Programmatically getting meta data

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Question by niskrev · Sep 30, 2019 at 05:56 PM · eikon eikon-data-api workspace python workspace-data-api refinitiv-dataplatform-eikon datastream-api

Programmatically getting meta data

Is there a way to programmatically get the description of an instrument from the Eikon Data API with Python. For example, in the case of .V2TX to return something like "EURO STOXX 50 VOLATILITY PRICE INDEX". With DatastreamDSWS this can be done using the "NAME" field in the get_data function.

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Answer 1 · 2019-09-30T18:49:41Z

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Answer by zoya faberov · Sep 30, 2019 at 06:49 PM

Hello @niskrev,

Try

ek.get_data(".V2TX","TR.InstrumentDescription")

We can further research the available content within Eikon->Data Item Browser, by searching for the likely data, for the given example we tried searching within DIB for "description", and examining it's current value of the field:

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niskrev · Sep 30, 2019 at 07:13 PM 0

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Perfect. Thank you @zoya.farberov

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