{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103","id":119682626,"number":103,"title":"beqs - error when column returns all blanks","user":{"login":"joel23888","id":13341626,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13341626?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888","html_url":"https://github.com/joel23888","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-12-01T10:00:43Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T11:25:52Z","closed_at":"2015-12-01T11:25:52Z","body":"I set up the following screen called \"tse_etf1\".\r\n\r\n-----------------------------\r\n\r\nSecurity universe:\r\nTrading status: Active\r\nSecurity attributes: show primary ticker only\r\nSecurity types: ETF\r\nExchanges: Tokyo\r\n\r\nDisplay only fields:\r\nRelative index\r\nCurrent market cap\r\nYear to date total return\r\nCurrent price earnings ratio (P/E)\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\n\r\nThis error was returned:\r\n> beqs(\"tse_etf1\")\r\nError: could not convert using R function : as.data.frame\r\n\r\nI noticed in the BBG terminal P/E is empty for all results. I deleted P/E and now it works as expected.\r\n\r\nA workaround is to remove the columns known to return all blanks but the user may not always know a column in a screen would be all blanks."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/comments/160939687","html_url":"https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103#issuecomment-160939687","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/103","id":160939687,"user":{"login":"joel23888","id":13341626,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13341626?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888","html_url":"https://github.com/joel23888","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joel23888/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-01T11:25:52Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T11:25:52Z","body":"Apologies. I had searched for the error but should have looked more closely at beqs issues before posting "}}