Defining User Defaults

Select a user.

Select a user type: Sales, System, Trader or Any.

The user type is for information purposes only.

User types are defined in domain "UserTypes".

Enter the default email address as needed. It will be used when you send messages through the EMAIL gateway.

Click ... to select the default directory. It will be used to store documents and reports. If not specified, the system's user directory will be used.

Example: C:\Users\<user>.

Select the default currency. New trades default to this currency.

Currencies are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Definitions > Currency Defaults.

Please refer to Calypso Getting Started documentation for details.

Select the default language (used mainly for messages).

You can click ... to add a language.

Select the default Trade Filter to load trades.

Trade filters are user-defined collections of trades.

They are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Filters > Trade Filter.

Please refer to Calypso Trade Filter documentation for details.

Select the default time zone in which the user operates.

Select the default trading book.

Trading books are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Books & Bundles > Trading Book.

Please refer to Calypso Getting Started documentation for details.

Select the default holiday calendar. This calendar is used when there is no holiday calendar specified in the Currency Defaults. It is also used when there is no holiday calendar specified for running scheduled tasks in the Trigger Definition Window.

You can click ... to add all calendars that apply.

Holiday calendars are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Definitions > Holiday Calendars.

Please refer to Calypso Getting Started documentation for details.

Select the default name of the trader capturing trades.

Trader names are defined in the "trader" domain.

Select the default book hierarchy for sorting trades and positions in reports.

Book hierarchies are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Books & Bundles > Book Hierarchy.

Please refer to Calypso Getting Started documentation for details.

Select the default market place where the trades are captured.

A market place is a legal entity of role "MarketPlace".

Select the default name of the sales person initiating trades.

Sales persons are defined in the "salesPerson" domain.

If the domain salesPerson is empty (and only in that case) and the Sales Person is set to blank in the User Defaults, the Sales Person field defaults to blank in the trades.

Select the default security code (ISIN, CUSIP, INTERNAL, etc) to display on trade entry windows for position-based products.

Security codes are created when defining products.

Select the default market type of the trades you enter.

Market types are created when defining bond products.

Select the default interest rate index.

Rate indices are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Interest Rates > Rate Index Definitions.

Please refer to Calypso Getting Started documentation for details.

Select the default bond type.

Bond types are created when defining bond products.

Enter the default number of decimals you want to display for interest rate indices.

For example, if the Rate Decimals field is set to 5 for a particular user, in the swap trade window, the fixed rate 6.123456 will be displayed as 6.12345.

 Ⓘ   [NOTE: A currency's Rate Decimals setting in the Currency Default window normally takes priority over the Rate Decimals setting in the User Defaults window. However, if you enter -1 for Rate Decimals in the Currency Default window, this will give priority to the setting specified in User Defaults. See "Defining Currencies and Currency Pairs" in the Getting Started documentation for further details]

Select the default Pricing Environment.

Pricing environments are created from the Calypso Navigator using Market Data > Pricing Environment > Pricing Environment

Please refer to Calypso Pricing Environment documentation for details.

Select the default country.

Countries are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Definitions > Countries.

Please refer to Calypso Getting Started documentation for details.

Setting the Locale here enables different users to be logged in to the same data server but each using a different locale.

The value set in this field overrides the value set in the Environment.

Select the default trade reference for selecting trades: ID, Ext Ref, or Int Ref.

In trade windows and reports, you can load individual trades based on the trade id (ID), external reference or internal reference.

The internal reference and external reference can be set in the Details panel of the trade worksheets.

Enter a filtering string as needed to filter the events that the user will receive - For example, Trader=Andy.

Note that this string will only be processed by the event server provided custom processing classes have been implemented. Refer to the Calypso Developer’s Guide section “Event Filtering” for complete details.

Workflow Tasks Filtering

If you set the Event Filter to Task, tasks will be filtered on the server side based on the Task Station User Defaults if they contain a task internal reference. As a result, the Task Station of the user will only receive those task events that match the specified task internal reference.

Please refer to Calypso Task Station documentation for complete details.

