How to stop tickers from being converted to wrong RICs

mani.sabapathi
mani.sabapathi
in Eikon Data APIs

Converting a list of tickers into RICs for regular data pulls, running into issue of get_symbology() converting some into the incorrect ticker (e.g. ADOC is converted to ADOC.PA instead of ADOC.O). Is there a way to avoid this without manually finding the exceptions and having to look up the correct RIC each time?

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  • Alex Putkov.1
    Alex Putkov.1
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    @mani.sabapathi

    Instead of get_symbology method of Eikon Data APIs library, I suggest using RDP Library for search, lookups and symbology conversion. I sense that you're focused on US stocks and would like to eliminate all international matches when using a stock ticker. Here's an example using RDP Library that strictly interprets the input as a US stock ticker:

    import refinitiv.dataplatform as rdp 
    rdp.open_desktop_session('MY_APP_KEY') 
    rdp.lookup(view = rdp.SearchViews.EquityQuotes,
               scope = 'USStockTicker',
               terms = 'MSFT,AAPL,GOOG,IBM,ADOC',
               select = 'RIC')

    | RIC
    AAPL | AAPL.OQ
    ADOC | ADOC.OQ
    GOOG. | GOOG.OQ
    IBM. | IBM.N
    MSFT. | MSFT.OQ

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  • Jirapongse
    Jirapongse admin

    @mani.sabapathi

    One ticker can be mapped to several RICs. 

    data = ek.get_symbology(["ADOC"], from_symbol_type="ticker", to_symbol_type="RIC", bestMatch=False, raw_output=True)
    data

    When using the get_symbology in Eikon Data API, ADOC can be mapped to the following RICs.

    {'mappedSymbols': [{'RICs': ['ADOC.PA',    'ADOC.O',    'ADOC.OQ',    'ADOC.PH',    'ADOC.B',    'ADOC.Z',    'ADOC.ZY',    'ADOC.DG',    'ADOC.DY',    'ADOC.PA1',    'ADOC.N',    'ADOC.A',    'ADOC.DF',    'ADOC.C',    'ADOC.MW',    'ADOC.P',    'ADOC.ARC',    'ADOC.NB',    'ADOC.ITC',    'ADOC.BAT',    'ADOC.BYX',    'ADOC.EI',    'ADOC.BT1',    'ADOC.LTS',    'ADOC.MEM',    'ADOC.MP',    'ADOCEUR.VIp^J18'],   'bestMatch': {'error': 'No best match available'},   'symbol': 'ADOC'}]}

    ADOC.O is also on the list.

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