At least that'll allow anyone to build a reliable database to analyse, even if only for price. I downloaded the most recent Betfair historical file the other day. I set the filter to <$1.20 win price Pre Event. The results threw up anything with a SP up to $5. A complete waste of time for a historical data site.

The smarties with programming knowledge can build a bot to record accurate prices, which leaves a lot of forumites disadvantaged. I know forumites who still use a ruled school excercise book to record prices. Imagine how empowered they could be with a simple recording program.

It's a legacy, you won't be forgotten for Shaun....

So you want the Unitab site in excel with the ability to record past results with some type of filter system.

Sounds simple enough, well if anything it will give me xml knowledge that i don't correct possess so that's a plus.

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Forget PE, you want to delete all IP and PE.
Then it's accurate.

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Beg to differ CP. Take the latest file 28 April to 4 May. If you filter out IP In Play and PE Pre Event, that only leaves NI ?? Not sure what that means, but doesn't matter, take a typical race at random Wyong R1 1/05/14.
If you filter PE and IP OUT, leaves you with NO horses! That's because NI was only applicable for TO BE PLACED on that event.


Another example: 28/4/14 Bathurst R1 Pace runner Amelia Regal Last Taken actually three prices at 3:39..... 50 60 100. How do you know which figure relates to what price classification. This is a simplistic example but the favourite in the race would have lot's of differing numbers displayed.
The prices, that Betfair paid on, were Back 50, SP 81.83 & Lay 110.

That's really accurate, hey? Build a database, don't think so?

Then what are the prices published representing, they're not WAP, SP, Back or Lay. A punter needs some reference to what he has available to him on screen and them providing last price taken is of no consequence. Let's say I wanted to query the file to find the largest price never to had a win. Well I can tell you the figures provided are so far off and bear no resemblance to actual SP.