Fred, 

To answer this question, the security editor screen can be configured to show 
both the Get Quotes toggle, as well as the price source. Resizing the default 
tiny screen bigger will show you the drop down button on the far right, which 
includes a number of fields for display. 

For the record, it would have been nice if you had used your earlier message on 
the topic to continue this discussion. 

That way, we could have more easily discussed the other aspects of this-- 
notably, that the online retrieval of quotes can take some time, and that there 
are a number of ways that the process can fail. 

In regards to time: I've had times where this process takes an inordinate 
amount of time-- on the order of many minutes. You don't say how many quotes 
you're trying to get. Finance::Quote can be quite slow with large numbers of 
quotes. This can happen for a number of reasons, but they aren't always clear. 
I chalk it up to the wonders of internet latency. You didn't say how long you 
waited before you gave up. 

Second, there have been times where the retrieval of quotes has been limited or 
throttled by Alphavantage. I seem to recall that they imposed some limit (like 
5) per minute. This limitation has tripped up numerous users in the past. You 
didn't say whether you were using Alphavantage or not, although your original 
message included information that might imply it. The workaround I recall was 
to use yahoo_json instead. 

Finally, if you have a bad symbol in your set, that's like the only time you 
actually will get a meaningful error from Finance::Quote. So, I'm guessing that 
your problem has to do with not allowing the process to complete, rather than a 
bad symbol. 

David

On May 9, 2022 10:17:05 AM EDT, Fred Tydeman <[email protected]> wrote:
>Is there a way to get a report of all the securities that have Get Online
>Quotes checked?
>
>Perhaps I have a bad Symbol/abbreviation and that is what is causing the
>Get Quotes to hang.
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