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1. H PERT RAC Analytical Platform 7 Beta Release User Manual part of the 333 PERTRAC suite Investment Management Solutions 33 PERT RAC Financial Solutions 2010 PerTrac Financial Solutions PerTrac Analytical Platform 7 Beta Release User Manual Table of Contents Terms and Conditions Beta Feedback ll Installation lll PerTrac Analytical Platform 7 Features Overview IV PTAP 7 Upgrade Utility V PTAP Home Window VI Data Manager VII Known Issues Appendix A Database structure changes from PTAP 6 to PTAP 7 Appendix B New Statistics Definitions I Terms and Conditions Beta Feedback i Pertrac 7 0 InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully This PerTrac 7 0 Beta Version the Beta Program is being provided for beta testing A and development purposes only andis subject to PerTrac License Agreement or E Waster Software License and Service Agreement between Customer and PerTrac THE BETA TEST PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER IH A FRE RELEASE BETA TEST PHASE AND MAY BE INCOMPLETE AHOOR CONT AIM ERRORS OR DEFICIENCIES THAT COULD CAUSE FAILURES OR Loss OF DATA THE BETA TEST PROGRAM AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION MATERIALS OR SERVICES FURNISHED BY PERTRAC IH RELATION TO THE BETA TEST PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY Ww DI accept the terms i
2. Schedule Training g Download Updates The PTAP Home Window New Menu Bar Left to right a Ae a r A W Ly Investment o Info P Returns Stats Zim Charts 1 Open New Universe Launches the Open Universe dialog box 2 Save Saves the universe currently open in the Home Window 3 Sort amp Grouping Options Provides option to a Sort by File Order Sorts the funds based on the order the file was saved in b Sort by Name Sorts on the Investment Name field c Sort by Data Vendor Name Sorts on the Data Vendor Name field d Group by Disabled No grouping All investments will be displayed in the Home Window e Group by PerTrac ID Investments will be grouped by PerTraclD which will include duplicate funds f Group by Name Groups by investment names alphabetically g Group by Data Vendor Name Group by Data Vendor Name to quickly view all investments by a specific Data Vendor h Show Group By Box This Option Piven Universe All Investime Quick Search by Investment Name JHF B A WS J investment l Info E3 Returns Stats 4 charts adds a new grouping section aE above the field names on the Tait a Home Window To group with thiS amp stow at mvesments option click on any column field ina label and drag it onto the Group essneuunverse Data Vendor Name 4 By Box area Dragging a second 2 Replace Duplicate Investments field onto the Group By Box area oka Advanced Analysis a will group
3. Upgrade Progress Complete PTAP 7 Home Window Overview File B Reports Preferences 3 Tools Search th Quick Search by Investment Name Y fat Home Window 2 Help Qa 2 3 gt A WY GJ Investment Info E Returns Stats 24 charts Name Data Vendor Name Tasks MSCI Pacific Ex Japan Price PerTrac Indexes Universe Tasks a MSCI Pacific Ex Japan Price LCL PerTrac Indexes ia Show All Investments 4 Open Universe Ea Create New Universe S Save As New Universe amp Replace Duplicate Investments o Export to Exce Advanced Analysis ail Peer Analysis a Style Analysis a Simulation universe Analysis S Search Builder e RiskPlus Reports Universes Search Results MSCI Pacific Free MSCI Pacific Free MSCI Pacific Free MSCI Pacific Free MSCI Pacific Free MSCI Pacific Free MSCI Pacific Free Ex Japan Gross Gross Gross LCL Net Net LCL Price Price LCL MSCI Pacific Free Ex Japan Gross LCL MSCI Pacific Free Ex Japan Net MSCI Pacific Free Ex Japan Net LCL MSCI Pacific Free Ex Japan Price MSCI Pacific Free Ex Japan Price LCL MSCI Pan Euro Gross MSCI Pan Euro Gross LCL MSCI Pan Euro Net MSCI Pan Euro Net LCL i MSCI Pan Euro Price MSCI Pan Euro Price LCL MScI Portugal Gross MSCI Portugal Gross LCL MSCI Portugal MSCI Portugal MSCI Portugal MSCI Port
4. the more fields selected for view on the Home Window the longer it will take for the data to load 4 Move Up Use the Up arrow to reorder the funds in your universe Saving the universe will save the new order 5 Move Down Use the Down arrow to reorder the funds in your universe Saving the universe will save the new order 6 Investment options a Add New Investment b Remove Investment You can now remove investments directly from a universe as well as the database c Duplicate Investment d Rename Investment e Find Related Funds Displays all funds managed by the same company 7 Info Launches the investment information window Returns Launches the investment data windows 9 Stats Launches the investment statistics window Note We have added a VaR table to the Drawdown table area and added Omega Ratio and Jarque Bera to the Risk Table 10 Charts Launches the investment charts Oo TIP You can access the functions above by right clicking on any investment VI Data Manager PerTrac 7 includes a redesigned Data Manager for updating and merging your data Once configured Data Manager will run as a service on your computer and will update your selected databases automatically Every day at a specified time the default is set at 12 00 am the service will check the Last Updated dates on your databases If a new database has been posted to our site the system will download and merge automatically The Settings link o
