Chartbooks Guide

Official Documentation from Sierra Chart

Chartbooks (Workspaces)

All chart windows, Time and Sales windows, Market Depth windows, Trade windows for charts, Trade DOM windows, and Spreadsheets used by the Spreadsheet studies are contained within Chartbooks. A Chartbook is not a window. It is a collection of multiple windows. A Chartbook is like a desktop/layout/workspace for Sierra Chart.

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A chartbook is simply a workspace to view charts and data. It’s possible to have many open at once and navigate between them, however excessive charts may reduce performance.

Tip: Add a OpenChartbook and CloseChartbook button to the Control bar for faster navigation. How-to is linked HERE

How to Download Someone Else’s Chartbook

1. Usually the chartbook will be in the Downloads folder, with a .CHT file extension
2. Move the provided file(s) to the Data folder of Sierra. (User/SierraChart/Data). A chartbook is in CHT format, but some require a spreadsheet
3. Open Sierra Chart > File (Title Bar) > Open Chartbook > “the_file_provided.cht”

The chartbook will open, but in many cases, two things need to be changed to properly see charts and data.

1. Change the timezone to your preferred zone
• Chart > Chart Settings > Session Times (tab)
• Adjust as needed
2. Change the symbol.
1. Edit (title bar) > Translate symbols to the current service

or

b. Chart (title bar) > Chart Settings > Symbol (tab)

Tip: If the chart is blank, Title Bar: Edit > Translate Symbols to Current Service

Chartbook Settings

To adjust some chartbook settings such as autosave, simple:

• Title Bar: Global Settings > General Settings > Charts > Chartbooks > Adjust as needed

Configuring Chartbook Workspace for Multiple Monitors

By default all charts added to a chartbook are contained within the workspace of the main computer monitor.

Charts are either attached or detached to the workspace.

To detatch/attach a chart window from workspace:

• Select by clicking the desired chart
• Title Bar: Window > Detach Chart Window (or Attach Chart Window to re-attach it)
• Drag detached chart windows to desired locations between computer monitors
• Title Bar: File > Save

Note: It is possible to align windows from multiple instances (Instances Resource Link):

• Title Bar: Window Always Visible (this prevents a minimize if needed)

How to Change the Name of Chartbook

2 Methods:

1. Find the file within the User/SierraChart/Data/ folder and rename manually
2. Open the chartbook, Title Bar: File > Save As > Type a new name > Save

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