The following terms are used in this document and in the Reuters RFA/Java Configuration Wizard.
- DACS
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Data Access Control Systems.
- FID
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Field Identifier, a unique number that identifies a field within a record in a data feed.
- RIC
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Reuters Instrument Code, a ticker-like code used to uniquely identify financial instruments and indices. RICs are used for looking up information on Reuters financial information networks.
- RFA/Java
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Reuters Foundation API for Java.
- RTIC
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Reuters TSA Information Cache, a Reuters data feed that combines features of the older TIBCO TIC and Reuters Triarch systems.
- RMDS
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Reuters Market Data System.
The goal of the Reuters Schema Designer view is to generate a StreamBase schema based on a selection of FIDs read directly from an RMDS data feed. The generated schema is named and saved to the Saved Schemas view in StreamBase Studio.
Once saved, you can drag or copy the saved schema to any Schema or Edit Schema tab in the Properties view of a component, or directly to the EventFlow canvas. See Dragging and Dropping Schemas for further information.
The Schema Designer view supports both RMDS 5 and RMDS 6 infrastructures.
If your site uses an RTIC server, read the important note before connecting to RTIC servers from StreamBase Studio.
The Reuters Schema Designer view is open in the default installation of StreamBase Reuters Edition. If you have closed the view, you can re-open it with → → .
Use the fields of the Reuters Schema Designer from top to bottom as described in this section.
Note
Seek the assistance of your site's RMDS network administrator to determine the information you need to fill in the fields in this view.
- Run RFA Configuration Wizard
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The Run RFA Configuration Wizard link runs the Reuters RFA/Java Configuration Wizard, which configures and saves the global RFA/Java preference settings for this computer.
If your site has a policy that prevents changing the system's RFA/Java preference settings, then instead use → → to generate an RFA/Java configuration file. When your configuration file is ready, re-run the Run RFA Configuration Wizard link, and select Configure from existing file on the wizard's second page.
- RFA Session
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From the RFA Session dropdown list, select the RFA session you want to connect to.
Studio reads the available RFA sessions from the RMDS infrastructure and populates this dropdown list automatically. If the RFA Session field is populated, it means the computer running Studio has already had its RFA/Java preferences configured at least once.
If the RFA Session dropdown list is empty, or if the entries it contains are obsolete or inappropriate, use the Run RFA Configuration Wizard link in the upper right corner of the view to configure this computer to access RMDS data. This will populate the RFA Session field.
- Refresh Sessions
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Click the Refresh Sessions link to pull an updated list of RFA sessions from your RMDS infrastructure.
- Entitlements
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If your site uses DACS Entitlements to authorize access to your RMDS infrastructure, you must specify your entitlements name and password before a connection can proceed.
If your site uses RMDS 5, your entitlements information is saved with your global configuration or in your configuration file.
If your site uses RMDS 6, the entitlements information is not stored with the global configuration. In this case, click the Set Lookup Entitlements button, and enter the requested information in the Entitlements Information dialog. If you are not sure what to enter, consult with the RMDS administrator for your site. When you click the Finish button in the dialog, the entitlement information you entered is summarized in the Entitlements section of the view.
- RMDS 6 Lookup Options
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If you are using an RMDS 5 configuration, the RMDS 6 Lookup Options heading is greyed out. If you are using an RMDS 6 configuration, this heading is active, and there two more fields are present. The information in these fields is required to use the Discover Services feature, because the RMDS 6 configuration does not store this information.
- Message Model
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Select the RMDS 6 message model from the dropdown list. The options are:
Market Price,Market by Order,Market by Price, andMarket Maker. - Dictionary
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Use the Set Dictionary Options button to open the Set Lookup RMDS 6 Data Dictionary Options dialog. The options are described in Data Dictionary Options.
- Service
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Type the name of the RMDS service you want to connect to. The name is case-sensitive and must be an exact match for an RMDS service on your network. Use the dropdown list to re-enter service names you have entered previously in this field.
- Discover Services
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Use the Discover Services link to identify RMDS service names on your site's RMDS infrastructure. The Service Discovery dialog attempts to discover services based on the current RFA Session setting. Select a service name from the Discovered Services list and click Use Selected Service.
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If your site uses DACS Entitlements, you must use the Set Lookup Entitlements button described above before using the Discover Services link.
- RICs
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Enter one or more RICs, separated by commas. For example, enter:
GOOG.O,IBM.N,MSFT.ARC. - Load RICs from file
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You can also populate this field from a text file containing a list of RICs, one RIC per line. Click the Load RICs from file link and navigate to the file system location of your RICs file.
- Start FIDs Lookup button
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When the fields above are filled in, click the Start FIDs Lookup button. Studio connects to your site's RMDS server and retrieves a list of all FIDs for the specified list of RICs.
If the Performing Reuters FIDs lookup dialog runs for a while with no advancement in the number of RICs found, click the Cancel button. For example, if the number below the progress bar stays at 8/10 or 2/3 without showing progress, then cancel the operation. In this case, the Results table is populated with the FIDs from the successfully found RICs. The status line above the Results table shows the number of RIC lookups that failed. Click this link, then click Details to see a list of the RICs that failed.
- Results table
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When the Start FIDs Lookup action succeeds, the results are shown in the Results table. By default, the table shows all FIDs in all requested RICs. Use the upper dropdown list control on the right of the Results table to specify Show FIDs present in all RICs. This option displays the intersection of FIDs from the specified list of RICs.
Mark the checkbox for each FID you want to be in the generated StreamBase schema. To help you locate the FIDs of interest in a long Results table, use the following features:
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Enter text in the search filter above the Create Schema button. (This field shows
(name filter)by default.) This restricts the table to rows with matching text in the Long Name or FID Name columns. The search field is not case sensitive. To redisplay the entire Results table, click the Clear button on the field's right, or erase the text you entered. -
The table is sorted by default by the Long Name column, in ascending alphabetical order. You can sort the table by any column by clicking a column header. Click again to sort in the reverse direction.
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You can rearrange the column order. For example, click and hold the header of the FID Name column, and drag it horizontally to the left. Drop the column when it is over the Long Name column. This reorders the first three columns in the order: FID, FID Name, Long Name.
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- Create Schema button
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When you have selected the FIDs of interest, click the Create Schema button. This opens the Save Schema dialog, which prompts for a name for this schema. The default name
FIDsis entered for you. If a saved schema exists with the nameFIDs, Studio appends a number to the suggested name.
Click OK to save the schema to StreamBase Studio's Saved Schemas view.
To display a context-sensitive Help view that provides a brief description of the view and links to further information, click any control in of the wizard page and press F1 on Windows, or Ctrl-F1 on Linux.