access contents of Data Box

[roland_nt]

The data box provides a convenient way to see ALL the indicator values for a given bar.
Is there a way to access or loop through (and ultimately write out to a file)
the contents of the data box for all bars in the chart?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Roland_nt,

There's no way to access the data box directly, but you can write indicator values to a file. You would need to be aware of any indicators you want to write to a file, and use their current bar (index [0]) values to write to a file.

This sample can help writing OHLC and indicator values to a file:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3475

[roland_nt]

access contents of Data Box

Thanks for quick reply. The link does give useful basics.

As an aside, the utility of being able to access the DataBox contents is that automatically would handle changes to the set of analytical indicators for which data was being collected and is thus decoupled from explicit knowledge of what indicators were loaded in any particular chart template.

Using the approach in the sample means that there must be a separate code collecting indicator for each template that has different analytically indicators, a problem I was trying to avoid.

Pass it on to the development crew as a low priority feature request.
Thnaks again for quick replay

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Thanks - it would add a layer of convenience for sure, and perhaps offer some features that non-programmers could take advantage of. We appreciate the suggestion and will update this post once we have a tracking # available.

[koganam]

Thanks for quick reply. The link does give useful basics.

As an aside, the utility of being able to access the DataBox contents is that automatically would handle changes to the set of analytical indicators for which data was being collected and is thus decoupled from explicit knowledge of what indicators were loaded in any particular chart template.

Using the approach in the sample means that there must be a separate code collecting indicator for each template that has different analytically indicators, a problem I was trying to avoid.

Pass it on to the development crew as a low priority feature request.
Thnaks again for quick replay

Your query sounds a lot like what is in this thread. The solution will be about the same.