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*: ''DataSource'' - an optional parameter; specifies the data source
* If ''Category'' parameter is not specified, ''Exchange'' parameter does not have to be followed by a semicolon.
* If ''Exchange'' parameter is not specified, and ''Category'' parameter immediately follows the ''SymbolName'' parameter, two semicolons must separate ''SymbolName'' and ''Category'' parameters (''SymbolName;; Category'').
* ''DataSource'' - is specified by the DataSource abbreviation:
{|
|'''Data Source Name'''||'''Abbreviation'''
|-
|AGN Futures||AGN
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|ASCII Mapping||ASC
|-
|Bloomberg||BL
|-
|CyberTrader||CT
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|Free Quotes||F
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|GlobalServer||GS
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|IQFeed||IQ
|-
|Interactive Brokers||IB
|-
|MarketCast||MC
|-
|Metastock||MS
|-
|Open E Cry||OEC
|-
|Patsystems||PS
|-
|QFeed||QF
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|Tenfore||TF
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|TradeStation||TS
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|TransAct Futures||TA
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|Universal DDE||DDE
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|eSignal||ES
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|otFeed||OT
|}
<TABLE class="QMtable"br><TR class="QMtr"br><TH class="QMth-odd" nowrap>'''<font color=#555555>Data Source Name</TH><TH classdiv style="QMthbackground-odd" nowrap>'''<font color=: #555555>Abbreviation</TH></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">AGN Futures</TD><TD class="QMtd">AGN</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">ASCII Mapping</TD><TD class="QMtd">ASC</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">Bloomberg</TD><TD class="QMtd">BL</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">CyberTrader</TD><TD class="QMtd">CT</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">Free Quotes</TD><TD class="QMtd">F</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">GlobalServer</TD><TD class="QMtd">GS</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">IQFeed</TD><TD class="QMtd">IQ</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">Interactive Brokers</TD><TD class="QMtd">IB</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">MarketCast</TD><TD class="QMtd">MC</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">Metastock</TD><TD class="QMtd">MS</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">Open E Cry</TD><TD class="QMtd">OEC</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">Patsystems</TD><TD class="QMtd">PS</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">QFeed</TD><TD class="QMtd">QF</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">Tenfore</TD><TD class="QMtd">TF</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">TradeStation</TD><TD class="QMtd">TS</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">TransAct Futures</TD><TD class="QMtd">TA</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">Universal DDE</TD><TD class="QMtd">DDE</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">eSignal</TD><TD class="QMtd">ES</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">otFeed</TD><TD class="QMtd">OT</TD></TR></TABLE> <br><div class="noteE3FBE5;">Note: DataSource parameter is not case-sensitive</div>
<br>A list of available data sources and corresponding abbreviations can also be found in the '''Data Sources''' window in QuoteManager. To open the '''Data Sources''' window in QuoteManager, click the '''Data Sources''' http://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/toolbar/QM/07_DataSources.png icon, or select '''Tools''' in the main menu and click '''Data Sources'''.
* If ''Exchange'' parameter is not specified, a default exchange will be selected based on the data source and category (category selection takes place prior to default exchange selection):
{|<TABLE class="QMtable"><TR class="QMtr"><TH class="QMth-odd" nowrap>'''<font color=#555555>|Data Source</TH><TH class="QMth-odd" nowrap>'''<font color=#555555>||Category</TH><TH class="QMth-odd" nowrap>'''<font color=#555555>||Exchange</TH></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD rowspan="3" class="QMtd">|Interactive Brokers</TD><TD class="QMtd">||Future</TD><TD class="QMtd">GLOBEX</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd"br>Cash/Forex</TDbr>Other||GLOBEX<TD class="QMtd"br>IDEALPRO</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">Other</TD><TD class="QMtd"br>SMART</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD rowspan="2" class="QMtd">OpenTick</TD><TD class="QMtd">||Future</TD><TD class="QMtd"br>Other||EM</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">Other</TD><TD class="QMtd"br>Q</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">|TransAct Futures</TD><TD class="QMtd">||All</TD><TD class="QMtd">||CME</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD rowspan="3" class="QMtd">GlobalServer</TD><TD class="QMtd">||Future</TD><TD class="QMtd">CME</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd"br>Cash/Forex</TDbr>Other||CME<TD class="QMtd"br>CFOREX</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">Other</TD><TD class="QMtd"br>NASDAQ</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD rowspan="4" class="QMtd">TradeStation</TD><TD class="QMtd">||Future</TD><TD class="QMtd">CME</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd"br>Cash/Forex</TDbr>Bond<TD class="QMtd"br>FOREXOther||CME</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"br>FOREX<TD class="QMtd">Bond</TD><TD class="QMtd"br>AMEX</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr"><TD class="QMtd">Other</TD><TD class="QMtd"br>NASDAQ</TD></TR><TR class="QMtr-odd"><TD class="QMtd">|All other data sources</TD><TD class="QMtd">||All</TD><TD class="QMtd">||UNDEF</TD></TR></TABLE>|}
''Category'' - an optional parameter; specifies the symbol category