5. the utility Click Start to begin the upgrade process The status progress for each upgrade item will be displayed as well Upgrade Completed When the process is complete the Upgrade Progress window displays the upgraded feature and status At this point you can also set your default folders by clicking Help View Default Folders on the upper PTAP menu bar a BJ Ready To Upgrade Your PerTrac default folders Charts Peer Style Simulation Reports Search Description Custom Reports and files will be copied to the new PerTrac 7 Folders Your existing Files will NOT be deleted from their current location Ready to Upgrade PerTrac 7 Folder Path C Documents and Settings 4ll Users Documents PerTrac 2 Upgrade Details Database Upgrade Upgraded database location is C Documents and Settings All Users D Universe Upgrade Upgraded Universe Files location is C Documents and Settings All Use Files Upgrade Upgraded Files location for Charts is C Documents and Settings All Us Upgraded Files location For Peer is C Documents and Settings All User Upgraded Files location for Styles is C Documents and Settings All Us Upgraded Files location For Simulations is C Documents and Settings x i gt fe Previous Start Cancel F Upgrade Completed Upgrade Features Status A Database Upgrade Successful Success of Universe Upgrade Successful Success of Files Upgrade Successfull Success
6. ase was located in a non default location the converted PTAP 7 database will remain located in that folder To convert your SQL database backup your existing PTAP 6 SQL database and restore it with a new name When you run the upgrade utility select the restored backup with the new name as your PTAP 7 database Important note We will only move files from existing default folders to the new default folders If your files are located on a network drive or non default folder on your local drive the files will remain in those locations Universes PTAP 7 universe file extensions have changed from the unv flat file format to a unvx XML format Note You are NOT required to upgrade your universe file formats PTAP 7 supports both the unv and unvx formats Upgrading will not affect your universe file content If your current universes are located in the default PerTrac Universe folder the converted unvx universes will be relocated to the new default locations listed shown in 3 below If on the other hand your current unv universes are located in a non default location the converted universes will remain located in that folder Important note We will only move files from existing default folders to the new default folders If your files are located on a network drive or non default folder on your local drive the files will remain in those locations New default file locations The default application and folder pa
7. c Indexes 2 3358 2 0147 0 8633 add th e G ro u p Sama Arb unvx Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Managed Futures PerTrac Indexes 2 9926 2 3755 0 5701 4 py Sie one Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Multi Strategy Pertrac Indexes 1 2415 1 5670 0 6710 By B Ox t O t h e E CSFB style unvx Dow Jones Wilshire U S 5000 Total Market Index PerTrac Indexes 3 7332 3 4506 0 9268 2 CTA Managed Futures unvx Dow Jones Wilshire U S Large Cap Growth Index PerTrac Indexes 4 1260 3 9587 1 0067 L Current Indices unvx Dow Jones Wilshire U S Large Cap Value Index PerTrac Indexes 3 2525 3 2152 0 9948 WIN d OW an d i Current traditional Indices Dow Jones Wilshire U S Mid Cap Growth Index PerTrac Indexes 4 8391 4 8068 1 1681 BL daly assign unvx Dow Jones Wilshire U S Mid Cap Value Index PerTrac Indexes 3 6479 3 6017 1 1362 review Current Indices unyx ps th e n d rag t h e PAAS AENEAN Dow Jones Wilshire U S Small Cap Growth Index PerTrac Indexes 5 1234 5 4506 1 0992 l E janen ee Inde Dow Jones Wilshire U S Small Cap Value Index PerTrac Indexes 3 9063 3 7895 1 2198 i Barve sgoregers Bond Index HERI ED Distressed Restructuring Index HFR98 1 7167 1 4736 1 0340 Barclays Credit Bond Index lie O n O e PULA iad Tennman Dineen net HFRI ED Merger Arbitrage Index HFR9S 1 1629 1 1830 0 7575 _ Group By Box area Important Note The larger the universe in the Home Window and
8. ce added you can delete investments from that universe or add investments to that universe 3 Universes Tab The Universes tab displays the universes listed in your default universe folder To add a universe from the list click on the universe and drag it into the Home Window Once added you can delete investments from that universe or add investments to that universe Tip When you click on a universe file the investments benchmarks in that universe are displayed in the Preview window just below the universe list window You can then select the investments benchmarks to add iv Save As New Universe Saves the investments displayed in the Home Window as a new universe Clicking this option will open the Save Universe dialog box v Save Selected As New Universe Saves only the selected investments in the Home Window as a new universe Tip To quickly create a new universe from an existing universe use your Ctrl and Shift keys to highlight the investments vi Replace Duplicate Investments By default the Show All Investments option does not group duplicate funds If you would like to view grouped funds based on your grouping priority click Replace Duplicate Investments Currently the Replace Duplicate Investments option only applies to hedge fund databases distributed by PerTrac or any investments manually grouped by the user Tip The fund count is displayed in the lower right corner of the Home Window The number will be re
