The SASEXFSD Interface Engine

Example 43.7 Retrieving Price and Sales Data for Multiple Companies

This example shows how to use the ExtractFormulaHistory factlet to retrieve several data items for several companies. The data items are price and sales, and the companies are IBM and FactSet (FDS).

title 'Retrieve Price and Sales Data for IBM and FactSet(FDS)';
libname _all_ clear;

libname xfsd sasexfsd "%sysget(FACTSET)"
   factlet=ExtractFormulaHistory
   ids='ibm,fds'
   items='p_price,ff_sales'
   dates='20110130:20110631:m'
   format=sml
   outXml=fsdex02
   automap=replace
   mapref=MyMap
   xmlmap="%sysget(FACTSET)fsdex02.map"
   orientation=eti
   user='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
   pass='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';

data priceSale; set xfsd.fsdex02; run;
proc print data=priceSale; run;

Output 43.7.1: Multiple Data Items for IBM and FactSet

Retrieve Price and Sales Data for IBM and FactSet(FDS)

Obs FQL_ENTITY date p_price ff_sales
1 ibm 01-31-2011 162.000 99870.00
2 ibm 02-28-2011 161.880 99870.00
3 ibm 03-31-2011 163.070 99870.00
4 ibm 04-30-2011 170.580 99870.00
5 ibm 05-31-2011 168.930 99870.00
6 ibm 06-30-2011 171.550 99870.00
7 fds 01-31-2011 100.800 641.06
8 fds 02-28-2011 104.880 641.06
9 fds 03-31-2011 104.730 641.06
10 fds 04-30-2011 109.410 641.06
11 fds 05-31-2011 110.860 641.06
12 fds 06-30-2011 102.320 641.06