Errors with long time series

[StaffanBetner]

Reprex:

library(seasonal)

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            8214), tsp = c(1851, 2023.75, 12), class = "ts") -> 
  births_sweden

seas(births_sweden)
#> Error: X-13 run failed
#> 
#> Errors:
#> - Problem reading
#>   C:\Users\staff\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpi2WE5Z\x13b29c6ce828af/iofile.dta.
#>   Check your input file and format.
#> - Problem reading
#>   C:\Users\staff\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpi2WE5Z\x13b29c6ce828af/iofile.dta.
#>   Check your input file and format.
#> - Time series could not be read due to previously found errors
#> - Specify series before user-defined adjustments
#> - Need to specify a series to identify outliers
#> 
#> Notes:
#> - Correct input errors in the order they are detected since the
#>   first one or two may be responsible for the others (especially
#>   if there are errors in the SERIES or COMPOSITE spec).

^{Created on 2023-12-26 with reprex v2.0.2}

[eddelbuettel]

I think this is limitation in the x13 binary that is not as well documented as it could be. The earliest year for which this works for me is

seas(window(births_sweden, start=1942)

[eddelbuettel]

Issue #309, filed only weeks ago, touched the same topic and refers to the reference manual stating that 780 is the maximum number of observations. (And oddly length(window(births_sweden, start=1942)) is higher than that but that reference table 2.2 on program limits has some extra language.)

PS Same manual in its current version

[StaffanBetner]

Thanks! I looked into the source code and traced it to srslen.prm. pobs = pyr1*psp, pyr1 = maximum number of years in the series (set to 65), psp = maximum length of seasonal period (set to 12). The maximum number of years seems to me like a fairly arbitrary number.

[StaffanBetner]

It doesn't fully work to change. The maximum value (of years in the series) that I can compile x13binary with is 136, but the highest that actually works to run is 131. The longest span that actually works is seas(window(births_sweden, start=c(1895,5))), which is 1542 values, compared to 131*12 = 1572. I think I am satisfied for today with bending the capabilities of X-13ARIMA-SEATS.