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Connection Object Properties

The syntax for the Bloomberg® V3 connection object constructor is:

c = blp;

Retrieve Connection Properties

To retrieve the properties of a connection object, use the get function. This function returns different values depending upon which data server you are using.


c =
      session: [1x1 com.bloomberglp.blpapi.Session]
    ipaddress: 'localhost'
         port: 8194.00

You can get the values of the individual properties by using the property names:


ans = 

       port: 8194.00
    session: [1x1 com.bloomberglp.blpapi.Session]

For example, return just the connection handle with the ipaddress argument:

ip = get(c,{'ipaddress'})
ip =

    Note:   A single property is not returned as a structure.

Retrieve Data on a Security

Establish a connection, b, to a Bloomberg communications server:

c = blp;

Use timeseries to return data on a security:


To return data on a particular field for a range of dates, use history:

data = history(c,'IBM US Equity','Last_Price','07/15/2009','08/02/2009')
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