= “shade”)

Set the display method for the median confidence intervals, where arg is one of: “none” (do not display), “shade” (shaded intervals), “notch” (notched intervals).

Index for graph element (for non-boxplot graphs). For example, if you provide the integer “2”, EViews will modify the second line in the graph.

Boxplot element to be modified: box (“b”), median (“med”), mean (“mean”), near outliers (“near” or “no”), far outliers (“far” or “fo”), whiskers (“w”), staples (“s”). For boxplot graphs only.

symbol(arg)

Sets the drawing symbol: arg can be an integer from 1–18, or one of the matching keywords. “obslabel” and “dotobslabel”, and “dotobslabelcircle” use the observation label as the symbol.

Selecting a symbol automatically turns on symbol use.

The “none” option turns off symbol use.

symbolsize(arg), symsize(arg)

Sets the symbol size. arg may be an integer between 1-8, where 1 is the smallest symbol and 8 is the largest, or

one of the keywords: “XS” (X-Small), “S” (Small), “M” (Medium), “L” (Large), “XL” (X-Large), “2XL” (2X-Large), “3XL” (3X-Large), “4XL” (4X-Large).

linecolor(arg), lcolor(arg)

Sets the line and symbol color. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

linewidth(n1), lwidth(n1)

Sets the line and symbol width: n1 should be a number between “.25” and “5”, indicating the width in points.

linepattern(arg), lpat(arg)

Sets the line pattern to the type specified by arg. arg can be an integer from 1–12 or one of the matching keywords.

Note that the option interacts with the graph options for “color”, “lineauto”, “linesolid”, “linepat” (see Graph::options, for details). You may need to set the graph option for “linepat” to enable the display of line patterns. See Graph::options.

Note also that the patterns with index values 7–11 have been modified since version 5.0. In particular, the “none” option has been moved to position 12.

The “none” option turns off lines and uses only symbols.

lineopacity(arg1[, arg2])

Sets the line opacity to the value or setting specified by the arg values. The arg can be an value from 0 to 1, or one of the keywords “auto”, “on”, “off”.

If the opacity setting currently “on” or “auto” (default), setting the level to 0.0 will make (in relevant cases) the object completely transparent (0% opacity) while a value of 1.0 will make the object completely opaque (100% opacity).

Setting opacity to “off” will make the object fully opaque.

fillcolor(arg), fcolor(arg)

Sets the fill color for symbols, bars, and pies. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” function or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

fillgray(n1), gray(n1)

Sets the gray scale for bars and pies: n1 should be an integer from 1–15 corresponding to one of the predefined gray scale settings (from lightest to darkest).

fillhatch(arg), hatch(arg)

Sets the hatch characteristics for bars and pies: arg can be an integer from 1–7, or one of the matching keywords.

fillopacity(arg1[, arg2]),

Sets the fill opacity to the opacity to the value or setting specified by the arg values. The arg can be an value from 0 to 1, or one of the keywords “auto”, “on”, “off”.

If the opacity setting currently “on” or “auto” (default), setting the level to 0.0 will make (in relevant cases) the object completely transparent (0% opacity) while a value of 1.0 will make the object completely opaque (100% opacity).

Setting opacity to “off” willmake the object fully opaque.

preset(n1)

Sets line and fill characteristics to the specified EViews preset values, where n1 is an integer from 1–30. Simultaneously sets “linecolor”, “linepattern”, “linewidth”, “symbol”, “fillcolor”, “fillgray”, and “fillhatch” to the EViews predefined definitions for graph element n1.

When applied to boxplots, the line color of the specified element will be applied to the box, whiskers, and staples.

default(n1)

Sets line and fill characteristics to the specified user-defined default settings where n1 is an integer from 1–30. Simultaneously sets “linecolor”, “linepattern”, “linewidth”, “symbol”, “fillcolor”, “fillgray”, and “fillhatch” to the values in the user-defined global defaults for graph element n1.

When applied to boxplots, the line color of the specified settings will be applied to the box, whiskers, and staples.

axis(arg), scale(arg)

Assigns the element to an axis: left (“l”), right (“r”), bottom (“b”), top (“t”). The latter two options are only applicable for XY and scatter graphs ( scat, xyarea, xybar, xyline, xypair).

legend(str)

Assigns legend text for the element. str will be used in the legend to label the element.

start should be the observation number of the first label to modify. step defines the number of observations to skip between applying labels.

init_options (default = “blank”)

init_options sets initialization options for the labels.

For a frozen graph (updating off), you may use the keywords:

“current” (keep current labels, or initialize the labels with standard observation labels if custom labels do not currently exist, then add the labels provided),

“obsnum” (initialize with observation numbers), or

“blank” (set all labels to empty strings, then add the labels provided).

For live or frozen graphs, you may use the keywords:

“series” (initialize the labels with the values of a series; follow the command with the name of a series instead of labels), or

“clear” (delete custom labels if they exist and return to automatic labeling).

“off” or “o”

Turn updating off.

“manual” or “m”

Update when requested (with the Graph::update command), or when the graph type is changed.

“auto” or “a”

Update whenever the update condition is met. If a sample is specified, an update will occur when data changes within the sample. If no sample is specified, updates will occur when data or the workfile sample changes.

t

Replace text and line/shade objects with those of the template graph, when template is the name of a graph in the workfile.

e

Apply template settings to existing text and line/fill options.

b / -b

[Apply / Remove] bold modifiers of the specified predefined template style.

w / -w

[Apply / Remove] wide modifiers of the specified predefined template style.

axis / -axis

[Apply / Remove] axis modifiers of the specified template.

legend / -legend

[Apply / Remove] legend modifiers of the specified template.

font([face], [pt], [+/- b], [+/- i], [+/- u], [+/- s])

Set characteristics of default text font. The font name (face), size (pt), and characteristics are all optional. face should be a valid font name, enclosed in double quotes. pt. should be the font size in points. The remaining options specify whether to turn on/off boldface (b), italic (i), underline (u), and strikeout (s) styles.

textcolor(arg)

Sets the default color of the text. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

fillcolor(arg)

Sets the default background fill color of the text box. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

framecolor(arg)

Sets the default color of the text box frame. arg may be one of the predefined color keywords, or it may be specified using individual red-green-blue (RGB) components using the “@RGB” or “@HEX” functions. The arguments to the @RGB function are a set of three integers from 0 to 255, representing the RGB values of the color. The arguments to the “@HEX” function are a set of six characters representing the RGB values of the color in hexadecimal. Each two character set represents a red, green or blue component in the range '00' to 'FF'. For a description of the available color keywords see “Color definitions”.

existing

Apply the default settings to all existing text objects in the graph.