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How can I get Financial Data for Private Companies using Eikon API?
I was given this query below on how to get some financial data for Private Companies using Excel, but I would like to do it using Eikon API (Python). Can you please tell me how to do it?
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For private companies, you can use PermIDs to get financial data.
For example, 5059333881 is the PermID of Schlumberger Ltd. You can use this PermID with the get_data method to get financial data.
df, err = ek.get_data("5059333881", ["TR.Commonname","TR.PCNetDebt"])
df
You can refer to the Data Item Browser video which shows how to use the Data Item Browser in Refinitiv's Workspace to improve Python-based workflows with the Eikon Data API.
