WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)

Getting Started with Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS): How to Search

How to Search: Web Queries

The WRDS web offers a common interface and consistent data format across all databases or datasets.

• Start by selecting a database, then narrow down to the desired dataset.
• Choose your data
• Chose your date range
• Select your company codes or tickers. Code lists can be imported or saved on the WRDS platform. 
• Select your query variables
• Select your query output type

When you submit a query, it runs on WRDS servers, and your results will be made available for you to download when it is complete.  

Detailed, step-by-step directions are available at https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/support/getting-started/wrds-web-queries/. Must be logged in with a WRDS account to access this page. 

Other Documentation
Available once logged into a WRDS account:

• Manuals and Overviews

  Manuals, Overviews, and Support Content related to Vendors and Products on the WRDS Platform.

• The WRDS Cloud

  The WRDS Cloud is our high-performance computing cluster, available to all WRDS subscribers

• Programming at WRDS

  WRDS Data is easily accessible in your favorite programming language. Find out how to access WRDS through SAS, Python, R, MATLAB, and Stata.

To view data by concept:

• Click on Get data and All data.
• Choose a concept from the list.

Note: All links under concepts are blue, but BI's subscriptions do not cover all topics. You need to click on a concept to see if there is any available data.