Command Line Printing - Overview

Overview

One of the advanced features supported by Optuma with Enterprise Services is command line printing. This allows you to automatically perform a number of functions, such as publishing charts, running scans, or creating .csv output files of watchlists with custom columns. These commands can be combined with the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically run whenever you need them.

For example, you can schedule to run a scan of new 52 week highs and lows at 7am each day with the results printed as either a watchlist or each chart as an image file using your preferred Page Layout.

Here’s Mathew explaining how these can be set up, but note that since the video was recorded we have made creating the command text easier with the Command Line Builder button that you can add to your toolbar.

Supported Commands

Accessing the Command Prompt

To access the Windows command prompt, click the Start button, type ‘CMD’ and press Enter.

In the window that opens, navigate to your Optuma folder. If using the default installation path this would be done using the following command:

cd C:\Program Files\Optuma

Once you have selected the Optuma folder, you can begin inputting print commands.

Examples

optuma.exe -print -index -wb "My Charts.owb"

This will create a single PDF file for all charts contained within the My Charts workbook. The PDF file will include an index page at the start, with links to each page.

optuma.exe -print -ppp -wb "My Charts.owb"

This will create multiple PDF files (one per page) of the My Charts workbook.

optuma.exe -print -sl "ASX Top 200" -lo "Volatility" -out "C:\Printed Files"

This will create a single PDF in the folder called Printed Files. The PDF will contain all the codes found in the ASX Top 200 Symbol List. Each chart will display using the layout called Volatility.

optuma.exe -png -wb "My Charts.owb" -out "G:\My Image Files"

This will create a set of PNG files for each page in the My Chart workbook. The files will be saved to the My Image Files folder, located on G drive.

optuma.exe -csv -wb "My Watchlist.owb" -out DESKTOP/OptumaOutput

This will create a .csv file containing the custom columns of a watchlist, saved to the OptumaOutput folder on your Desktop.

optuma.exe -SCAN -SN "Trend Reversals.osn" -SL "Review Today"

This will run the scan called Trend Reversals and will save the results in a Symbol List called Review Today.

Windows Task Scheduler

Windows Task Scheduler is a great way of setting up multiple commands to run while the PC / Laptop is unattended.

Windows Task Schedular

If setting up Command Line Print tasks in the Windows Task Scheduler, you may need to enter your Windows user password. Note that if you change your password you will need to update the details in the tasks as well for them to work.

Batch Publishing

From Optuma 2.0 and later the command line printing module supports batch printing. The following is an example of the format used in a text file:

-csv -SL "ETFs" -WLO "C:\Users\tester\Documents\Optuma\Local\Layouts\Watchlists\RANK_W" -out "C:\Reports\USA-CSV" -filename "Test1" -overwrite

-csv -SL "Stocks" -WLO "C:\Users\tester\Documents\Optuma\Local\Layouts\Watchlists\RANK_D" -out "C:\Reports\USA-CSV" -filename "Test2" -overwrite

-csv -SL "Funds" -WLO "C:\Users\tester\Documents\Optuma\Local\Layouts\Watchlists\RANK_M" -out "C:\Reports\USA-CSV" -filename "Test3" -overwrite

The above would be saved in a file such as PrintBatch.txt. The command to run the file process would be:

"C:\Program Files\Optuma\Optuma.exe" -run "C:\Reports\printbatch.txt" -newprocess