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You will need to create topics to in the reader. Only the topics created in the reader will be updated by the reader. To create a new topic

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1. Select the Content Group and then Topic.

2. Type the symbol name of the commodity in the text box beside the Add Symbol button.

   1. Symbols should either be fully specified or use a wildcard notation like this: ZC*1

      1. The *1 indicates that it uses the first contract month for the commodity

      2. You could use *2 to specify the second available month for the commodity

3. If the symbol you typed in is valid it will automatically display the name of the commodity associated to the left of the text box.

4. Press the Add Symbol button.

5. The symbol will be add added to the list and the list will be refreshed.

   1. The reader will apply the current data from barchart so values are up-to-date right away.

Manage Commodity Lists in Flow

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1. Login and navigate to the Financials module.

2. Select the appropriate Content Group and Topic

3. Click on the Add New button in the header of the grid showing the current list of commodities

   

4. Provide the required information

   1. Symbol

      1. Symbols should either be fully specified or use a wildcard notation like this: ZC*1

         1. The *1 indicates that it uses the first contract month for the commodity

         2. You could use *2 to specify the second available month for the commodity

   2. Name

   3. Price

5. Press the Add button.

6. The symbol will be added to the list and the list will be refreshed.

   1. The next time the reader runs it will update the new item with data from barchart.

Run the Reader

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Once the setup is complete and there are commodities added to a topic created in the reader you can start running the reader.

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You can turn on additional Performance log messages as well. When the Performance Logs option is checked extra messages will be added to the log file as it runs.

You can turn on additional Debug log messages as well. When the Debug Logs option is checked extra messages will be added to the log file as it runs to help with troubleshooting.