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CONTENTS

WHAT IS THE BLOOMBERG EXCEL ADD-IN?

Bloomberg Ribbon 03
Explore 03
Import 04
Community 05
Create 05
Trading 06
Tools 07
Format 08
Export 08
Utilities 09
Bloomberg Formulas 09
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WHAT IS THE BLOOMBERG EXCEL

ADD-IN?
The Bloomberg Excel Add-In is a powerful suite of tools bundled with the Bloomberg Professional® service that allows you
to deliver market data, historical data, reference data, and analytics into a Microsoft® Office document. The Bloomberg
Add-In leverages the same high quality, timely data you rely on within the Bloomberg to fuel your proprietary Microsoft® Excel
spreadsheets, Microsoft® Word documents, and Microsoft® PowerPoint presentations.

With the Bloomberg Excel Add-In, you can import data using tools that automate and manage the imports or build your own
custom formulas with the Bloomberg API.

BLOOMBERG RIBBON
The Bloomberg ribbon at the top of Microsoft® Excel provides quick access to the entire suite of tools developed to simplify
data imports from the Bloomberg Professional® service into your spreadsheets as well as into Microsoft® PowerPoint and
Microsoft® Word. You can also use the tools on the ribbon to access pre-created spreadsheets, format and control your
spreadsheet, and send or save your file on Bloomberg.

The ribbon that appears for you depends on your default settings. The image below shows the Advanced ribbon, which
features the full set of add-in tools. For information on changing the ribbon that appears for you, see Ribbon.
 

EXPLORE

The tools in the Explore group allow you to search Bloomberg for pre-created solutions for your analysis.
 

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• Data Navigation: Allows you to browse through categories of data for an equity or fixed income security, so you can
easily locate data sets, Bloomberg functions, and pre-built Excel spreadsheets relevant to your analysis.

For more: Data Navigation.

• Template Library: Provides the functionality of the Excel Template Library (XLTP) function directly in Excel, giving you
access to Bloomberg's comprehensive library of hundreds of pre-built spreadsheets. You can search or browse by category
to discover if Bloomberg has already created an Excel solution that meets your analytical needs.

For more: Template Library, XLTP Help Page.

• Export Data: Allows you to create and distribute reports containing Bloomberg data to a group of colleagues at your firm
who do not have the Bloomberg Professional® service running on their computer.
Note: You must be enabled to use this feature. For more information on this Research Analyst Data tool, contact your
Bloomberg representative.

For more: Export Data.

IMPORT

You can use the wizards within the Import group to follow step-by-step procedures to import data from Bloomberg into your
spreadsheet, so you can easily obtain the data you need for your analysis. The wizards guide you through each option that
affects the imported data and then automatically build the corresponding Bloomberg formulas.
 

 
• Spreadsheet Builder: Allows you to easily create an entire custom table with the Bloomberg Professional® service
data you need. You use a simple wizard to define a set of securities, choose the data you want to download for each of
them, then specify the layout of the table. Bloomberg then automatically builds the right formulas in your spreadsheet. The
Spreadsheet Builder lets you download real-time (continuously updating), current, historical, or intraday data across every
market sector and type of data available on the Bloomberg.

For more: Spreadsheet Builder.

• Import Data: When you click Import Data, a menu appears with the following options:
— Technical Analysis: Allows you to import technical indicator data and analyze securities in Excel as you would with
the Technical Study Browser (TECH) function. You can evaluate securities by analyzing statistics generated by market
activity, such as past prices and volume, and identify patterns that suggest future performance.

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For more: Real-Time/Current, Historical End of Day, Historical Intraday Bars, TECH Help Page.
— Scenario Builder: Provides the functionality of Bloomberg's financial calculators in your own customizable
spreadsheet, so you can analyze multiple securities at once instead of one at a time. You can browse and locate data
sets relevant to your analysis, specify your securities, and choose how to customize the calculations with your own
inputs.

For more: Scenario Builder.

