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  1. Preface
  2. Libraries for Industry Standards
  3. Using Libraries
  4. Descriptions of the Libraries
  5. Generate Library Objects

Libraries Guide

Libraries Guide

Bloomberg Message Structure

Bloomberg Message Structure

A Bloomberg message is made up of a header section, a field-definition section, and a data section. The header section and the field-definition section are optional.
The following example of a Bloomberg message shows a header section, a field-definition section, and a data section:
START-OF-FILE RUNDATE=20110911 PROGRAMNAME=getdata REPLYFILENAME=DLMRT_comma_bulklist.out FIRMNAME=dl927 PROGRAMFLAG=oneshot COLUMNHEADER=yes SECMASTER=yes CREDITRISK=yes DELIMITER=, OUTPUTFORMAT=bulklist START-OF-FIELDS CALL_SCHEDULE END-OF-FIELDS TIMESTARTED=Sun Sep 11 10:44:19 EDT 2011 START-OF-DATA US4581401001 US|10|1| | US4581401001 US Equity|0|1| | 431022KW1 Equity|10|1| | 431022KW1 Corp |10/02/2009|100.0000 431022KW1 Govt |10/02/2009|100.0000 US694032BD48 Muni |11/01/2007|103.203500 END-OF-DATA TIMEFINISHED=Sun Sep 11 10:44:22 EDT 2011 END-OF-FILE

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