Local file "server" lacks parsing of generic price import

[DukeWeston]

(Using FM 2022).

I am able to download a file of prices from a brokerage and, with some trial and error, I found an input format string that enabled Generic File Import to parse without my having to massage the file at all. So far so good.

I hoped I could use this configuration by specifying <local file> as my quote server for the investments that need it, and therefore being able to just hit the PRC button to price everything. However it gave an error for these investments because the <local file> quote server demands one of these two formats in the file...

SYMB,MM/DD/YY,NAV
SYMB,MM/DD/YY,NAV,OO,HH,LL,VV

and offers no option for me to specify the format of the input string, unlike Generic File Import.

So my feature request is to enhance the local file server the parsing logic already used in Generic File Import.

Thanks.

[Mark]

Hi DukeWeston,

Understood, thanks for the feedback.