— Equity Screening: Allows you to import screens that you build with the Equity Screening (EQS) function, so you can
quickly create spreadsheets of data with the universe of equities and corresponding data that you define.

For more: Equity Screening, EQS Help Page.

COMMUNITY

The tools in the Community section allow you to store a spreadsheet on the Bloomberg for future use or share your
spreadsheet with other Bloomberg users.
 

 
• Create New Note: Allows you to publish spreadsheets to the Notes (NOTE) function on the Bloomberg Terminal® for
sharing information with your colleagues or clients. While uploading your documents, you can also upload data to Custom
Data Editor (CDE) fields, so you can store and share your custom data with other Bloomberg users, as well as perform
time series analysis in other functions (e.g., G, PORT, etc.).

For more: Create New Note, NOTE Help Page, CDE Help Page.
• File Manager: Provides the functionality of the File Manager (FILE) and Message (MSG) functions directly in Excel,
so you can create and access a centralized repository for your spreadsheets. You can save a file to your personal FILE
repository, open files from FILE, and send a file as an attachment to a Bloomberg message.

For more: File Manager, FILE Help Page, MSG Help Page.

CREATE

The tools within the Create group allow you to build Bloomberg charts and formulas on your spreadsheet.
 

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• Chart Library: Allows you to easily create and display Bloomberg charts within your spreadsheets, so you can visually
analyze data with robust, customizable charts that update in real-time. You can create new charts or add existing charts
from those stored in your Chart Library on the Charts (G) function.

For more: Creating New Charts, Opening Existing Charts, G Help Page.
Note: You can also drag standard charts directly from G onto your spreadsheet. For more information, see Dragging
Charts from G.
• Function Builder: Opens the Function Builder, which allows you to create custom Bloomberg formulas without prior
knowledge of the Bloomberg API syntax. Autocomplete functionality for securities, data fields, and optional parameters
displays suggested options based on the characters you enter, so you can easily identify the required and optional
parameters that allow you to download the data you want.

For more: Function Builder.

TRADING

The tools in the Trading group integrate Bloomberg trading systems functionality with Excel.
Note: You must be permissioned to use each of the trading systems tools. For more information, please contact your sales
representative.
• Import Trading Systems Data: Allows you to import trading systems data by firm and entity (book) types, so you can
display the positions within each entity. Information such as position and risk can be imported, filtered by security, and
displayed according to position and second risk.

For more: Trading Systems Wizard.

• Tradebook Order Builder: Provides access to the core functionality of the domestic and global Tradebook platforms, and
allows you to easily connect a variety of new or existing trading models to Bloomberg Tradebook. The Tradebook Order
Builder supports the following categories of functionality: Order, Modify, and Cancel executions; Trade and Order recaps;
Fill messages; and Blotter capabilities.

The Tradebook Order Builder is built as an extension of Tradebook on the Bloomberg, and is integrated with all of the
Tradebook blotters, market depth trading screens, and other functionality on the terminal. It leverages all the settings of your
core terminal Tradebook profile, so your orders from the Tradebook Order Builder behave the same way as the orders you
input using the Bloomberg Tradebook pop-up ticket.

For more: Tradebook Order Builder, TBH <GO>.

• EMSX Control Panel: Integrates the Execution Management System (EMSX) function with Excel, so you can import
information about your orders and routes to a spreadsheet, as well as place new orders and routes directly from Excel. The
EMSX Control Panel allows you to enter multiple equity, futures, and options securities into a spreadsheet and execute
trades based on various custom-built strategies. Within each blotter, you can choose which columns you want to display.
For ease of use, you can create multiple instances of the spreadsheet, so you can maintain a staging, order, and route
blotter all at once.

For more: EMSX Control Panel, BEMS <GO>, EMSX Help Page.
• SSEOMS Panel: Allows you to manage your SSEOMS order workflow within Excel. You can customize the blotter to fit
your needs, then connect with the SSEOMS Order Blotter (SSBL) function, so your orders are completely synchronized.
For added convenience, you can also activate and deactivate orders directly from the SSEOMS Panel.