9. databases Click Yes or No If you select Yes new fields will O2Q290p appear on this window for you to enter your User Name and Password Note A single User Name and Password will be used for all databases you subscribe to 4 Database Selection Based on your answers in step 2 above the database selection window lists all available databases If you selected Yes above Data Manager will list your User complimentary and subscription databases based on your license If you selected No Data Manager will display your proprietary and complimentary databases Database Selection TIP By default the Type box listed just above the database list on the left side of a a the window is set to All This option EB ctigroup Indexes BB Evestment Quarterly Standard displays all User databases these will be aca O gies a ARE represented by the very light blue icon i creat aa complimentary databases which are pa Mestad Bainin represented by the mid range shade of i PE blue and the subscription databases which are represented by the darkest shade of blue If you only want to view slat ian certain databases change the option to Include User Data Merge performance instead of overwriting it Complimentary Databases Subscription Databases or User Databases G Previous Next Cancel a Merge Options The merge options include Limit by Universe if you only want to merge a s
10. duced by the number of duplicate funds vil Export to Excel The Home Window information can be saved directly as an Excel file This is useful if you create a multiple column Home Window view which could include qualitative or quantitative fields and want to quickly export that data to Excel Clicking Export to Excel will prompt you to save your data as an Excel file Once saved the file can be opened in Excel Please see section VII on Creating Custom Views TIP You must add the xls extension to the file name when saving b Advanced Analysis i Peer Analysis Launches the Peer Analysis module li Style Analysis Launches the Style Analysis module iii Simulation Launches the Simulation amp Stress Testing module iv Universe Analysis Launches the Universe Allocation amp Optimization module v Search Builder Launches the Search Builder vi RiskPlus Reports Launches the PerTrac RiskPlus module 3 Universes This window displays all of the universes in your PerTrac default universe folder PTAP 7 supports both the unv and unvx file formats TIP To quickly open any universe in your universe folder drag the universe from the left hand window and drop it on to the Home Window 4 Search Results This widow displays the Quick Search results 5 Help Lists our application help resources a Search the Knowledge Base b Technical Support c Support Chat d Contact Us e View Manual f
11. er in that we now log all changes made to a record The user making the change date and function However it won t state the exact change For example if a user changes a return for a fund the log will include the user date and performance table as being changed but not the actual return Provides an audit trail of sorts e Designed to work with PTAP and PTPM DataMap DataMapCategory DataMapField DataMapSource FieldDataGroupedT ext tables have been added These support dynamic data These are currently subject to change and additional related tables may be added e These changes were required for P Card and will have no impact on the user All stored procedures have been removed e Data Manager used store procedures which caused numerous client problems around permissions missing stored procedures and procedures that were not up to date We now work directly with the database e This has will have no impact on users accessing the database directly Various indices have been renamed or added e This was done for consistency and performance of the data It increases data access speed and provides more consistency of data e This has will have no impact on users accessing the database directly Appendix B New Statistics Definitions Value at Risk VaR The Value at Risk is the maximum loss that can be expected within a specified holding period with a specified confidence level In the API the Value at Risk is expressed as a percenta
