getPortfolio: Run 'Portfolio Data' Queries
In Rblpapi: R Interface to 'Bloomberg'

getPortfolio

R Documentation

Run 'Portfolio Data' Queries

Description

This function uses the Bloomberg API to retrieve 'portfolio' queries

Usage

getPortfolio(security, field, options = NULL, overrides = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE, identity = defaultAuthentication(),
  con = defaultConnection())

Arguments

`security`	A character value with a single security symbol in Bloomberg notation.
`field`	A character string with a single Bloomberg query field.
`options`	An optional named character vector with option values. Each field must have both a name (designating the option being set) as well as a value.
`overrides`	An optional named character vector with override values. Each field must have both a name (designating the override being set) as well as a value.
`verbose`	A boolean indicating whether verbose operation is desired, defaults to ‘FALSE’
`identity`	An optional identity object as created by a `blpAuthenticate` call, and retrived via the internal function `defaultAuthentication`.
`con`	A connection object as created by a `blpConnect` call, and retrieved via the internal function `defaultConnection`.

Value

A list with as many entries as there are entries in securities; each list contains a data.frame with one row per observations and as many columns as entries in fields. If the list is of length one, it is collapsed into a single data frame.