"Open data subset..." Interesting new feature in the Oct. 16 update to v16.0

[John Mullahy]

update query

1. In the File menu, new menu item "Open data subset..." allows you to select a subset of data from your .dta file on disk.

I can imagine this being very useful in managing large datasets, for instance.

[Maarten Buis]

I guess that is just an addition to the menu system. In Stata 8 (the oldest Stata I have on my computer) you could already open subsets by typing:

use make price mpg foreign if foreign == 1 in 60/70 using "`c(sysdir_stata)'auto.dta"

[John Mullahy]

Yes, thanks Maarten. I posted this for the menu-using StataList participants out there.