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I have some 1 minute bar data for a commodity that goes back several years. The data is so large, in fact, that it had to be broken up into 2 data files to send it via email. Is there an easy way in MultiCharts to "paste" those two files together so that they are 1 continuous chart on the screen?

I have some 1 minute bar data for a commodity that goes back several years. The data is so large, in fact, that it had to be broken up into 2 data files to send it via email. Is there an easy way in MultiCharts to "paste" those two files together so that they are 1 continuous chart on the screen?

are they ascii files?

if you import them through QM, they are automatically appended in the database.

Yes, they are ASCII files. How will the QM "know" that they should be appended? Do I have to designate something when I "map to ascii" or do I do an "import" instead?
As you can tell, I am new to this.
thanks!

Yes, they are ASCII files. How will the QM "know" that they should be appended? Do I have to designate something when I "map to ascii" or do I do an "import" instead?
As you can tell, I am new to this.
thanks!

QM arranges the data by time stamp.

or,
you can merge the files before import.

I guess my question is how does QM know that the two files are related?

thanks for your help.

I guess my question is how does QM know that the two files are related?

thanks for your help.

If you are importing the data into the same symbol, all the data will be associated with that symbol, and all the data will be arranged by the time stamp.

any duplicate time stamps will be overwritten by the latest import.


ps.
if you are concerned with data contamination,
you can set up a dummy symbol and test out the import process with that symbol first.

Thanks for your help - I ended up creating a unique symbol just for this ASCII data and it looks like the Quote Manager assembled everything cleanly as you described.

One more reason why MultiCharts is very cool - thanks!

Thanks for your help - I ended up creating a unique symbol just for this ASCII data and it looks like the Quote Manager assembled everything cleanly as you described.

One more reason why MultiCharts is very cool - thanks!

you are welcome