Changing the name of the item in the get_timeseries() call throws an exception

The following get_timeseries() call to retrieve the S&P 500 index returns proper data:

However, if I simply change the name of the item to retrieve Microsoft data, the get_timeseries() call throws an exception.

Looking at the details of the above error, it seems there is no data available for MSFT.O. If that is the case, wouldn't returning a result with zero rows imply that?

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Joris.Hoendervangers

Hi Nick, Microsoft got listed in March 1986, that's why you get an error...

nick.zincone

Hi @Joris.Hoendervangers,

Thanks for the update. Yes, I was actually looking to see what would happen when I chose a date prior to them being listed. I was expecting no data, not an exception. When I use the get_data() call, the response is different:

nick.zincone

I just re-tested this functionality with the latest version at this time (0.1.13), and the error returned is much more descriptive:

If throwing an exception is the appropriate result if no data is available, I would expect consistent behavior when requesting using the get_data() function call. However, the get_data() doesn't throw an exception, it returns no data.

Nipat Kunvutipongsak

@nick.zincone What I can capture from your reply is that the result when there is no data available from get_data() and get_timeseries() functions are different, am I correct? What is the expected behavior? Should it be (1) throwing an exception only, or (2) no data only?

Please specify. So, @Joris.Hoendervangers can understand how Eikon Data API should behave against each particular situation and communicate with the Development team thereafter.

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