For more: SEEOMS Panel, SSEO <GO>, SSBL Help Page.

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TOOLS

The tools within the Tools group assist you in uploading, auditing, and updating the data on your spreadsheet.
 

 
• Find Fields: Provides the functionality of the Field Search (FLDS) function directly in Excel, so you can locate, store, and
use Bloomberg data fields, gaining access to the data you need for your analysis.

For more: Find Fields, FLDS Help Page.

• Populate Table: Automatically creates a dynamically updating table of data from the column and row headers that you
specify, so you can identify the information you want to analyze for a group of securities then import the corresponding data
with a single mouse click.

For more: Populate Table.

• Data Transparency: Displays further details about imported fundamental data for an equity security, such as the
components that make up the value, and allows you to access the original source documents. This allows you and anyone
who uses the spreadsheet to pinpoint the origination of the data.

For more: Data Transparency.

• Refresh Workbooks: Allows you to refresh your formulas on a range, worksheet, or workbook level to ensure that the
most up-to-date data appears.

For more: Refresh Workbooks.

• Real-Time Updates: When working with real-time data, allows you to enable continuous, live data updates on your
spreadsheet.

For more: Real-Time Updates.

• Error Substitution: Allows you to replace Bloomberg or Excel formula errors throughout your spreadsheet with a blank
space or custom text, so your data tables are ready to be placed in your presentations or documents.
Note: You must be a Bloomberg Anywhere® subscriber to use Error Substitution. For more information, please contact
your sales representative.

For more: Error Substitution.

• Smart Trace: Helps you maintain your models and collaborate with other developers by providing transparency into
the calculations on a spreadsheet. You can evaluate each component of a formula and determine which cells in which
workbooks influence the output of a specific cell. Additionally, you can name each cell or cell range and insert comments.
Note: You must be a Bloomberg Anywhere subscriber to use Smart Trace. For more information, please contact your sales
representative.

For more: Smart Trace.

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FORMAT

The tools within the Format group assist you in creating custom formats and applying those formats to your spreadsheet, so
you can quickly and easily update the spreadsheet's layout and appearance to prepare the data tables for your presentations
and documents.
Note: You must be a Bloomberg Anywhere® subscriber to access the tools within the Format group. For more information,
please contact your sales representative.
 

 
• Speed Formatting (Cell, Table, Chart, Currency, Date, Number, Percentage, and Multiples): Attaches number,
cell, table, and Excel chart formats to a keyboard shortcut cycle, so you can quickly modify the appearance of your
spreadsheet to prepare the data for your presentations. Speed Formatting also allows you to memorize custom formatting
for cells, tables, and Excel charts, so you can save frequently-used styles and maintain uniformity of design.

For more: Speed Formatting.

• AutoColor: Helps you identify at a glance the components of a spreadsheet by color coding the cell contents. This can
help you audit your financial model and prepare your data tables for insertion into documents or presentations.

For more: AutoColor.

EXPORT

The tools within the Export group help simplify the process of creating and maintaining your Microsoft® Office presentations
with Bloomberg data. You can download data from Bloomberg into Excel to fuel your analytical models, then seamlessly
connect the models to your PowerPoint presentations and Word documents. The exported data retains a link to the
spreadsheet, so you can refresh your data and ensure that the values within your presentations and documents are accurate
and up-to-date.
Note: You must be a Bloomberg Anywhere® subscriber to access the tools within the Export group. For more information,
please contact your sales representative.
 

 
• Copy: Allows you to copy data from Excel, so you can then use the Bloomberg Add-In in PowerPoint or Word to paste and
arrange the data.

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• Paste: Allows you to paste data directly to PowerPoint or Word, formatting the data based on your menu selection, so you
can quickly link the files.
• Guide: Helps you resize a table or chart to fit a specific destination area in a PowerPoint presentation, to assist you in
creating attractive and professional presentations.