12. field by clicking the iJ iJ iJ iJ iJ field name You can reorder the fields by dragging them to a new position And tioned a bove y to Quick Search by Investment Name Q ky 2 3 AY g Investment l Info E Returns Stats 24 Charts a RY Name Data vendor Name Average Gain Average Loss Average Return g ro u p Tasks Credit Suisse Tremont Hedge Fund Index PerTrac Indexes 1 7724 o 1 6408 0 7747 Universes Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Convertible Arbitrage PerTrac Indexes 1 4335 1 7546 0 6487 j n ve st m e n tS O n E Alternative benchmarks 4 Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Dedicated Short Bias PerTrac Indexes 4 0774 3 6113 0 1415 E Asset Classes unvx Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Emerging Markets PerTrac Indexes 3 2058 3 5386 0 7502 i E Asset Classest unvx m Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Equity Market Neutral PerTrac Indexes 0 9955 1 8508 0 4992 A z a fi e id yo u pa old B Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Event Driven PerTrac Indexes 1 4487 1 5796 0 8430 assign JUnYX 3 Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Event Driven Distresse d Pertrac Indexes 1 6315 1 5980 0 9193 Assign SCG unvx h avea d d e d E Backfill options unvx Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Fixed Income Arbitrage PerTrac Indexes 1 0026 1 6340 0 4212 J benchmarks unvx Credit Suisse Tremoni t HFI Global Macro PerTrac Indexes 2 2084 2 3329 1 0207 E Bond indicies unwx Credit Suisse Tremont HFI Long Short Equity PerTra
13. ge loss The VaR is returned as a positive percentage even though it represents a loss The VaR calculation assumes a normal distribution of returns VaR E R z o where E R is the expected value of the returns Z is the confidence level i e 95 and co is the variance of the returns Expected Tail Loss ETL The Expected Tail Loss is the expected value of the returns that are less than a specified Value at Risk The Expected Tail Loss can be undefined since there might be no actual returns less than the VaR since the VaR is calculated from an assumed normal distribution of returns Then Expected Tail Loss is returned as positive percentage even though it represents an average of losses Modified Value at Risk The Modified Value at Risk is calculated in the same manner as Value at Risk but doesn t assume a normal distribution of returns In contrast it corrects the Value at Risk using the calculated skewness and kurtosis of the distribution of returns VaRm E R Zo S Z 1 6 K z 32 24 S 2z 5z 36 o where S is the skewness of then returns and K is the kurtosis of returns Moditied Expected Tail Loss The calculation of then Modified Expected Tail Loss is identical to the Expected Tail Loss with the exception that it uses the Modified Value at Risk Jarque Bera The Jarque Bera test is a measure of the normality of a distribution of returns It uses the calculated skewness and
14. ields selected for the Home Window view New duplicate investment grouping prioritization group on latest return New risk statistics VaR Modified VaR Expected Tail Loss ETL or Conditional VaR CVaR Modified ETL CVaR Rolling Skewness Rolling Kurtosis Omega as a single statistic Omega rolling Omega rolling average Removes the Access version s 32 728 limit on the number of investments O O O O O O OOO New Data Manager New Data Manager provides a seamless automated process for updating and merging data and will reduce the level of support calls associated with data downloads merging proxy settings and corruption issues IV PTAP 7 Upgrade Utility Existing PerTrac Clients PTAP 7 installations include a few changes to the current PTAP 6 structure 1 Database The PerTrac database structure has a slightly different structure than previous versions of PTAP See Appendix A for the database table changes Due to the changes existing PTAP 6 version databases must be converted to the new format This applies to both the Access and SQL versions Note When upgrading from a PTAP 6 version to PTAP 7 you MUST convert your PTAP 6 database to the new PTAP 7 structure with the built in Upgrade Utility If your current Access database is located in the default PerTrac database folder the converted PTAP 7 database will be relocated to the new default locations listed shown in 3 below If on the other hand your PTAP 6 datab
15. kurtosis of the distribution of returns Jarque Bera n S K 3 4 6 where n is the number of returns S is the skewness of the returns and K is the kurtosis of the returns Omega Ratio The Omega Ratio is a measure of performance that doesn t assume a normal distribution of returns f 1 F x dx Q r f F x dx Where r is the threshold return and F is cumulative density function of returns
16. n the form below provides an option to set the time of day you want the service to run Note Your computer must remain on for the service to run You can log off or lock your computer and the service will continue to run When you first install PTAP 7 the Data Manager will launch automatically Data Manager will launch a new wizard to set up your database download and merge process TIP Data Manager can also be launched from the Tools tab on the menu bar When launched the following window will appear A m x 2333 PERTRAC Data Manager New Update dp Settings Help 1 New Update The first time you run Data Manager click New Update to set up and schedule your database updates 2 Data Manager Settings Click the Settings link near the lower right corner of the Data Manager window above This form provides the option to Enter a Download Folder to store your download only databases License key Entered automatically Username For downloading subscription databases Password For downloading subscription databases Check for updates Set the time of day for the Data Manager update service Delete databases after successfully merging Deletes the new database file after its contents have been merged into the existing database 3 User Information The User Information window will open Your license number will automatically be entered into the License Number box The window also asks Have you subscribed to any
