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event dates as filter in Pipeline in Research?

I'm testing the "dividend-month effect" in Research by using the EventVestor dataset:

from quantopian.interactive.data.eventvestor import dividends_free

A quick and dirty test is interesting enough, so now I'd like to run an algo from Research which uses Pipeline to select stocks (primarily) based on the div_ex_date and trade_date fields of dividends_free.

Is there a way of doing this?

Alternatively, will the paid-for datasets be available in the backtester?

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The answer to the latter question about partner datasets in algorithms is an emphatic "yes". Adding the partner datasets like EventVestor's dividend data is a project we're actively working upon right now. Pipeline will be the mechanism you use to do so.

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Was this part of the quantopian 2 release? Or is it still to come?