Web Services Links

You can easily incorporate various free web services into any Omniscope file, just by cutting and pasting the links below. Follow the Add Web Service directions below to add these services to any file which contains a column of values acceptable as an input parameter, such as a U.S. stock ticker symbol, for example. You can add as many web services as you want, because any number of Omniscope Web Views can be used to display the automatically-generated results from web services that take your data values as inputs.

Note: when preparing your data sets, be aware of the upper/lower case sensitivity for any web services you plan to draw on. Test the format of the input parameter before preparing your data.  If necessary, use the Omniscope Table View > View Tools > Tools > Expand; Collapse;  Append & Prepend tools to modify your data to match the required format of the web service input parameter.

Yahoo Finance

The services below all accept a lowercase US stock ticker as the web service parameter:

Table Chart: for each Symbol, returns Last Trade, Trade Time, Change, Volume and Todays Price:
http://appsupport.visokio.com/appsupport/symbolPrices.cfm

Line Chart: for each Symbol, shows Price over time for the day:
http://appsupport.visokio.com/appsupport/yahooFinanceTodaysPrice.cfm

Line Chart: for each Symbol, shows Price over the past year:
http://appsupport.visokio.com/appsupport/yahooFinanceYearPrice.cfm

Adding Web Services

Once you have confirmed that your data set contains one or more fields (columns) with values acceptable to the web services listed above, adding the service is easy. With your file open in Omniscope, go to Main Toolbar Tools > Web Services > Add Web Service

Selecting the Add web service option opens the Web Service configuration wizard:

Add your own Web Service configuration to the file by supplying your own values for:

HTTP POST URL: {cut and paste the full URL of the server file/page above}

Web Service name: select a name to appear on the Omniscope Web Services menu.

ID Field: your data field (column) containing values acceptable as input parameters for the web service

Record count limit: can be any number of values, set to 100 by default

That's all there is to it!  If you include several web services in your file, you can also configure the text of the web service menu button, 'Partner Services' in the example shown below.

Using the Echo Test Service

Omniscope includes a  test web service that 'echos' whatever field (column) of values you choose to send. Try configuring this service using the default Visokio URL given, with a name like 'Echo Test', and select a field in your data set. Switch to one of the views in Omniscope, and select less than 100 records, then (on the Main Tool Bar web services menu button) click on the 'Echo Test' web service. If you have configured a Web View to display the web service results, they will appear in that open Web View. If you have not configured a Web View in Omniscope, your default browser will open and display the echo results.