Create a Bloomberg® connection, and then retrieve 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 fieldinfo function returns data as a cell array.
c.DataReturnFormat = 'table';
Retrieve the Bloomberg field information for the LAST_PRICE field.
f = 'LAST_PRICE';
d = fieldinfo(c,f);
Display the last four columns in the returned Bloomberg information.
d(:,2:5)
ans =
1×4 table
ID MNEMONIC DESCRIPTION DATATYPE
_______ ____________ _______________________ ________
'RQ005' 'LAST_PRICE' 'Last Trade/Last Price' 'Double'
The columns in d are:
Field identifier
Field mnemonic
Field name
Field data type
You can also access the Bloomberg help information in the first column.
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