Check this box to display the Trade menu from the Calypso Navigator, or hide it otherwise.

When the Trade menu is hidden in the Calypso Navigator, you can capture trades from the Trade Blotter.

In some cases, Calypso provides various implementations of the same trade window, and it also allows invoking custom trade windows.

The trade window configuration allows associating a trade window with a given implementation, other than the default. Select the trade window configuration here. You need to restart the Calypso Navigator in order for the change to take effect.

Trade window configurations are created from the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > User Access Control > Trade Window Configuration (menu action refdata.TradeWinConfigWindow). When a specific trade window configuration is needed it will be described in the corresponding asset class user guide.

Please refer to the Calypso Developer’s Guide for information on implementing custom trade windows.

When this flag is checked, after you save a trade, the trade window clears the trade and restores the trade window to the default template values.

 Ⓘ   [NOTE: This feature currently only applies to FX trade windows (Spot, Fwd, Swap, Spot Reserve, TTM, NDF and Opt Fwd), including FX Pricer in Front Office Workstation.]

Default lock preference for Arbitrage window. you can select Point, PrimaryInterest or SecondaryInterest.

Please refer to Calypso FX Arbitrage documentation for details.

To calculate the cost of a STP break.

Please refer to Calypso Web Operations Dashboard documentation for details.

Default trade reference for the BO Browser. It can be ID or Int Ref. It only applies when the BO Browser is open from a Trade window.

Please refer to the Calypso Bloomberg Server API Integration Guide for details.

If true, the Position split/transfer pop up QTE will automatically close after trade is booked.

If false (default) , the Position split/transfer pop up QTE will not close automatically.

Default adhoc Calculation Server to be used for on-the-fly risk analyses.

A Calculation Server is part of a Risk Server.

Please refer to the Calypso Installation Guide for details on setting up adhoc Risk Servers.

Default Presentation Server to be used for on-the-fly risk analyses.

A Presentation Server is part of a Risk Server.

Please refer to the Calypso Installation Guide for details on setting up adhoc Risk Servers.

Default dispatcher to be used for on-the-fly risk analyses in the Trade Blotter.

Please refer to the Calypso Installation Guide for details on setting up distributed processing.

Default dispatcher configuration to compute pricing results in the Pricing Grid and FOWS Market Sheet.

True to show the Alerts tab in the ePortals Order Management window or false otherwise.

True to show the Import Export tab in the ePortals Order Management window or false otherwise.

True to show the Operating System Tray Alerts in the ePortals Order Management window or false otherwise.

Default refresh interval of the Pending Orders Blotter in the ePortals Order Management window.

Default status for Pending Search Status field in eFX Configuration window.

Please refer to eFX Configuration documentation for details.

Please refer to the Calypso Refinitv EMA Integration Guide for details.

Employee identifier, as needed.

True to auto populate the remaining amount on Take Up window, or false otherwise.

Not used.

Not used.

Select the default currency pair that loads in the trade window when you open it.

True to check Current Trade Dt field be default in FX Deal Station, or false otherwise.

The default deal type that is displayed when the FX Deal Station window is opened. Select either Outright or Swap.

Select either Deliverable or Non Deliverable.

Not used.

Currencies to be considered as deliverable in the FX Deal Station even if the Currency Defaults setting is Non-Deliverable.

Please refer to Calypso FX Deal Station documentation for details.

True to disable trade routing for the Sales book, for both internal and counterparty trades. Or false otherwise.

Please refer to Calypso Trade & Position Routing documentation for details.

Not used.

Default rollover type for FX Trade Rollover window.

Please refer to Calypso FX Lifecycle documentation for details.

Select either Known or Unknown. The values for the button are 'Delivery Known' and 'Delivery Unknown'.

Default trade region for ePortals.

Please refer to Calypso ePortals Installation documentation for details.

Not used.

Not used - Use FX Default Spot Delivery Type.

Default value for Book Spot Trade Simultaneously field in FX Termination window.

Please refer to Calypso FX Lifecycle documentation for details.

Select whether the default FX user is Sales or Trader.

