Download Bloomberg Excel Add In

| 15-09-2021
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Bloomberg Excel Add-In

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To use the Bloomberg Excel Add-In while logged in through the BLOOMBERG ANYWHERE® website, you must launch Excel by opening an Excel file from a Bloomberg Anywhere window. For example, you can open a spreadsheet from the Personal File Manager (FILE) or Excel Template Library (XLTP) functions,. The add-in in Microsoft Excel. An example of downloading the historical price of Apple Inc. (AAPL) is provided. By following the steps below, you will learn a fundamental and useful skill towards your coursework and research. The Export Function in Bloomberg a) Before you start, make sure that Bloomberg Office Add-Ins is activated.

Bloomberg Excel Add-In is a powerful tool that allows you to deliver Bloomberg data into MS Excel spreadsheet for analysis and calculations. The Data Wizard is a handy feature to retreive various types of data from Bloomberg.

Data Wizard

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Click the Real-Time/Historical icon to open the Data Wizard.

  • Market, Reference, Analytical, Data Sets
    - allows you to retrieve the most recent data from over 500 data fields
  • Historical End of Day
    - end of day market, fundamental and analytical data for a specified time period
  • Historical Intraday Bars
    - intraday market data for defined time interval (e.g. 1 min, 2 min, etc), based on bid, ask or trade events.
  • Historical Intraday Ticks
    - intraday market ticks for time increment, based on bid, ask, or trade events.
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API Download Limit

If you have 'N/A Limit' on your Excel spreadsheet when extracting data on Bloomberg, it means that you have reached the API download limit on that machine (learn more about other error codes). Generally speaking, there are 3 types of API download limits:

  1. Daily Limit: 500,000 hits per day where five fields with ten securities would count as 50 hits for example. (Error code for usage exceeding daily limit: #N/A Daily)
  2. Monthly Limit: 5000-7000 unique identifiers per month. (Error code for usage exceeding monthly limit: #N/A Review)
  3. Real-time Limit: 3500 consecutive real time requests at any one time.

If we have surpassed the monthly API download limit, you will have to wait until the start of the next month for the limit to be reinstated, so use the API quota wisely. There are also other ways to export Bloomberg data without using the quota.

1. Historical Closing Price

If you want to get a time series of closing price for a stock (e.g. Cheung Kong Holdings; BBG Ticker: 1 HK <EQUITY>)

  • On Bloomberg screen, type 1 HK <EQUITY> GPO, then hit <GO>.
  • Select Edit on the toolbar, and choose Copy Data to Clipboard.
  • Paste your selection onto the spreadsheet.
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2. Balance Sheet/Income Statement Items

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To extract accounting items for a company (e.g. Cheung Kong Holdings; BBG Ticker: 1 HK <EQUITY>) from Bloomberg, you can

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  • On Bloomberg screen, type 1 HK <EQUITY> FA, then hit <GO>.
  • Select Output > Excel on the toolbar, click Save As and select your save location.