Bloomberg Spreadsheet Builder

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.

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