Maps Menu
- Layered Weather Maps – The layered weather maps display detailed weather information in a Google Map format.
- Layered Data Maps – The Layered Data Maps include crop bids and basis information from DTN’s reporting locations around the United States. In addition, the USDA crop reports can also be layered on the maps.
- DTN Platinum Weather
Trader Menu
- Order Execution – Information about the Order Execution
Education and Training
- On Demand Courses
- Free ProphetX Training
Window Menu
- Arranging Your Work Area – As you continue adding Content Windows to your Workspace, you will want to arrange the windows so that you can easily see the information they provide.
Linking to Excel
- DDE Linking Quotes – You can link real-time prices from a quote sheet into an Excel spreadsheet. The linked prices will continue to update in real time.
- RTD Linking Quotes – RTD offers an updated alternative to DDE linking to Excel spreadsheets.
- DDE Linking Tabular History – ProphetX’s tabular displays allow you to dynamically link historical data to a spreadsheet.
- RTD Linking Tabular History – RTD (Real Time Data) is an updated alternative to DDE that allows you to dynamically link historical data to a spreadsheet.
- Linking Series View – When linking from Options, you have the choice of doing standard DDE linking or the updated RTD linking.
- Linking Strike View – When linking from Options, you have the choice of doing standard DDE linking or the updated RTD linking.
ProphetX Excel Add-in
- Installing and Troubleshooting the ProphetX Excel Add-in – Tips for installing the ProphetX Excel Add-in tool.
- Accessing Excel Help
- When opening a dialog box in the Add-in, press F1 to go directly to the appropriate help file.
- If you press the Excel Add-in Help button you will land on this page – ProphetX Excel Add-in. Click on one of the links below to go directly to an Excel Add-in Help Topic (or click on the “Show” button at the top of this page to display the ProphetX Help Table of Contents – Excel Add-in is located under Product User Guides.)
- Quotes Query – The Quotes selection in the Excel Add-in will display individual quotes or futures chains. In addition, you can do currency or units conversions on the data and select the fields and layout orientation.
- History Query – The History selection in the ProphetX Excel Add-in retrieves historic data for the symbol or expression entered in the Symbol List.
- Charting Query – The ProphetX Excel Add-in charting feature will chart historical data and show the “tabular” information at the same time.
- Add-in Currency Conversion – The currency conversion selection allows you to change the currency value for your quotes and history from one currency to another. The results will display in the currency you selected.
- Add-in Units Conversion – Units conversion will convert the symbol(s) from one unit to another, just as barrels to gallons, or bushels to tons.
- Add-in Lead Lag – The Lead/Lag selection under Action will shift data “x” number of periods forward (lead) or backward (lag).
- Add-in Show Hide Columns – Show/Hide Columns lets you determine which columns you want to display in the Symbol List dialog box.
- Add-in Add Study – When creating history or charts, you can also add studies to them.
- Add-in Study Properties – When you add a study to a history or chart display you can then highlight the study in the Symbol List and then change the study properties.
- Excel Add-in Change Label (Symbol) Feature – Once you have data for quotes, history, or charts, you can change the symbol that is currently in the display to a different one.
- Excel Add-in Preferences – The Add-in preferences button displays the preferences menu, which set the background preferences in the spreadsheet.
- List of Field Descriptions Used with Excel Add-in – Field Descriptions for fields that can be used in the Excel Add-in.
DTN Mobile
DTN ProphetX Android Mobile App
DTN ProphetX for iOS Mobile App
DTN ChartIt – External Data Access
This PDF document describes the process of setting up external data that can be charted in ProphetX v3.16 or later. For example, you maintain a spreadsheet that has proprietary data and you would like to chart this data in ProphetX along with your other ProphetX data. After setting up your data according to the instructions in this document, you will be able to enter a symbol for your data and then display the data in a ProphetX chart or tabular display.
DTN Biodiesel User Guide
Please note: The Biodiesel workbook has an embedded spreadsheet that may not be compatible with the version of Excel you are using. To ensure compatibility, open it as a stand-alone spreadsheet outside of ProphetX. The spreadsheet is packaged with the sample workbooks and located in My ProphetX Files under My Documents.
DTN ProphetX Silent Install Guide
The DTN ProphetX Client has an executable installer that can be customized for multiple installs. The Silent Install Guide will help you IT answer all the questions needed to do this.