"News Search" widget
Use the "News Search" widget to create individual news filters to show news filtered by your search terms, companies, topics and so on.
For each message, the columns "Date", "Source" and "News" are displayed by default. You can move these columns by using drag and drop or show and hide them by using the widget settings.
You can save your individual searches as news search definitions so that you can quickly access them any time. In addition, you can safe your news searches as alerts to get a notification as soon as corresponding news are released.
The functions and workflows for the various output devices are described in "Company News" widget category.
To filter the news with the "News Search" widget:
- Open the widget and click the "Search" button.
- Configure the news filter criteria. In the following table, you find all information about the search criteria, which you can combine as you like.
Use the drop-down list below the search criteria to specify the maximum displayed results (by default, the last 100 results, but you can also set 50 or 25 most current news).
You can delete all unsaved entries by clicking the "Reset" button.- Start the search query by clicking the "Start search" button. Click the "Result list" button above to start the search.
The news found are displayed in the results list. The most recent news are shown at the top of the list. You can see the currently selected filter (or the name of the currently selected saved search) in the "Enabled filters" field in the upper part of the widget.
The search criteria in detail:
Limit results to the following instruments, portfolio and watchlist
Field | Description |
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| Open the quick search to find securities. You can add multiple instruments. The news search is then limited to these instruments.
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| Select a portfolio from this list if you want to configure the news search for all securities in the portfolio. To remove this filter if necessary, select the entry "No portfolio" which then appears at the top of the drop-down list. |
| Watchlist from this list if you want to configure the news search for all securities in the watchlist. To remove this filter if necessary, select the entry "No watchlist" which then appears at the top of the drop-down list. |
Find news with...
Field | Description |
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...all these words | Enter the search terms that you want to find. If you enter several words, then you will find only those news articles that contain all of these words. Example: If you enter "car medicine", you will only get news that contain the word "car" (also as part of a word) as well as the word "medicine". |
...any of these words | Enter the search terms that you want to find. If you enter several words, then you will find news articles that contain at least one of these words. Example: If you enter "car truck motorcycle", you find the news that contain either the word "car", "truck" or "motorcycle". News that contain several of these words will also be shown. |
...none of these words | Enter the search terms that you want to exclude. Enter one or more words to exclude news articles that contain these words. Example: Entering "car motorcycle" will return the news that neither contain the word "car" nor the word "motorcycle". |
Restrict results
Field | Description |
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Period | With these two input fields, you can limit the news search to a certain period. To do this, select the first input field to specify the date from which you want to search for news using the integrated calendar function. If necessary, you can use the second input field to specify the date until which you want to find the news.
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Sources | Here, you can filter the news by source. To do this, click in the "Source" field and select the notification category from the drop-down list that appears. To add further sources, click in the input field again (start typing if the list doesn't appear) and select further news publishers. Examples:
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Languages | Select the corresponding language(s) of the news. Multiple selection is also possible. You can currently select the following languages:
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vwd categories for news
Field | Description |
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vwd categories | In the "News categories" section at the top, you can use the drop-down list to specify whether you want to search for "vwd categories" (default setting) or for "Provider codes". |
Notifications | Here, you can filter for notifications such as security-specific announcements. To do this, click in the "Notifications" field and select the notification category. To add further notification categories, click in the input field again and select the category from the list. Examples:
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Sectors | Here, you can filter the news by sectors. To do this, click in the input field and select the relevant sector. To add further sectors, click in the input field again (start typing if the list doesn't appear) and select the sector from the list. Examples:
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Topics | Here, you can filter the news by topic. To do this, click in the input field and select the relevant topic from the list that opens. To add further topics, click in the input field again (start typing if the list doesn't appear) and select the topic from the list. Examples:
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Countries and regions | Here, you can filter the news by region. To do this, click in the input field and select the relevant country or region from the list that opens. To add further countries or regions, click in the input field again (start typing if the list doesn't appear) and select the country or region from the list. Examples:
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Company | Here, you can filter the news by company group. To do this, click in the input field and select the relevant company group. To add further company groups, click in the input field again (start typing if the list doesn't appear) and select the company group from the list. Examples:
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"Provider codes" news categories
Field | Description |
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vwd categories | In the "News categories" section at the top, you can use the drop-down list to specify whether you want to search for "Infront categories" (default setting) or for "Provider codes". |
| All these provider codes | Enter the relevant Provider Codes in this input field. If you enter multiple provider codes (separated by a space, for example), then you will find only those news articles that contain all of these provider codes. |
| Any of these provider codes | Enter the relevant Provider Codes in this input field. If you enter multiple provider codes (separated by a space, for example), then you will find all news articles that contain at least one of these provider codes. |
| None of these provider codes | In this input field, enter the Provider Codes you want to exclude from the news search. If you enter multiple provider codes (separated by a space, for example), then all news will ignored in the search containing at least one of these provider codes. |
You can drag and drop securities from other widgets into the "News Search" widget. This filters the news by the ISIN of the corresponding security.
In the Widget Gallery, you find the "News Search" widget in the "Defaults" section of the widgets for shares, bonds or indices.