Help in two way charts

[Wee Yang Ng]

Hi,

I am using Stata version 16 and need to do a unique two way chart. Below is a subset of my data:

* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
clear
input str10 observation_date int unemploy long payems float unrate byte(peaks troughs plucking_rec) float(date datem)
"01/01/1948" 2034 44679 3.4 1 0 0 -4383 -144
"01/02/1948" 2328 44533 3.8 0 0 1 -4352 -143
"01/03/1948" 2399 44683   4 0 0 1 -4323 -142
"01/04/1948" 2386 44379 3.9 0 0 1 -4292 -141
"01/05/1948" 2118 44796 3.5 0 0 1 -4262 -140
"01/06/1948" 2214 45034 3.6 0 0 1 -4231 -139
"01/07/1948" 2213 45160 3.6 0 0 1 -4201 -138
"01/08/1948" 2350 45178 3.9 0 0 1 -4170 -137
"01/09/1948" 2302 45294 3.8 0 0 1 -4139 -136
"01/10/1948" 2259 45245 3.7 0 0 1 -4109 -135
"01/11/1948" 2285 45192 3.8 0 0 1 -4078 -134
"01/12/1948" 2429 45032   4 0 0 1 -4048 -133
"01/01/1949" 2596 44668 4.3 0 0 1 -4017 -132
"01/02/1949" 2849 44497 4.7 0 0 1 -3986 -131
"01/03/1949" 3030 44240   5 0 0 1 -3958 -130
"01/04/1949" 3260 44236 5.3 0 0 1 -3927 -129
"01/05/1949" 3707 43984 6.1 0 0 1 -3897 -128
"01/06/1949" 3776 43739 6.2 0 0 1 -3866 -127
"01/07/1949" 4111 43531 6.7 0 0 1 -3836 -126
"01/08/1949" 4193 43624 6.8 0 0 1 -3805 -125
"01/09/1949" 4049 43780 6.6 0 0 1 -3774 -124
"01/10/1949" 4916 42942 7.9 0 1 1 -3744 -123
"01/11/1949" 3996 43242 6.4 0 0 0 -3713 -122
"01/12/1949" 4063 43522 6.6 0 0 0 -3683 -121
"01/01/1950" 4026 43526 6.5 0 0 0 -3652 -120
"01/02/1950" 3936 43297 6.4 0 0 0 -3621 -119
"01/03/1950" 3876 43954 6.3 0 0 0 -3593 -118
"01/04/1950" 3575 44382 5.8 0 0 0 -3562 -117
"01/05/1950" 3434 44718 5.5 0 0 0 -3532 -116
"01/06/1950" 3367 45083 5.4 0 0 0 -3501 -115
"01/07/1950" 3120 45454   5 0 0 0 -3471 -114
"01/08/1950" 2799 46192 4.5 0 0 0 -3440 -113
"01/09/1950" 2774 46438 4.4 0 0 0 -3409 -112
"01/10/1950" 2625 46706 4.2 0 0 0 -3379 -111
"01/11/1950" 2589 46776 4.2 0 0 0 -3348 -110
"01/12/1950" 2639 46861 4.3 0 0 0 -3318 -109
"01/01/1951" 2305 47288 3.7 0 0 0 -3287 -108
"01/02/1951" 2117 47577 3.4 0 0 0 -3256 -107
"01/03/1951" 2125 47873 3.4 0 0 0 -3228 -106
"01/04/1951" 1919 47861 3.1 0 0 0 -3197 -105
"01/05/1951" 1856 47952   3 0 0 0 -3167 -104
"01/06/1951" 1995 48064 3.2 0 0 0 -3136 -103
"01/07/1951" 1950 48061 3.1 0 0 0 -3106 -102
"01/08/1951" 1933 48012 3.1 0 0 0 -3075 -101
"01/09/1951" 2067 47954 3.3 0 0 0 -3044 -100
"01/10/1951" 2194 48006 3.5 0 0 0 -3014  -99
"01/11/1951" 2178 48147 3.5 0 0 0 -2983  -98
"01/12/1951" 1960 48314 3.1 0 0 0 -2953  -97
"01/01/1952" 1972 48296 3.2 0 0 0 -2922  -96
"01/02/1952" 1957 48522 3.1 0 0 0 -2891  -95
"01/03/1952" 1813 48504 2.9 0 0 0 -2862  -94
"01/04/1952" 1811 48620 2.9 0 0 0 -2831  -93
"01/05/1952" 1863 48642   3 0 0 0 -2801  -92
"01/06/1952" 1884 48282   3 0 0 0 -2770  -91
"01/07/1952" 1991 48143 3.2 0 0 0 -2740  -90
"01/08/1952" 2087 48924 3.4 0 0 0 -2709  -89
"01/09/1952" 1936 49320 3.1 0 0 0 -2678  -88
"01/10/1952" 1839 49597   3 0 0 0 -2648  -87
"01/11/1952" 1743 49816 2.8 0 0 0 -2617  -86
"01/12/1952" 1667 50166 2.7 0 0 0 -2587  -85
"01/01/1953" 1839 50144 2.9 0 0 0 -2556  -84
