Bloomberg offers online help, using the green < HELP > key.
You can search the entire Bloomberg system by typing your search terms and then hit the < HELP > key.
Or, do not type anything in and hit < HELP > key once to bring up any help documentation Bloomberg has available for the page or function you are viewing.
Finally, hitting < HELP > twice will bring up a chat window that will allow you to work with a Bloomberg support specialist to answer your particular question,
The Kogod School of Business offers Bloomberg training sessions throughout the academic year for AU students, faculty and staff.
Bloomberg is a professional on-line database that provides real-time and historic trading data, analytics and research, and news for global financial markets. The markets include but are not limited to government securities, corporate securities, mortgage, money-market, indices, currency, commodities and equities.
Navigating the Bloomberg system can be difficult because it requires the user to enter command codes, instead of clicking links on the screen. Yale University has created a Getting Started Cheat Sheet with essential codes.
Command codes are generally structured as follows
Item of interest <MARKET KEY> Function Code <GO>
For eample, earnings estimates for Microsoft are produced using this command code.
MSFT <EQUITY> EE <GO>
| Step 1 | Press < GO > without entering a username or password. |
| Step 2 | Provide the information requested. Note, you must have a valid AU email account to proceed. Also, be sure to provide your cell phone number. |
| Step 3 | Remain near the terminal to activate the account as Bloomberg will call you to verify the account information within a few minutes. |
TO LOG-OUT:
| Step 1: | Press the < CONN/DFLT > key in the upper right hand of the keyboard |