# '''Automatically''', by closing all the MultiCharts applications. The data saving process will be displayed in the “Saving Data to Storage” window.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note:''' By default real-time minute data is not saved to the database if the data source provides historical minute data. To save real-time minute bars to the database, enable the “Save real-time minute bars to the database” option in File -> Preferences -> Data.<br>To store TradeStation historical data locally, “Save data to local database” option should be enabled.</div>
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Next time a chart with the same data range is plotted, the data is loaded from cache or the database first, then missing historical data and real-time data are requested from the data provider.