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Collecting and Saving Data to MultiCharts Database

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* Ticks, minutes, days (see [[Tick, Minute and Daily Data]]);
* Asks, bids, trades.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Exceptions''': Historical data from the following data sources is not stored locally:<br>* [[ASCII Mapping]]<br>* [[CSI]]<br>* [[GlobalServer]]<br>* [[MetaStock]]<br>* Historical data from [[TradeStation]] can be stored locally if the box is checked in the data source settings.</div>
When data is imported from ASCII file, it is always stored in MultiCharts database.
==Saving Collected in Real-Time Data==
===Saving RT Data Collected in QuoteManager===
All types of data received from data vendors if "Collect RT Data w/o Plotting" is on in QuoteManager (see [[Online Mode Data Collection]]) is stored in database.
 
===Saving RT Data Collected in MultiCharts===
* RT data plotted in DOM window is not saved.
* RT data plotted in Market Scanner window is saved the same way as data plotted in Chart window.
* RT data plotted in Chart window is stored or is not stored, depending on its type:
:* Ticks are always stored.
:* Minute and daily are recorded or not recorded for each data vendor individually:
:: <div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': If a data source provides only real-time data (no historical backfill) it is always recorded in MultiCharts database. Only the data vendors, supporting both history and real-time feed are listed in the following table.</div>
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|<p align="center">'''Data Vendor'''</p>

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