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[CLOSED] How to include S&P 500 or NASDAQ closing levels

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August 26, 2009, 10:46 AM
Kulot
[CLOSED] How to include S&P 500 or NASDAQ closing levels
Has anybody tried incorporating the stock market closing levels or current levels in a report. Is there a way to get this from an outside source automatically?

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August 26, 2009, 11:33 AM
Darin Lee
It's called Web Services and requires an additional license. In a nutshell, you generate a Master File that describes the results of the web service to be consumed and then reference that MFD as any other data source. It's more complicated than that, but there's a place to start. Web Services are described fully in the documentation.


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Darin



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August 31, 2009, 01:35 PM
Kulot
Thanks for the reply.
I looked into Web Services but we will consider it as an alternative for now.
One of our Java developers believe he can acquire the information from a major website like MSN for free. We will try that route for now and see if it provides the information we need.


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