Datafeed Toolbox

Securities Lookup Dialog Box (Bloomberg,
FT Interactive Data)

Click on the Lookup button of the Datafeed dialog box Data tab to display the Securities Lookup dialog box. See Data Retrieval for information about the Data tab.

The Securities Lookup dialog box provides a means to obtain the ticker symbol for a particular security when you know part of the name. You can then enter the ticker symbol into the Enter Security field onthe Data tab. It is essential that you enter the ticker symbol as specified; otherwise, the data server may provide no data or provide data for some other security.

Alternatively, you can highlight one or more securites in the list and click Select. The selected securities are added to the Selected Securities list on the Data tab.

Datafeed Toolbox Graphical User Interface

Function Reference