Charting configuration

This page provides a summary of all the Charting blade configuration options.

Configuration files

The Charting Blade’s configuration can be found in the following files: charting.conf, fieldset.conf, and watchlist.conf.

Configuration items

This section lists the configuration items supported by the Charting Blade.

Shutdown Transformer before configuring Charting. Some Charting configuration is overwritten when Transformer shuts down.

Requesting data

Option Default value Links Description

cache-subject-forever

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Link

A symbol to start caching data for at start up.

cache-container

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Link

The name of a container (or Refinitiv chain) which will be requested on startup.

cache-subject-temp

[no default]

Link

Temporarily add a symbol to the watchlist.

watchlist-filename

[no default]

Link

Name of file to write watchlist to.

Caching data

Option Default value Links Description

max-age

10

Link

Maximum amount of time (in days) to keep caching a user-requested symbol after it was last requested.

cache-directory

[current directory]

Link

Directory to be used to store the cached charting data files.

Filtering data

Option Default value Links Description

add-fieldset

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Link

Defines how a Transformer handles a set of instruments and which fields should be cached for that type.

Outputting data to Transformer

Option Default value Links Description

charts-prefix

/CHARTS

Link

Prefix for subjects that the Charting blade will provide data for.

Logging

Option Default value Links Description

log-level

INFO

Link

Determines the errors and events that are reported to the transformer.log log file when Caplin Transformer is operating.

log-file

charting.log

Link

Name of file to write debug messages to.

Opening hours and timezones

Option Default value Links Description

info-page

[no default]

Link

The name of the symbol carrying information to request at start up.

info-rerequest-time

[no default]

Link

Minutes after midnight local time at which to rerequest trading time information.

info-rerequest-days

[no default]

Link

Day at which to rerequest trading time information.

timeinfo-filename

[no default]

Link

Filename to write trading time information to.

timeinfo-shutdown-write

FALSE

Link

Boolean determining whether trading time information should be written to file on shutdown.

times-hashsize

1024

Link

Number of entries in the hashtable which holds trading times.

add-exchtime

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Link

Defines the opening time information for a specific exchange.

add-rictime

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Link

Defines the opening time information for a specific symbol.

add-roottime

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Link

Defines the opening time information for an exchange’s symbol root.

root-hashlen

2

Link

Number of characters to truncate root symbols to.

add-timezone

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Link

Identifies a time zone.