Request for Macro News Excel File in LSEG Workspace

vincio
vincio Newcomer
edited September 3 in Datastream

I am currently using LSEG Workspace and would like to set up an Excel file that automatically updates with macroeconomic news data. Specifically, I’m looking for a file that includes the following columns:

Type of release

Date of the release

Time of the release

Actual value

Expected value (when available)

The data should cover all available macroeconomic news and monetary policy events for Germany, France, and the United States.

Could you please let me know if such a setup is possible via Workspace, and how I can configure or access it (e.g. through the Add-In, Datastream, or another tool)?

Thank you very much for your support.

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  • Gurpreet
    Gurpreet admin

    Hello @vincio

    Its my understanding that Workspace plugin for Excel does not support news. News is available through API, and a user can use LD Library for Python, to get it programmatically. See the news examples in this GitHub repo for LD Library.

    You would need the correct search query, so that the result set is the macroeconomic data that you desire. You can raise a content help request at LSEG Support, to help you build news search query. Also include a link to this discussion to avoid being redirected back to the forums.

  • vincio
    vincio Newcomer

    Thanks, @Gurpreet for your reply. Do you whether I can use LD Library for Stata as well?

  • Gurpreet
    Gurpreet admin
    https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/discussion/comment/127711#Comment_127711

    Hi @vincio,

    I am not familiar with Stata, but from this blog post it seems like users can run Python within it. You can try and install LD Library into this environment and see if it works. We however, do not support third party software. If you run into issues, then you will need to reach out to Stata support community.

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