timeSeriesListRequest {DatastreamDSWS2R}

make a timeSeries request for a list (Depreciated)

Description

make a timeseries request for a constituent list from Datastream DSWS timeSeriesListRequest Function that returns a timeseries from Datastream constituent list parameters are

Usage

timeSeriesListRequest(
  dwei = getDataStream(),
  DSCode,
  Instrument,
  startDate,
  endDate = Sys.Date(),
  frequency = "D",
  sStockList,
  aTimeSeries,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

dwei

- A Datastream Client Interface object created with getDataStream

DSCode

- the constituent list requested eg 'LFTSE100'

Instrument

- the expression to return for each member of constituent list

startDate

- the start date of the timeseries

endDate

- the end date of the timeseries

frequency

- the frequency of the request

sStockList

- variable that is returned with list of of the stocks

aTimeSeries

- variable that is returned with the set of timeseries

verbose

- whether to give messages during the request

Details

List request

Value

whether the request has been successful , but also in sStockList: a list a two element vector of the displayname and symbol for each timeseries in aTimeseries: a list of class xts with the requested timeseries information