Vision Upload Format: EconFeed

Vision Portfolio Management Application Layer: Data Feeds

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Data Feed: EconFeed

Category: EntityExtenderFeed

Summary:

The EconFeed feed is used to create and update EconomicData data record instances for countries. A single EconomicData record is created for each Country; time series properties are defined for this record and can be updated at whatever frequency is appropriate for the series. The data is accessed via the property econData defined for the Country class.

This feed can include data for any number of countries for any number of dates and can be used to set initial values for properties and/or change existing values.

This class is described in the Portfolio Management Application Supplemental Classes document.

Available Fields:

Field	EconomicData Property	Type	Description
--- Required Fields ---
entityId	entity	String	any valid country identifier
date	date	Date	date of data
--- Suggested Fields ---
gnp	gnp	Number	Gross National Production
cpi	cpi	Number	Consumer Price Index

Special Processing Rules:

• The entityId must correspond to an existing Country instance. Any valid country alias can be used to identify the country.

• The date is used to update any of the fields associated with time series properties. It can be in any valid date format such as 9705 or 5/31/97.

• A country's EconomicData record is attached to the country via the fixed property econData. The individual properties associated with the record are defined to vary over time. A single upload should include fields that vary over time with the same frequency.

Related Feeds:

• CountryMaster: defines Country instances referenced by this feed

Sample Upload:

The following tab-delimited feed could be used to create and update EconomicData instances:

  Interface ExternalFeedManager upload: "EconFeed" using:
     "entityId     date       gnp      cpi
      US           95         1234.56  987.65
      US           96         2345.67  876.54
      CA           95         111.22   33.44
      CA           96         222.33   44.55
     " ;