Bloomberg
Introduction
Provides access to data from Bloomberg for Proto
Input Menu:
Set Combined Securities and Fields Entryset
Sets both the securities you want data for and the fields you want data on for each.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Entryset
- The first attribute contains the securities and there is an additional attribute for each field where the attribute name corresponds to the field name you want data on.
Set Securities Entryset
Sets the securities you want to see Bloomberg data for.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Entryset
- A one-attribute entryset.
Set Fields Entryset
Sets the Bloomberg fields you want to request data for.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Entryset
- A one-attribute entryset.
Start Realtime Updates
Starts realtime data acquisition from Bloomberg.
Accepted Datatypes:
- True/false
Stop Realtime Updates
Stops realtime data acquisition from Bloomberg.
Accepted Datatypes:
- True/false
Historical Connectors → Set Start Date
Sets the start date of the requested historical period.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Date
Historical Connectors → Set End Date
Sets the end date of the requested historical period.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Date
Historical Connectors → Set Periodicity Type
Sets the periodicity type that determines which specific dates are used (with a time period set by the "Set Periodicity" connector).
Accepted Datatypes:
- Text
Historical Connectors → Set Periodicity
Sets the time period between entries. For example, setting this to weekly will give you one entry each week.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Text
Historical Connectors → Set Non Trading Day
Sets whether you want data for trading days or non-trading days as well.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Text
Historical Connectors → Set Non Trading Day Value
Sets which data you want to use for non-trading days.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Text
Historical Connectors → Set Return Yield
Sets Bloomberg to use return yield instead of price when requesting historical data.
Accepted Datatypes:
- True/false
Historical Connectors → Set Return Average
Sets Bloomberg to use return average instead of closing price when requesting historical data.
Accepted Datatypes:
- True/false
Historical Connectors → Set Reverse Order
Toggles whether data is returned in reverse order.
Accepted Datatypes:
- True/false
Historical Connectors → Set Max Points
Specifies the maximum number of points returned for a particular security for a historical request. Each point corresponds to some date value, like different days, though not necessarily consecutive.
Accepted Datatypes:
- Number
Historical Connectors → Set Currency
Sets the actual currency for the request (works when the request is historical only).
Accepted Datatypes:
- Text
Output Menu:
Get Reply Entryset
Gets the requested Bloomberg data.
Output Datatype:
- Entryset
Triggered By:
- Action: