seasonal adjustment x12 stata

[vikas sharma]

Sorry for reposting this in a new topic, but would really appreciate if someone could help me on this.

I am trying to run the below code with the retail.dta dataset provided in the st0255 package:

local place : pwd
cd c:\temp
sax12 retail, satype(single) transfunc(auto) ammaxdiff(2 1) ammaxlag(2 1) noview
sax12im retail.out, ext(d11)
ren retail_d11 retail_sa
cd `place'

it gives the error that it cannot find retail_d11 in the temp folder

I am using the x12a.exe file obtained from here:
http://www.eviews.com/download/older/x12.zip.

I place this exe file inside the personal ado i.e C:/ado/plus
This is where sax12.ado is also saved


I am using Stata 15 I/C

[Alicia Wang]

I have the same problem that files like .d11 .d10 not exist. Although I have .out file existed.

I download the example files in command sax12.hlp to find whether I can run the example program correctly. It turns out that the current directory contains Chinese characters so the ancillary files cannot work.

Maybe because although Stata15.0 going well with Chinese characters, Stata13.0 cannot. o(╥﹏╥)o

I think maybe you can try the example first and see if it works.

Best wishes.

[Alice Kassens]

has anyone had progress with this issue? I am having the same issues as the users above. .d10 and .d11 are not created. I went to other posts and found suggestions which I tried. For example, I updated sax12.ado as suggested but continue to have the problem.
Thank you

[PD Tinh]

I have the same problem. I find two solutions.

1. Install the NumXL extension from https://numxl.com/free-trial/. After the installation is complete, you do not need a license key. Just find the installation location, then find the file named "x12a64.exe". You rename this file to "x12a.exe".
2. Download the file "x13as_ascii.zip" from https://www.census.gov/data/software...IMA-SEATS.html. Then, find the file named "x13as_ascii.exe". You rename this file to "x12a.exe".