Bloomberg Help Guide: Getting Help

Getting started with Bloomberg

Bloomberg help by Business Librarian and through One-on-One Support via Bloomberg

Workshopt and one on one training

Watson Library offers Bloomberg training and workshop to students and faculty. See 'workshop & Drop-in Help' page for training sessions during the semester.

https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/business.html

For individual or group training, send an email to business@library.columbia.edu

Support via Bloomberg

Customer Help: Bloomberg also offers help in retrieving data or any functional help.  Contact Bloomberg's customer support specialists via email through the Bloomberg terminal.:

After logging into the terminal, hit the HELP (or F1) key twice. An email form will appear, type your question and click on the 'send'.  The email will create a reference number for future communication on the same topic. Make sure to cc yourself to see their response via email.

The Bloomberg specialists usually respond within 1-2 business days. For previous communication from their specialists type HDSK and hit green 'GO' key.

Context Sensitive Help: Hitting  'HELP' key on any screen will give additional information about that particular topic. 

 

 

How to use the Bloomberg terminal

BPS : type BPS (Bloomberg Professional Services) command and hit the green <GO> key to see the complete help document.

DOCS: type DOCS and hit 'GO' key to search for documentation.

For an overview of the Bloomberg terminal 

Getting started on the Bloomberg Terminal.

Bloomberg Getting Started: NAVIGATE THE BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service

Beginner's Guide to the Bloomberg Terminal (Investopedia)

Bloomberg  Functionality Cheat Sheet

Excel API and BQL Documentation:

  • In Excel's main menu bar, click on "Bloomberg" and then "Help" to see API support materials.
  • In the Excel ribbon, click "BQL Builder". 
  • In the terminal software, use the DAPI command to view all API support materials and the BQLX command to view all Bloomberg Query Language support materials.