Default window end tenor for a new FX Window Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default window start tenor for a new FX Window Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default end tenor for a new FX Flexi Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default ShortDays Strategy for a new FX Flexi Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default start tenor for a new FX Flexi Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default TakeUp Type for a new FX Flexi Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default Window Type for a new FX Flexi Forward trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default tenor to set the settlement date for FX Forward trades, applied to the spot date. If not set, the settlement date is set to the spot date.

Default Reset Tenor for a new FX Forward Starting Trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default Underlying Type for a new FX Forward Starting Trade in the FX Deal Station.

Default Negotiated Ccy for FX NDF trades.

Default tenor to set the settlement date for FX NDF trades, applied to the spot date. If not set, the settlement date is set to the spot date.

Default tenor to set the settlement date for FX NDF Swap trades (far leg), applied to the spot date. If not set, the settlement date is set to the spot date.

Default tenor to set the settlement date for FX NDF Swap trades (near leg), applied to the spot date. If not set, the settlement date is set to the spot date.

Default tenor to set the settlement date for FX Swap trades (far leg), applied to the spot date. If not set, the settlement date is set to the spot date.

Default tenor to set the settlement date for FX Swap trades (near leg), applied to the spot date. If not set, the settlement date is set to the spot date.

Specify the default funding rate for rollovers done from the trade window by choosing File > Trade Rollover when the trade is in the VERIFIED status. The value ‘true’ specifies that the historical rate will be used in the rollover. The HRR checkbox is automatically selected when you open the FX Rollover Split application. Set the attribute to ‘false’ so that the market rate is used by default. The HRR checkbox is not selected when you open the trade rollover application.

Not used.

Not used.

Select the Market Data Server configuration that you want to use.

Running a Market Data Server is required to obtain any kind of real-time market data.

A Market data Server is part of a Risk Server.

Please refer to the Calypso Installation Guide for details on setting up adhoc Risk Servers.

Not used.

Select the format of negative numbers for the Results area of all Trade windows and to the pricer measure DETAILED_DATA.

You can select the number of decimal places and the format: -<number> in black or red, or (<number) in black or red.

PDF configuration file for environment property PDF_DOCUMENT_FONT.

Please refer to Calypso Environment Properties documentation for details.

At the system level, you can define currency pairs in both the direct and inverse order, such as USD/JPY and JPY/USD, in the Calypso Navigator using Configuration > Definitions > Currency Definitions.

However, trades entered in both currency pairs appear in one position. The currency pair that has the Pair Pos Ref checkbox selected is the position reference currency pair.

However, if you trade the opposite currency pair locally (for example JPY/USD), you can set that currency pair as the position reference at the user level. You can enter multiple currency pairs separated by commas in the attribute.

Default book for the FX Options Pricing Sheet.

Default pricing environment for the FX Options Pricing Sheet.

Configure the display of quotes as either Market Maker or Sales Trader by setting the Qt Side Mkt Maker attribute in User Defaults.

Not used.

Not used.

True to export reports to ExcelX spreadsheets without rounding the amounts, or false otherwise.

Please refer to the Calypso Reuters RFA Integration Guide.

When this is set to True, the sales margin will follow the Japanese convention, which means that a sales margin is booked as profit on the trade date but not received until settlement.

Microsoft Azure AD name or email depending on CALYPSO_OPENID_USER_NAME.

Please refer to the Calypso Installation Guide for details.

Default sales location.

Not used.

Not used.

Not used.

By default, the system tries to open FX trades in the Front Office Workstation, or using the Trade Window Config if not configured.

You can set to false to only use the Trade Window Config.

Please refer to Calypso Front Office Workstation documentation for details.

Default value for Persist Message field in Data Uploader window.

By default, FX Margin Rules are applied to Margin fields in the FX Pricer.

You can set to false if you do not want to use the FX Margin Rules.

Please refer to Calypso Front Office Workstation documentation for details.

Select the default background color.

This applies to the Results area of all Trade windows and to the pricer measure DETAILED_DATA.

Select the background color of every other row.

This applies to the Results area of all Trade windows and to the pricer measure DETAILED_DATA.