[U] User's Guide

[ U ] 12.10 References 141The Variables Manager is a tool that lists and allows you to manage all the properties of thevariables in your data. Variable properties include the name, label, storage type, format, value label,and notes. The Variables Manager allows you to sort and filter your variables, something that youwill find to be very useful if you work with datasets having many variables. The Variables Manageralso can be used to create varlists for the Command window. To open the Variables Manager, selectData > Variables Manager. See [GS] 7 Using the Variables Manager (GSM, GSU, or GSW) for atutorial discussion of the Variables Manager.Both the Data Editor and Variables Manager submit commands to Stata to perform any changesthat you request. This lets you see a log of what changes were made, and it also allows you to workinteractively while still building a list of commands you can execute later to reproduce your analysis.12.10 ReferencesCox, N. J. 2006. Stata tip 33: Sweet sixteen: Hexadecimal formats and precision problems. Stata Journal 6: 282–283.Long, J. S. 2009. The Workflow of Data Analysis Using Stata. College Station, TX: Stata Press.