17. n the license agreement I do not accept the terms in the license agreement e This Beta version software has been provided to you for the purpose of testing only and may contain anomalies e Redistribution of this software is prohibited e Report output is not intended and is not suitable for distribution outside of the test environment e It is expected that as a beta tester you spend adequate time testing the application and providing feedback per the feedback instructions in Section II of these notes e Although this application has gone through levels of QA we do expect you to find product defects e When defects are encountered please contact PerTrac via the email address below e Please email all defect and enhancement feedback to betafeedback pertrac com ll Installation 1 Download the PerTrac 7 installation file from the email link 2 Save the file to your selected destination 3 Double click the file PerTrac 7 Enterprise Setup exe to launch the SQL version installer or PerTrac 7 Setup exe to launch the Access version installer 4 By default the application will be installed at the following file paths i Windows 7 C Users Public Documents PerTrac li Windows XP or Vista C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents PerTrac Important Note If Windows Installer 4 5 must be installed Windows XP amp Vista it is installed immediately without user prompting Upon completion of that sub i
18. nload process as a new job listed in the Data Manager home window At any point you have the options per the icons on the Merge Options for PerTrac Indexes Options Destination Database C Documents and Settings All Users Documents PerTrac Database PerTrac Master md Select l Previous f Next Cancel right hand side to Run the update by clicking the green arrow Edit your process with the edit icon or Delete the process with the red X 3 PERTRAC Data Manager New Update ca Automated Update of PerTrac Master mdb cies ce Started Mewer PerTrac Indexes Finished Newer Scheduled Last Status Settings Help Vil Known Issues PerTrac Reporting Studio The PTAP 7 compatible version of PerTrac Reporting Studio will not be available for the beta period We will post a new PerTrac Reporting Studio with the general PTAP 7 release You will be able to launch the existing version of PerTrac Reporting Studio from within the PTAP 7 beta letting you continue to run reports and access data from PTAP 6 You won t be able to access your PTAP 7 database or universes Appendix A PerTrac Analytical Platform 7 Database structure changes compared to version 6 0 19 1 Mastername table has been renamed to Investment table e This table contains the key information and identifiers for an Investment DataVendorName and DataVendorlD have been removed from all tables and added to the Investment table e Data vend
19. nstall the user is prompted to restart the computer but the PerTrac 7 installer doesn t auto restart after the computer restarts After rebooting launch the PerTrac 7 installer again to install the application PerTrac Analytical Platform 7 Features Overview PerTrac Analytical Platform 7 provides new functionality that greatly enhances the user experience PTAP 7 includes a new Home window design new Data Manager additional risk Statistics and duplicate investment grouping option The new PTAP 7 user interface resembles those of PerTrac CMS and PerTrac Portfolio Manager which takes us to the next level of providing a consistent look and feel across the PerTrac Suite Home Window Modernization Phase 1 of the PerTrac Analytical Platform user interface conversion from a VB platform to a Net platform New Home window design and user experience streamlines the user s workflow and greatly decreases the load time when launching the application Consolidation of the Home Window menu options removes all of the redundant buttons More Efficient User Workflow New universe creation edit process streamlines universe creation and editing New Home window Quick Search build universes or find funds quickly by searching directly from the Home window Custom Views User created custom views dashboards on the Home Window which could include both qualitative and quantitative fields Export to Excel quickly export data based on the f
20. nts where if they were editing a record and their system crashed the database would lock up indefinitely If they reopened PTAP that record would remain locked Now after 10 15 minutes the record will unlock and allow the users access to that record e We need locking to work for the new Data Manager in order to make it more stable e This change benefits us and the client PerTraclD table has been removed A PerTraclID column has been added to the Investment table e This change improves the performance and stability of the application and is one of the most valuable changes for the user Most of the performance gains in PTAP 7 were the result of this change affecting database load at application launch investment creation investment renaming and investment deletion Greatly speeds up some of the most common functions e Since users didn t have access to the PerTrac IDs there should be no impact to users accessing the database directly Foreign keys to the Investment table have been added from the Information and Performance tables 10 11 12 13 e This was also done to improve stability of data and consistency of the data e Helps the database maintain itself without support from us e This change should not impact writing against the database and is considered low impact AuditLog table has been added All database updates done through the API are recorded in the AuditLog table e This is a big enhancement for the us
