Fixed: Compustat Global Index constituent bug

For the past month the search option for indexes in the Compustat Global Index Constituents database was suffering from an operational bug. The search option is called Code Lookup and is available at search step 2 through the WRDS search portal. The bug made it impossible to search for the index codes through Code Lookup. The WRDS development team has now reported that they fixed this bug. We have tested this and the bug looks indeed to be gone.

It is therefore possible again to lookup ticker and GVKEYX codes for indexes and sector indexes through Code Lookup.

Datastream software problems

Datastream software is installed at many computers on the VU University campus. The software can be used to download time series data on many financial and economic subjects. The past few months there have been problems with using the Datastream software. The IT software team at the university has been working very hard to fix the problems and is now testing and packaging a new updated version of the software.

We expect that this solution will be implemented at the start of December at the latest. If you need help downloading data in the short term you can contact the Data Center (Tel. 020-59 85166, email: datacentrum.ub@vu.nl).

Opening hours Data Center back to normal !

The opening hours of the Data Center helpdesk temporarily changed during October because of the holidays. Starting next week (from 3 November) the opening hours of the Data Center will be again as they were:

• Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 13:00 and 16:00 pm
  
  
• The Data Center Helpdesk will be closed on Thursdays!

The information and support of financial and socio/economic databases through the Data enter blackboard course is available at all times (except for during maintenance).