===== Configure QuoteIN with QuoteTracker ===== ==== Before starting ==== * You must be a QuoteTracker's subscriber to use this feature it will not work without it * Make sure that you have QuoteTracker version 3.6.3 or later installed * Make sure that you have QuoteIN version 0.70.1 or later (check using menu **QuoteIN > About**) * You must have one or more data provider accounts in QuoteTracker ==== Prepare QuoteTracker === * Test the data provider account(s) within QuoteTracker to be sure that the user names and passwords are accepted and the feeds are working properly * Make sure QuoteTracker streaming API is enabled and use QuoteTracker menus as follows Menu Options > sub menu Edit Preferences > tab Misc > set API Server Settings to ON ==== QuoteIN Setup ==== * Start QuoteTracker * Click on the icon 'qL'in the windows task bar (right bottom of your screen) and click the *sub menu* **Feeds**. (If the icon 'qL' is not there use **Start > All Programs > Start WinQL** to make it appear) *A dialog box titled **Active Feeds** will open: {{:afeeds.jpg|:afeeds.jpg}} This dialog box shows all feeds that are currently active. You are going to add one or more feeds coming through QuoteTracker to this list. * click button 'Full List' * a new Dialog box titled **Select feeds** opens; You will see that all QuoteTracker feeds are listed there (there are more than 100 feeds appearing) {{:fullfeeds.jpg|:fullfeeds.jpg}} * For each feed you want to add follow this: * find the feed in this list * select the feed from the list and type an abbreviation to use it * click button Add feed with suffix * when you have added all feeds Close the 'Select feeds' dialog box * You are back in the **Active feeds dialog box**. You will see that now it also contains the feeds just added. * If you have just one feed or a preferred feed set it as default feed * close the Active feeds dialog box. ==== Quick Test ==== * Using menu **QuoteIN** > **Examples** open the first example **Basic Example** * In the left top cell (over MSN) type one of the abbreviations just added. * The example quote list will be repopulated with the quotes coming from the corresponding source. These quotes should be streaming if the feed is a streaming feed and the market is open. You will be using the different feed abbreviations given while configuring to access the different feeds in your formulas. ==== Notes ==== * Remember that for any future sessions you need to launch QuoteTracker before using any of the QuoteTracker's feed. * You can use QT and direct feeds simultaneously and mix their data in cells. * To use the default feed as defined in QT simply add 'QuoteTracker Streaming' direct feed * Some of the QuoteTracker feeds are snapshot based for the auto-refresh rate is set in QuoteTracker