Bloomberg Spreadsheet Builder (Excel Function)

Bloomberg Spreadsheet Builder Updated: April 2019

Database Guide

Bloomberg Overview

Bloomberg is a premier financial services industry data integrator providing news and analytics for over 129 countries and 250 exchanges. Offerings include 24-hour historical and 15-minute delayed securities pricing, news, data, and analysis on companies, markets, and economies. Bloomberg market coverage includes: Government, Equity, Corporate, Mortgage, Money Market, Municipal, Preferred Equity, Commodities, Indices, Currency, and Derivatives.

Bloomberg is accessible via a stand-alone terminal in the KMC. Kindly request assistance from KMC’s staff to login to the terminal.

REMINDER: Excessive data download is prohibited.

Bloomberg Help Function

F1/Help – use whenever you cannot find a function. Simply type what you are looking for, hit the F1/Help key and view the results.

You can also enter a live support with the Bloomberg Help Desk with any questions you have. Hit the F1/Help key twice. This will initiate an email window which will allow you to type in your question and communicate with Bloomberg’s Help desk. The Bloomberg Help desk is available 24 hours.

Bloomberg Professional Service

Type in BPS <GO> to access the resource center for cheat sheets for many of the Bloomberg functions.

Bloomberg Formula Syntax:



BDH (Bloomberg Data History) downloads the historical data for a selected security and time frame.



BDP (Bloomberg Data Point) downloads data to a single cell in the Excel spreadsheet. This formula is used for only one security and one field.



BDS (Bloomberg Data Set) downloads descriptive data to the Excel spreadsheet and uses multiple cells.

Downloading Data using the Bloomberg Spreadsheet Builder 1.

Click on Spreadsheet Builder.

2.

Click on Historical Data Table then click on the Next button.

3.

For Example - SPX 500 Index Type the ticker symbol (SPX) in the All Securities box. Click on SPX Index to select the index. Click on the Next button.

4.

Type Last Price in the All Fields box.

Click on Last Price PX_Last. Click on the Next button.

5.

Select the date range. Click on the Next button.

6.

Click on the Finish button.

7.

Historical prices for the S&P 500 Index will be downloaded into Excel.

-END-