For more: PowerTools.

UTILITIES

The tools within the Utilities section help you control the Bloomberg Add-In, by allowing you to set your default settings, obtain
assistance, and troubleshoot issues.
 

 
• Live Help: Provides a menu of options to help you use the Bloomberg Add-In. You can open a live help chat with the
Bloomberg Help Desk, share your spreadsheet during the live help chat, convert old Bloomberg formulas to the new
format, display the version of the Add-In you are running, and run a diagnostics tool that will identify issues with your Add-In
installation and attempt to repair those issues.

For more: Diagnostics, Live Help, Formula Conversion.

• What's New: Provides information about new Add-In features.
• Help Contents: Displays this help file, so you can learn the benefits of the Add-In and how to use the tools it provides.
• Options: Allows you to save default settings that control the functionality of the Add-In.

For more: Settings.

BLOOMBERG FORMULAS
BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service API formulas allow you to quickly import the data you need by constructing short,
simple strings of code within cells on your spreadsheet. There are multiple types of Bloomberg formulas that each have their
own syntax and are used for different purposes. The most commonly used formulas are:
• BDP: Imports a single data point of current or real-time (continuously updating) data for a selected security.

For more: BDP (Current/Real-Time Data), BDP & BDS: Overrides.

• BDH: Imports a single data point or a time series of historical intraday or end of day data for a selected security.

For more: BDH (Historical Data), BDH: Fundamentals/Estimates, BDH: Intraday Ticks, BDH: Intraday Bars.
• BDS: Imports a set of data into multiple cells (i.e., cashflows for a bond, description for an equity, or option chain for a
security) for a selected security.

For more: BDS (Data Sets), BDP & BDS: Overrides.

Additional formulas include:

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• BMatrix and BMatrixArray: Allows you to create a list of securities and realtime/current fields in a single formula and
import the corresponding data to your spreadsheet in a matrix format, so you can create an entire table of data using only
one formula.

For more:BMatrix & BMatrixArray (Data Matrix).

• BSRCH: Imports data corresponding to specific searches performed in Bloomberg databases, so you can analyze data
from the Bloomberg Commodity Maps (BMAP), Global Weather Platform (WETR), Fixed Income Search (SRCH), and
League Tables (LEAG) functions in Excel.

For more: BSRCH (Bloomberg Searches).

• BRB: Imports a time series of historical intraday data for a selected security and updates the imported data for each
additional interval of time that passes.

For more: BRB (Real-Time Bars).

• BAddPeriods: Imports an unknown date based on a known date, a specified number of periods, and additional
parameters, such as day count convention.

For more: BAddPeriods (Dates).

• BCountPeriods: Imports the number of periods between two dates using a variety of parameters, such as the day count
convention and days to include.

For more: BCountPeriods (Period Counts).

• BInterpol: Interpolates a point based on a set of data that you specify.

For more: BInterpol (Interpolation).

• BEQS: Imports a table of data for a selected equity screen created with the Equity Screening (EQS) function.

For more: BEQS (Equity Screens).

• BPGE: Imports data from pages contributed to the Bloomberg by outside sources.

For more: BPGE (Page Based Data).

• BQR and BQRP: Imports live tick data (prices) from quotes sent to your Bloomberg messages and MSG1 groups.

For more: Bloomberg Quote Recap.

• BCurve: Imports a Bloomberg or custom curve from the Interest Rate Curves (ICVS) function.

For more: BCurve (Curve Data).

• BCurveStrip: Strips a Bloomberg or custom curve and creates a curve object for use in BView, BCurveInt, and
BCurveFwd formulas.

For more: BCurveStrip (Curve Stripping).

• BView: Imports the values contained in a curve object created by the BCurveStrip formula.

For more: BView (Stripped Curve Data).

• BCurveInt: Imports interpolated points on a curve object created by the BCurveStrip formula.

