Explore the RTD DB User Interface for Real-Time Data
The RTD DB main window is displayed as follows:
The application icon is also available in the system tray.
Menu File
- Open Configuration File
- Opens the RTD.DB.exe.config file for checking or editing application settings.
- Open Connection Manager
- Launches the Connection Manager for visual editing of connection strings.
- Open Configuration Editor
- Opens the RTD DB Database Configuration Editor for visual editing of database configuration tables and symbols.
- Open Symbol Helper
- Launches the Symbol Helper to extract stock and option symbols from RTD formulas or web pages and paste them into database tables.
- Exit
- Stops all running services and closes the application.
Menu Operations
- Start Services
- Initiates the process of updating databases with real-time data.
- Pause Services
- Temporarily halts the timer responsible for updating databases.
Use this button to pause updates. To resume, click the Start button. - Stop Services
- Halts all running services.
- Reload Database Data
- Saves current data to databases and reloads data from databases.
Use this button to refresh data after adding new tickers to database tables. - Save Data to Database
- Immediately saves current data to databases.
Use this button if services have been paused or to update data before the next timer event.
Menu Help
- Help
- Displays the local help documentation.
- Online Help
- Opens the online help web page.
- Technical Support
- Opens the support web page.
- RTD DB Website
- Opens the product page on the official website.
- Register Product
- Displays the Register Product wizard.
- Buy License
- Opens the web page to initiate the purchase process.
- Check Updates
- Opens the web page for downloading updates.
- About RTD DB
- Displays the About RTD DB dialog box.
Table Columns
- Status Image
- Indicates the table status with a green or red image.
- Table
- Displays the name of the database table.
- Rows
- Displays the count of loaded rows.
- Pending
- Displays the count of pending rows.
- Last Topics
- Displays the count of topics returned by the real-time server during the last data refresh.
- Last Notify
- Displays the time of the first data change notification from the real-time server after the last data refresh.
- Last Refresh
- Displays the start time of data retrieval from the real-time server.
The interval between notification and receipt of changed data depends on theRefreshTimerIntervalvalue. - Last Save
- Displays the time when the last data was saved to the database.
The interval between notification and this time indicates the maximum delay for real-time data in the database. - Status
- Displays the status of real-time server and database operations.
- Topics
- Displays the count of topics connected to the real-time server.
Typically, this is the row count multiplied by the real-time column count. - MSPR
- Displays the average speed of saving data to the database in milliseconds per row (MSPR).
- ProgID
- Displays RTD server ProgIDs or DDE service names.
- Server
- Displays the names of database servers.
- Database
- Displays the names of databases.