Bloomberg ODBC connection.

[Liu]

Hi,
Eviews 8 enterprise version has been installed on bloomberg terminal. I want to directly fetch series. I basically followed the instruction from the
manu "bloomberg database extension for Eviews", but for some reason the bloomberg database is not showing up in the list, as other external database such as datastream or fret do.

I think it might be for the reason that bloomberg is not registered as an odbc. Could anyone give me some instruction on how to solve the problem?

Many thanks.

[EViews Gareth]

What's the build date of your copy of EViews? (Help->About EViews).

[Liu]

November 19, 2013.

[EViews Gareth]

Bloomberg connectivity was added in EViews 8.1, released only a few months ago. You need to update your copy of EViews.

[Liu]

Hi Gareth,

I updated eviews patch of Novermber 25, 2014. Now the build is November 25, 2014.
However, bloomberg is not showing in the menu when I click open database database files.

Is there another patch I need to update for including bloomberg in the list?

Thank you very much for your help.

[EViews Jason]

Try typing 'regcomponents' (without quotes) into the command window.

Bloomberg should be listed in the dialog as either 'registered' or 'not registered'. If 'registered', Bloomberg should now appear in the list.