DataStream

Introduction

DataStream is a database of company financials, stock market data in different markets, economic data

such as market indices, interest rates, exchange rates, and other variables. DataStream provides a range of

charting and reporting tools that enable you to manipulate and display, or simply download that data in

the way that you want. DataStream Advance is installed in Bergami Center under the path: Start/all

programs/Financial Center Software/Datastream. Simply double click on the Advance icon. When

Datastream has loaded successfully, the Request screen is displayed.

Making a request

1. Search for series

First select the type of request under “Analysis” (single series or multiple series) and also data or chart.

For example, a single series overview. We can also select the type of chart, report or data format from the

list displayed.

Next, select the type of data. Under the Data Category Column, various series are listed (Equities, equity

indices, bonds …). Select the type of series you want from the Data Category window- holding the mouse

over the data category will display quick links to Navigator. If you know exactly what kind of data you

are searching for, click the Criteria Search button to use the filter. Otherwise click Explorer to browse.

Type of Data

Type of Request

For example, to see overview of exchange rate data, click on Criteria Search, it will bring us to

Datastream Navigator Screen.

All entries regarding exchange rates are displayed on this screen except that it shows limited number per

page. You can click “Next Page” and scroll to other pages. To quickly narrow down the list, use the

Refine Search on the left side of the screen. For full access to DataStream series filter, use the Advance

Search button on the upper right corner, and that will bring us to the screen below:

All Results

Here you can enter more specifications. Click dotted icon to get list of currencies and click to select.

Click on the plus (+) icon to add a line and the minus (–) icon to delete a line. Specify other criteria. For

the date, use dd/mm/yyyy format. For example, if we want the exchange rate between Australian Dollar

and U.S. Dollar for 10 years from 1990 to 2000. Fill out the filter as below:

After entering all the criteria, click on the button, qualified results will be displayed in the next

screen.

2. Select series

From the list, select the one you desire and Click on the name. It will bring you back to the request

screen.

The name of the series we selected is displayed, now we can modify the data frequency and length of time

using the Time Period button on the top right.

3. Retrieving series

After setting up the time period, click run now button to retrieve results displayed below.

Click to choose

Double click on other request types to retrieve chart, report or time series data. Following are the line

chart and time series data.

Line chart

4. Multi-series data

DataStream allows us to compare and download multiple series in one chart. Simply select request type:

Multi-series—Time series data.

Time Series Data

Now let’s do it again for exchange rate. Choose the Exchange Rates in data category and do criteria

search and advance search just like we did before, it will bring us to the Navigator screen:

Fill out the criterion to search for exchange rates between U.S. dollar, Mexican Peso and Brazilian Real.

Set the time period between 1900 and 2000. Then click Search now.

On the following screen you see list of series. Check boxes on the desired series.

Then click“use selected”:

This will bring you back to the request screen, and you can see entry names displayed:

Click on “Run Now”and the time series data will be displayed as follows:

5. Download

Right click on the data table displayed. Click on Export to save result in file. We can also click the

button on the tool-bar at the top to open and save result to Excel worksheet directly.

You can follow the above procedures to download other data series such as interest rates, stock indices,

CDS data, country data, etc. You can also click Help at the top and consult the Online Manuals for more

details and comprehensive data access.

Export to Excel Worksheet

Save as File