Creating Multi-Line Graphs

[Harrison Ritchie]

Hi all,

I'm working on a project whereby I look at the monthly data of goods passing through a port over a ten year span. I've been able to make individual and twoway line graphs, but want to create a graph with multiple lines and have had no luck finding any resources outlining how to do this. I'm thinking of having six variables in the graph to compare trends of goods.

Cheers

[Maarten Buis]

If you had given us example data, as is suggested in section 12.2 in the Statalist FAQ (link is in the black bar near the top of this page), then we could have given you a complete command. Now we cannot, as it depends on how exactly your data is organized. All we can give you is a link to resources how to create graphs in Stata: https://www.stata.com/support/faqs/g.../stata-graphs/

[Nick Cox]

You don't need luck here, but we do need details on what you want but think isn't provided. Maarten Buis is right on the point. twoway line supports multiple variables directly and there are related wrappers for time series and panel data in tsline and xtline, and yet other commands too.

[Harrison Ritchie]

Hi, this is an example of what the data looks like. I have created months with the following code:

gen month=tm(2013m1)+_n-1

format month %tm

tsset month

I am just unable to sort out how to create multi line graphs.

Thanks

Year	Month	Wheat	Canola	Barley	Soya Beans	Oats
2013	m1	2424	39283	100022	34532	5664
2013	m2	6434	41843	115000	23422	3454
2013	m3	5003	43928	123092	34322	3463
2013	m4	5329	44229	127939	67554	2353

[alejoforero]

tsline wheat canola barley soya oats