Connect to the FactSet Workstation using a user name and password. By default, the fds function uses the field information file rt_fields.xml, which is found on the MATLAB path. c is an fds object.

username = 'ABCD_EFGH_IJKL';
password = 'XXXXXXXX';

c = fds(username,password)

c = 
 
  fds with properties:

    Handle: [1×1 COM.FDSRTCom_FDF]

Retrieve real-time data for the FDS1 service and ABCD-USA security by using the FactSet Workstation connection. Use the default event handler function myMessageEventHandler to process real-time data events from the FactSet Workstation. To access the code for the default event handler function, enter edit myMessageEventHandler at the command line. You can write a custom function to process real-time data events differently. For details, see Writing and Running Custom Event Handler Functions.

Srv = 'FDS1';
Sec = 'ABCD-USA';
Cb = @(varargin)myMessageEventHandler(varargin);
t = realtime(c,Srv,Sec,Cb)

t =

     1

ABCD-USA:D 11-Sep-2017 14:04:53 6.27
ABCD-USA:D 11-Sep-2017 14:07:00 6.29
...

The realtime function returns a data tag t for the real-time request. Then, the event handler function returns the following data to the Command Window:

Stop real-time data retrieval.

stop(c,t)

Close the FactSet Workstation connection.

close(c)

Connect to the FactSet Workstation using a user name, password, and field information file. c is an fds object.

username = 'ABCD_EFGH_IJKL';
password = 'XXXXXXXX';
finfo = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FactSet\FactSetDataFeed\fdsrt-2\etc\rt_fields.xml';

c = fds(username,password,finfo)

c = 
 
  fds with properties:

    Handle: [1×1 COM.FDSRTCom_FDF]

Retrieve real-time data for the FDS1 service and ABCD-USA security by using the FactSet Workstation connection. Use the default event handler function myMessageEventHandler to process real-time data events from the FactSet Workstation. To access the code for the default event handler function, enter edit myMessageEventHandler at the command line. You can write a custom function to process real-time data events differently. For details, see Writing and Running Custom Event Handler Functions.

Srv = 'FDS1';
Sec = 'ABCD-USA';
Cb = @(varargin)myMessageEventHandler(varargin);
t = realtime(c,Srv,Sec,Cb)

t =

     1

ABCD-USA:D 11-Sep-2017 14:04:53 6.27
ABCD-USA:D 11-Sep-2017 14:07:00 6.29
...

The realtime function returns a data tag t for the real-time request. Then, the event handler function returns the following data to the Command Window:

Stop real-time data retrieval.

stop(c,t)

Close the FactSet Workstation connection.

close(c)