creating indicator with external datas

[FutureTrade]

Dear Support

I'm not very used in programing. If I can use the wizard it's OK - otherwise I have a very small expirience. I calculated a Index with external datas on Excel-Sheet. I have two column's one with the date and one with the numbers. The numbers are from 0 to 100.

I like to have in a Chart (Gold) this Index in the Panel 2 as a line, similar like a oszillator with the line 0 and the line 100.

I safed the Excel Sheet as a txt file (COTREP.Last.txt). I created a own Symbol (COTREP) in instruments and after uploading the txt file, following message will show: "zero (0) datasets successfull imported".

It does not have a matter in which format I converted the txt file:

"yyyymmdd;" "open;" "high;" "low;" "close;" "volume;"
"20150602;" "62;" "62;" "62;" "62;" "62;"

or

yyyymmdd;open;high;low;close;volume;
20150602;0;0;0;62;0

or
20150602;62;62;62;62;62
20150609;67;67;67;67;67
20150616;68;68;68;68;68

nothing is working but it shows " zero (0) datasets successfull imported ".

How can I bring the external datas into Ninja and how can I have access to this datas? Exist a similar function or Indicator to copy it?

Hope I could explain the problem with my small english.

Thank you very much.
Best
Markus

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Markus,

Thank you for your note.

To confirm you are attempting to create a synthetic instrument and import historical data from text file, is this correct?

You are not attempting to create an indicator programmed in c# to read data from a file and parse the text to double values, is this correct?

May we have a sample of the data txt file you are attempting to import?

May we also have a screenshot of the Instrument Settings window for this instrument?

[FutureTrade]

Dear Chelsea
Yes I tried to create a synthetic Instrument, because I imagine that I can have Access to this data.

Yes, I have no expirience in C# and I have no idea for "parse" and how it works.

see the txt file as example - the data is per week:

20150602;62;62;62;62;62
20150609;67;67;67;67;67
20150616;68;68;68;68;68
20150623;62;62;62;62;62
20150630;66;66;66;66;66
20150707;71;71;71;71;71
20150714;72;72;72;72;72
20150721;77;77;77;77;77
20150728;79;79;79;79;79
20150804;77;77;77;77;77
20150811;76;76;76;76;76
20150818;75;75;75;75;75

Screenshot from Instruments setting window: please see Attachement I uploaded.
Best
Markus

[FutureTrade]

Dear Chelsea

I tried to upload the datas again and I see the error I made. Now the datas are uploaded and the message was showed: 152 datasets are successfull uploaded.

I attached you the file with the external datas.

But how can I have Access to the uploaded datas without writing C# codes?

It is possible by creating a synthetic Instrument?

Best
Markus

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Markus,

If the data has been imported into NinjaTrader, you can open a chart with that symbol.

The data imported will show in the chart (for the charts Days to load or range).

[FutureTrade]

Dear Chelsea

Many thanks now it works very fine.
I appreciate your Support very well.
Best
Markus