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News sent from the connectivity provider or via an RSS feed is displayed in the News window. Alerts and filters can be configured based on keywords in the news headline.

 

tog_minusUnderstanding the News Window

News Window Display

The News window is divided into the following sections:

 

1.Select user defined filters
2.Enable or disable user defined alerts
3.List of real-time news headlines
4.Displays the news story for the selected news headline

 

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Right Click Menu

Right mouse click in the upper left hand corner of the News window to access the right click menu. From this menu you can choose to show the news story related to the selected headline and create, format and delete alerts and filters.

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RSS Feed Setup

To view news stories and headlines in the News window from an RSS feed:

 

1.Enable the desired RSS feed(s) in the RSS Tab of the Options menu
2.Add the instrument(s) you want to receive news for to the RSS instrument list within the Instrument Manager

 

RSS news will now stream into the News window for any instrument added to the RSS instrument list as long as you are connected to a data provider.

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Creating a Filter Condition

A filter will only display news items if they meet your user defined conditions. You can define a filter by:

 

Keyword
Filtering on a specified instrument list
Filtering on a specified set of news providers

 

To create a filter condition within the News window:

 

1.Right mouse click in the upper left hand corner of the News window
2.Select the menu item Add Filter...
3.Set the filter properties and conditions (see the "Alert Window" sub-section of the "How to create an alert condition" section below for more information)
4.Press the OK button and use the Filter drop down menu in the upper left hand corner of the News window to select the filter.
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Creating an Alert Condition

An alert will visually and audibly notify you when your Keyword has been found within a news headline.

 

Alerts can be defined by:

 

Keyword
Filtered on a specific instrument list
Filtered on a specified set of news providers

 

To create an alert condition within the News window:

 

1.Right mouse click in the upper left hand corner of the News window
2.Select the menu item Add Alert...
3.Set the alert properties and conditions (see the "Alert Window" sub-section below)
4.Press the OK button and check the alert to activate it.

 

Alert Window

The Alert window can be opened by right mouse clicking in the upper left hand corner of the News window and selecting the menu item Add Alert... This is where you define the alert keyword and other properties.

 

The following options can be configured in the General tab:

 

Name

Sets the name of the alert

Keyword

Sets the keyword that triggers the alert

From instrument list

Confines the alert to a specified instrument list

Enable linking

Enables or disables alert window linking

 

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Alert keywords can be filtered using the Provider tab.

 

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The following alert properties can be configured in the Alert tab:

 

Color for background

Sets the alert background color

Color for foreground

Sets the alert text color

Priority

Sets a user defined priority

Sound file

Sets the sound file that will play when the alert is triggered

 

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