fieldsearch

Field search for Bloomberg connection V3

Syntax

d = fieldsearch(c,f)

Description

d = fieldsearch(c,f) returns field information on the Bloomberg^® V3 connection object c given the search term f.

Examples

Search for Last Price Field Information

Create a Bloomberg® connection, and then return information for the last price field.

Create the Bloomberg connection.

c = blp;

Alternatively, you can connect to the Bloomberg Server using blpsrv or Bloomberg B-PIPE® using bpipe.

Return data as a table by setting the DataReturnFormat property of the connection object. If you do not set this property, the fieldsearch function returns data as a cell array.

c.DataReturnFormat = 'table';

Return information for the search term LAST_PRICE.

f = 'LAST_PRICE';
d = fieldsearch(c,f);

Display the first three rows of the field information in d.

d(1:3,:)

ans =

  3×5 table

           CATEGORY             ID            MNEMONIC                   DESCRIPTION              DATATYPE
    ______________________    _______    ___________________    ______________________________    ________

    'Market Activity/Last'    'PR005'    'PX_LAST'              'Last Price'                      'Double'
    'Market Activity/Last'    'RQ005'    'LAST_PRICE'           'Last Trade/Last Price'           'Double'
    'Market Activity/Last'    'PR910'    'CRNCY_ADJ_PX_LAST'    'Currency Adjusted Last Price'    'Double'

The columns in d are:

• Category

• Field identifier

• Field mnemonic

• Field name

• Field data type

Close the Bloomberg connection.

close(c)

Input Arguments

c — Bloomberg connection

connection object

Bloomberg connection, specified as a connection object created using blp, blpsrv, or bpipe.

f — Search term

character vector | string scalar

Search term, specified as a character vector or string scalar that denotes the Bloomberg field descriptive data to retrieve.

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

d — Field data

cell array (default) | structure | table

Field data, returned as an N-by-5 cell array, a structure, or a table.

The columns (or fields) of the data types are:

• Category

• Field identifier

• Field mnemonic

• Field name

• Field data type

The data type of the field data depends on the DataReturnFormat property of the connection object.

Version History

Introduced in R2010b