I am attempting to use local_csv() in the IDE and I keeping getting a runtime exception:
Runtime exception: NameError: name 'local_csv' is not defined
I've been searching through the forums and some of the docs linked therein to find out how to use this function or if people have run into similar issues, but I have not found any clear answers. From the docs it seems as though I should be able to do something like the following,
backtest_data = local_csv('WIKI_subset.csv')
and I should access to a csv file that I uploaded to my data folder. However, this is not the case and the docs (at least what I have read) don't make it very clear how to proceed. Any input would be appreciated.
Links to docs/threads I found:
https://www.quantopian.com/posts/local-csv-how-to-upload-and-access
https://www.quantopian.com/help#quantopian_research_local_csv
https://www.quantopian.com/research/notebooks/Tutorials%20and%20Documentation/0.%20API%20Reference.ipynb