The polygon option only works if the shapefile is in the same directory

[iVinodMishra]

The polygon option does not work if the shape file is in a different directory and the path is specified. The following code works

bimap TT_IPCA_CW_100K Electrcity_Available using "../Data/GADM/India_District_Coord", cut(equal) palette(bluered) title("{fontface Arial Bold:Bivariate map of Total Crime and Availability of Electrcity }") note("Data from CMIE CPDX database and NCRB") textx("Electrcity Availability (Hours)") texty("CAW Total 100K") texts(3.5) textlabs(3) values count ocolor() osize(none) polygon(data("India_State_Coord.dta") ocolor(white) osize(0.3))

But the following code does not work

bimap TT_IPCA_CW_100K Electrcity_Available using "../Data/GADM/India_District_Coord", cut(equal) palette(bluered) title("{fontface Arial Bold:Bivariate map of Total Crime and Availability of Electrcity }") note("Data from CMIE CPDX database and NCRB") textx("Electrcity Availability (Hours)") texty("CAW Total 100K") texts(3.5) textlabs(3) values count ocolor() osize(none) polygon(data("../Data/GADM/India_State_Coord.dta") ocolor(white) osize(0.3))

It took me a while to figure this out.

[asjadnaqvi]

Thank you for letting me know! The polygon() is a passthru to spmap so the problem might exist there already. Will check!