OpenBB-finance/OpenBB · error · OpenBBError

An unexpected error occurred: {ex}

Error message

An unexpected error occurred: {ex}

What it means

Raised by the economic-indicators model validator when more than one table symbol is present in the request. Table mode is hard-wired for a single dataflow/table (`tables[0]` is used exclusively), so a second table would be silently dropped if allowed — the validator rejects instead.

Source

Thrown at openbb_platform/core/openbb_core/app/model/obbject.py:283

            if sort_by:
                df.sort_values(
                    by=sort_by,
                    ascending=ascending if ascending is not None else True,
                    inplace=True,
                )

        except OpenBBError as e:
            raise e
        except ValueError as ve:
            raise OpenBBError(
                f"ValueError: {ve}. Ensure the data format matches the expected format."
            ) from ve
        except TypeError as te:
            raise OpenBBError(
                f"TypeError: {te}. Check the data types in your results."
            ) from te
        except Exception as ex:
            raise OpenBBError(f"An unexpected error occurred: {ex}") from ex

        return df

    def to_polars(self) -> "PolarsDataFrame":  # type: ignore
        """Convert results field to polars dataframe."""
        try:
            from polars import from_pandas  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
        except ImportError as exc:
            raise ImportError(
                "Please install polars: `pip install polars pyarrow`  to use this method."
            ) from exc

        return from_pandas(self.to_dataframe(index=None))

    def to_numpy(self) -> "ndarray":
        """Convert results field to numpy array."""
        return self.to_dataframe(index=None).to_numpy()

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Solutions

1. Issue one request per table and concatenate results client-side.
2. For many tables, loop over `PRESENTATION_TABLES`/list_tables() entries sequentially.
3. If you need multiple indicators (not tables) in one call, use plain indicator symbols together — that is supported.

Example fix

# before
res = obb.economy.economic_indicators(provider='imf', symbol='STA::H_CPI,STA::H_PCH', country='USA')

# after
results = [obb.economy.economic_indicators(provider='imf', symbol=s, country='USA') for s in ['STA::H_CPI', 'STA::H_PCH']]

def validate_single_table(symbol: str) -> str:
    tables = [s.strip() for s in symbol.split(',') if s.strip().split('::', 1)[-1].startswith('H_')]
    if len(tables) > 1:
        raise ValueError(f'Only one table per request; got {tables}. Split into separate calls.')
    return symbol

def is_single_table_request(symbol: str) -> bool:
    tables = [s for s in symbol.split(',') if s.strip().split('::', 1)[-1].startswith('H_')]
    return len(tables) <= 1

When it happens

Trigger: `symbol='STA::H_CPI,STA::H_PCH'` (two H_ tables), or two hierarchy IDs from the same/different dataflows. Mixing one table with indicators hits the sibling error instead.

Common situations: Iterating over 'all presentation tables' in one call; user multi-select of tables in a UI; assuming tables batch like indicators do.

Related errors

• TypeError: {te}. Check the data types in your results.
• OBBject Extension Error -> An OBBject extension that modif
• Unsupported data format.
• ValueError: {ve}. Ensure the data format matches the expecte
• At least one extension type must be selected.

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