Powerful analysis tools

• Series and Field Selection -  Datastream Navigator helps you select the most relevant series from the millions available on the Datastream databases.
• Datastream Charting -  This feature simplifies the graphical exploration of trends and relationships between series, enabling you to identify the lag or leads to use for the best correlations between series, enabling new research ideas to be quickly evaluated. The intuitive interface makes it easy to retrieve and analyze any of the series on Datastream, including private equity indices, exchange traded funds, and commodity prices.
• Datastream Add-in -  Build complex models and reports without using the desktop interface. Data and charts can be linked in Microsoft Excel®, PowerPoint®, or Word® to enable you to create spreadsheets, presentations, and documents which can be updated at the click of a button.

Common utilities for Datastream

• Expressions -  Create and edit your expressions from within the Datastream desktop or through the Datastream add-ins. All the necessary functionality is provided in one screen: easily select individual functions, mathematical operators, and constants. Once your expression is complete, it can be assigned a mnemonic of your choice for use in your data and chart requests.
• Lists -  Create lists to represent series in portfolios, watch-lists, or sets of frequently used economic indicators. Then generate a single report or chart for all items in the list, displaying earnings, dividends, performance, or individual charts and reports.
• User-Created Indices -  A long-time favorite, the user-created index functionality allows you to create your own list of constituent equities from the full breadth of Datastream's equity universe, define a start date and a currency, and let the system calculate your index. Indices can be set up on an ad hoc basis or maintained automatically, with new values calculated daily.
• User-Created Time Series -  Upload your own data series to use in combination with Datastream-maintained series in charts, or for use with Datastream expression facilities. Create and edit your own time series with the Excel template supplied with the Datastream Add-in, or download an existing series to form the basis for a new series, such as in-house earnings estimates or economic forecasts.
• Equity Searching -  Use Datastream screening to search across the entire global equities database. Use up to ten fields such as market value and geographic region to locate and evaluate outstanding performers. Select an index constituent list with any field, include values derived from custom expressions, run the search at a specified date, and find companies which match your criteria for growth or value.

The Datastream desktop

• Series Overviews, Standard Charts and Tabular Reports -  Easily display series background and summary performance information. View performance charts and key statistics for any of more than 3.5 million instruments and indicators on Datastream. Select from more than 20 predefined charts and tabular reports, from simple price relatives to point-and-figure and scatter charts, balance sheets, and regression analysis reports.
• Flexible Charting -  Plot any financial instrument or indicator of any periodicity or currency against any other. Plot daily equities against annual company fundamentals or monthly economic indicators, or use custom data including earnings forecasts, custom indices, or values calculated using Datastream's powerful mathematical expression capabilities. Then configure output styles to match your house style and export to Microsoft Office®.
• Projects -  Save your charts and reports in Projects to organize your work and automate tasks without learning a scripting language. Once created, projects can be edited to change the order of requests, multiple entries deleted, projects merged or requests copied to a new or existing project. Schedule project updates, print to file or PDF, or export charts to be incorporated in documents, with complete control over line and text styles.

• The Datastream desktop runs on Microsoft Windows® 2000 and XP® platforms and with Office® 2000, XP and 2003.
• The Datastream desktop communicates with the Datastream central systems using a range of communications facilities, including Datastream's network gateway, wide-area networks and the internet.