For more: BCurveInt (Interpolation).

• BCurveFwd: Imports forward rates for a curve object created by the BCurveStrip formula.

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For more: BCurveFwd (Forward Rates).

• BTH and BTP: Imports technical analysis data for a selected security, so you can analyze statistics generated by market
activity.

For more: Bloomberg Technical Points.

• BDS and BDP for Portfolios: Imports portfolio data for portfolios created with the Portfolio Administration (PRTU)
function.

For more: BDP & BDS: Portfolio Data.

• BUploadCDE: Uploads custom data to pre-created Custom Data Editor (CDE) fields for the securities you specify, so you
can analyze, track, and share the data in the Bloomberg Terminal and API.

For more: BUploadCDE (Upload Custom Data).

• BChain: Imports a list of bonds or loans distributed by a single issuer and optionally filter the results, e.g., by coupon,
maturity, or type.

For more: BChain (Security Chains).

• B-Links: Allows you to create hyperlinks in your emails or documents that launch Bloomberg functions, so you can easily
direct your colleagues or clients to specific Bloomberg screens from materials outside the Bloomberg Terminal.

For more: B-Links (Links to Bloomberg).

• BSettings: Displays your Bloomberg Excel Add-In settings directly in Excel, such as the current add-in version, the current
Excel version(s) installed on the system, and the active Bloomberg ribbon profile.

For more: BSettings (User Settings).

• BFieldInfo: Displays information about Bloomberg data fields directly in your spreadsheet, so you can determine whether
the fields provide you with the data you need.

For more: BFieldInfo (Field Definitions).

• Terminal Connect: Allows you to launch Bloomberg Terminal functions directly from your spreadsheet, as well as
synchronize with BLOOMBERG LAUNCHPAD®, a customizable workspace designed for clients.

For more: Terminal Connect.

Note: You must be a Bloomberg Anywhere® subscriber to use the following formulas in the Derivatives Library API:
• BStructure: Included in the Derivatives Library API. Allows you to structure derivative deals.

For more: BStructure (Structuring a Deal).

• BPrice: Included in the Derivatives Library API. Allows you to price derivative deals.

For more: BPrice (Pricing a Deal).

• BView: Included in the Derivatives Library API. Imports the valuation output of a deal in a Price ID created by the BPrice
formula or the economic details of a deal in Deal Structure ID created by the BStructure formula.

For more: BView (Deal Details).

• BParam: Included in the Derivatives Library API. Provides valid input and output parameters for other Derivatives Library
API formulas.

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For more: BParam (Overrides and Outputs).

• BMarketParam: Included in the Derivatives Library API. Provides a list of the valid market overrides for a given Structure
ID. These overrides can be used in BPrice formulas.

For more: BMarketParam (Market Overrides).

• BSave: Included in the Derivatives Library API. Allows you to save the output of a BStructure formula (a Structure ID) or a
BPrice formula (a Price ID).

For more: BSave (Saving a Structure ID).

Note: You must be a Bloomberg Anywhere subscriber to use the following formulas in the FX Toolkit API:
• BFXCurve: Calculates a matrix of forward rates for the standard settlement dates traded in the FX forwards market.

For more: BFXCurve (Forward Curve).

• BFXForward: Calculates rates for specific dates, so you can price forwards for terms that are not in the standard forward
curve.

For more: BFXForward (Broken Dates).

• BFXSwap: Calculates rates for FX swaps, so you can independently verify the forward points between any valid start
(near) and end (far) dates.

For more: BFXSwap (Forward Forwards).

Note: You must be permissioned to use the following formulas (for more information, contact your Bloomberg sales
representative):
• BTSM: Imports prices, positions, and other security data for selected trading books/funds.

For more: BTSM (Trading Systems Data).

• BPUB and BPUP: Allows you to contribute data to Bloomberg or distribute it locally, including page-based data (e.g.,
GPGX monitors).

For more: Publishing/Contributor Pricing.

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