Data on Demand
In this release, we've added a new dimension to our online spreadsheet offering: Data on demand. With the trend of more and more data being made available online and through web services we see data on demand as a great way to enhance our online spreadsheet product. At EditGrid we're committed to aggregating the most popular data for you in easy to use spreadsheet functions and delivering it alongside of the best online spreadsheet platform - all on demand.
More Data!
We've made available stock and news data from Reuters, and partnered with StrikeIron and Xignite to expose some of their data and services in EditGrid. In total we're launching with 41 functions in 7 categories - all of which you can use to pull live data directly into your spreadsheet for further analysis or presentation. See the complete list at the bottom. The list will keep expanding!
Data functions currently available:
Economy
- cia_factbook() - world economic data
- strikeiron_census() - US census data
Finance
- reuters_delayquote() - delayed quote for stock traded in NYSE and NASDAQ, more are coming
- reuters_financial() - company financial information
- reuters_fundamental() - company fundamentals and ratios
- reuters_historical() - historical stock price data
- reuters_lookup() - lookup Reuters stock code with ticker
- ystock() - delayed stock quote from Yahoo! Finance
- ystocknews() - market news from Yahoo! Finance News
- ycurrency() - delayed currency exchange from Yahoo! Finance
- yhistorical() - historical stock price data from Yahoo! Finance
Sports
- strikeIron_mlb() - MLB scores and schedule info
- strikeIron_mlb_team() - MLB team stats, standings, schedules and more
- strikeIron_mlb_players() - MLB player statistics
Web Analytics
- alexa() - Alexa traffic data
- compete() - Compete traffic data
Web
- web() - generic web data fetcher
- web_csv() - import csv file
- web_tsv() - import tsv file
- web_feed() - import rss and atom feed
- web_table() - import html table
- web_list() - import html lists
- web_regex() - extract information from a web page through regular expression
- web_xpath() - extract information from a web page through xpath
Others
- ipdata() - IP address information
- whois() - domain name information
- crunchbase() - startup information tracked by TechCrunch
Premium
- strikeIron_zacks() - analyst estimates
- xignite_estimates() - analyst estimates
- xignite_logo() - URL of a company logo
- xignite_futures() - recent price of commodities future contracts
- xignite_commodity() - commodities delayed spot price
- xignite_fx() - exchange rates
- xignite_fund() - latest price of mutual funds
- xignite_stock() - delayed stock price information
- xignite_financials() - income statement, balance sheets, etc.
- xignite_dividends() - stock dividend information
- xignite_market_news() - general financial news
- xignite_markets() - top gainers or losers
- xignite_news() - news about stock
- xignite_splits() - stock spilt information
Below are some live examples:
Please visit our Help Center to learn all about our new Remote Data features.
For a complete list of features, enhancements and bug fixes for June 2008 release, please see our Change Log.
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The EditGrid Team.