Client inquiring if Excel add-in call can be imbedded into application code that mounts to ADS for realtime data access. This would not include Workspace to be installed.
@timothy.kaneshige01
Thank you for reaching out to us.
The Excel add-in is designed to work in Excel. To retrieve real-time data from ADS, we provide several APIs that can be used to connect to ADS and retrieve real-time data from the services available on the connected ADS.
The client can also refer to this Choosing a Real-time Streaming API article.
Thanks - but I guess the specific question is if the Excel add-in library that is developed to be operational in Eikon/Workspace can be abstracted away to be able to work as standalone Real-time API calls, so that for example a Websocket API based application can mount an ADS and then retrieve realtime data requests that then services Excel add-in library calls that populates Excel spreadsheets.
If you mean the Workspace Excel Add-in library, please contact the Workspace Excel support team directly to verify this scenario. I think it is designed to work with the Workspace application. As far as I know, you need to login to Workspace before using the Workspace Excel Add-in.
Hi @timothy.kaneshige01
Alternatively, the client can use the https://developers.lseg.com/en/api-catalog/lseg-data-platform/lseg-data-library-for-python retrieve data from ADS or Workspace platform (see https://developers.lseg.com/en/api-catalog/lseg-data-platform/lseg-data-library-for-python/quick-start page), and integrate incoming data to excel using the xlwings library.
