Workflow for Bloomberg

You can use Bloomberg^® to monitor market price information.

Bloomberg Desktop, Bloomberg Server, or Bloomberg B-PIPE Services

Connect to Bloomberg

1. Connect to Bloomberg using blp, blpsrv, or bpipe.

2. Ensure a successful Bloomberg connection by using isconnection. Request properties of the connection objects using get.

Request Current, Historical, Intraday Tick, Portfolio, or Real-Time Data

1. Look up information about securities, curves, or government securities using lookup. Request Bloomberg field information using category, fieldinfo, or fieldsearch.

2. Request current data for a security using getdata. Request bulk data with header information using getbulkdata.

3. Request equity screening data using eqs.

4. Request historical data for a security using history.

5. Request historical technical analysis using tahistory.

6. Request intraday tick data for a security using timeseries.

7. Request current portfolio data using portfolio.

8. Request real-time data for a security using realtime. Stop real-time data updates using stop.

Close Bloomberg Connection

Close the Bloomberg connection by using close.