listRequest: Make a list request for static data

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

listRequest Function that returns a the value of Expression for the instrument list in DSCode from Datastream

Usage

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listRequest(dwei = getDataStream(), DSCode, Expression = "",
  startDate = Sys.Date(), endDate = Sys.Date(), frequency = "D",
  verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

dwei

- A Datastream Client Interface object created with getDataStream

DSCode

- the constituent list for the request eg LDJSTOXX

Expression

- the data to return eg MNEM or NAME

startDate

- the date of the request, or the string "TODAY"

endDate

- Ignored

frequency

- the frequency of the request

verbose

- whether to give messages during the request

Value

returns an array of the requested information


CharlesCara/Datastream2R documentation built on May 6, 2019, 9:57 a.m.