"01/02/1953" 1636 50339 2.6 0 0 0 -2525  -83
"01/03/1953" 1647 50473 2.6 0 0 0 -2497  -82
"01/04/1953" 1723 50435 2.7 0 0 0 -2466  -81
"01/05/1953" 1596 50490 2.5 1 0 0 -2436  -80
"01/06/1953" 1607 50519 2.5 0 0 1 -2405  -79
"01/07/1953" 1660 50536 2.6 0 0 1 -2375  -78
"01/08/1953" 1665 50489 2.7 0 0 1 -2344  -77
"01/09/1953" 1821 50368 2.9 0 0 1 -2313  -76
"01/10/1953" 1974 50240 3.1 0 0 1 -2283  -75
"01/11/1953" 2211 49908 3.5 0 0 1 -2252  -74
"01/12/1953" 2818 49703 4.5 0 0 1 -2222  -73
"01/01/1954" 3077 49469 4.9 0 0 1 -2191  -72
"01/02/1954" 3331 49382 5.2 0 0 1 -2160  -71
"01/03/1954" 3607 49157 5.7 0 0 1 -2132  -70
"01/04/1954" 3749 49179 5.9 0 0 1 -2101  -69
"01/05/1954" 3767 48965 5.9 0 0 1 -2071  -68
"01/06/1954" 3551 48895 5.6 0 0 1 -2040  -67
"01/07/1954" 3659 48835 5.8 0 0 1 -2010  -66
"01/08/1954" 3854 48826   6 0 0 1 -1979  -65
"01/09/1954" 3927 48886 6.1 0 1 1 -1948  -64
"01/10/1954" 3666 48942 5.7 0 0 0 -1918  -63
"01/11/1954" 3402 49180 5.3 0 0 0 -1887  -62
"01/12/1954" 3196 49331   5 0 0 0 -1857  -61
"01/01/1955" 3157 49496 4.9 0 0 0 -1826  -60
"01/02/1955" 2969 49644 4.7 0 0 0 -1795  -59
"01/03/1955" 2918 49962 4.6 0 0 0 -1767  -58
"01/04/1955" 3049 50248 4.7 0 0 0 -1736  -57
"01/05/1955" 2747 50512 4.3 0 0 0 -1706  -56
"01/06/1955" 2701 50790 4.2 0 0 0 -1675  -55
"01/07/1955" 2632 50987   4 0 0 0 -1645  -54
"01/08/1955" 2784 51111 4.2 0 0 0 -1614  -53
"01/09/1955" 2678 51266 4.1 0 0 0 -1583  -52
"01/10/1955" 2830 51429 4.3 0 0 0 -1553  -51
"01/11/1955" 2780 51592 4.2 0 0 0 -1522  -50
"01/12/1955" 2761 51805 4.2 0 0 0 -1492  -49
"01/01/1956" 2666 51975   4 0 0 0 -1461  -48
"01/02/1956" 2606 52167 3.9 0 0 0 -1430  -47
"01/03/1956" 2764 52294 4.2 0 0 0 -1401  -46
"01/04/1956" 2650 52375   4 0 0 0 -1370  -45
end
format %td date
format %tm datem

I want a few things in my charts:

1) How can I tell Stata that the position of the line corresponds to a specific date? I need a line for peak and a line for trough in the chart. As long as date has peak or trough =1, a line would be created in the chart. So for example if may 1953 has peak =1, I would like that indicated in the chart by creating a vertical line in the chart and the date indicated in the chart and if sept 1954 has trough = 1, a line and the date indicated in the chart too.

2) Are there ways to shade the area between the lines? So I would like to see the area between a peak and a trough shaded grey: between the lines the area is shaded grey.


Any help in this area would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Wee Yang Ng]

Btw, I am plotting unemployment(unrate) using tsline

[Wee Yang Ng]

Ideally, I would like the time series plot to similar to this example with the dates displayed too. Main issue I had is that I don't know the codes to create such plots and have to reply on the graph editor to add in the vertical lines. Any help in the cods would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Nick Cox]

This is a common problem. See https://blog.stata.com/2020/02/13/ad...series-graphs/ and its references for many detailed suggestions.