21. or name and ID were moved to the Investment Table to solve the problem of data vendor Names amp IDs being or potentially being out of sync in multiple tables Performance table has a new column SeriesID which classifies the type of performance data Daily Weekly Month To Date Monthly Quarterly e This change helps us more fully support Daily Weekly MTD Estimates It provides us the means to give the client more detail for higher frequency data by adding the SeriesID DailyData table has been removed Daily and weekly data are now stored in the Performance table e Done in conjunction with number 3 above this is a much improved way to store the daily data PerformanceSeries table has been removed Month To Date estimates are now stored in the Performance Table e Done in conjunction with number 3 above this is a much improved way to store the Month to Date Estimates LastUpdated column has been removed from all tables and replaced with three columns on the Investment table LastUpdated PerformanceLastUpdated and QualitativeLastUpdated e This change provides better visibility into when information has changed both performance and qualitative data e We got rid of LastUpdated from all areas in the application to one table This is a huge benefit for us internally Increased database performance Enhanced lock information has been added to the Investment table e Database locking can now time out This was a big problem for clie
22. pecific universe with a database Include User Data when merging that universe and Merge performance instead of overwriting it Check any you prefer Click Next TIP Selecting your destination database will be done on the next step 5 Download and Merge Options a Automated Update The automated download works similar to the old Data Manager in PTAP 6 where the HA selected databases will be downloaded and merged with your we Pownione ene Merge Options PerTrac database When this radio button is selected you must select ae a destination database by clicking a AE the Select button This opens the database selection window which is set for a SQL database by default To select an Access database click the Database Type dropdown menu and change the setting from SQL Server to Access When your SQL database has been configured or your Access database selected click Apply and then OK b Download Only Use this option to download the selected database s to a download folder TIP The download folder path location is selected on Data Manager Settings form explained in step 2 above Click Next 6 License Agreements When you select subscription databases that require a license agreement or our complimentary database which also require a license agreement this step allows you to accept all agreements at once When all required agreements have been agreed to click Finish 7 Finish Closes the wizard and posts your saved dow
23. t Information page d Only Include When searching on the criteria listed above the search output can be limited to the following asset class types All Indices Non Indices CTA Futures Funds Hedge Funds Mutual Funds User Allocation 2 Tasks The Tasks tab consolidates the universe and PerTrac module functions a Universe Tasks i Show All Investments Will load the entire database of investments back into the Home Window When this option is selected the database investments will not be grouped by default To view a grouped de duplicated database click Replace Duplicate Investments li Open Universe Launches the Open Universe dialogue window which lists the universes in your default universe folder iii Create New Universe This option removes all investments benchmarks from the Home Window which leaves a blank canvass for you to create a new universe Investments benchmarks can be added to the new universe by 1 Searching with the Quick Search The search results are displayed in the Search Results window Once displayed all investments can be added or only selected investments can be added Searching on All lists all of the funds in your database in the Search Results window Tip The Search Results window includes icons to Select All or Add Selected Use your Shift and Ctrl keys to highlight multiple selections 2 Open Universe Use this option to add an existing universe to the Home Window On
24. ths have changed from C Program Files PerTrac Financial Solutions PerTrac to a Windows 7 C Users Public Documents PerTrac b XP operating system C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents PerTrac c Vista operating system C Users Public Documents PerTrac The following steps will walk you through upgrading you data with the Upgrade Utility 1 Launch PTAP 7 after installation 2 By default PTAP 7 will prompt you to Ey Database select a database Access or SQL If you are an existing Access version eae client please select your PTAP 6 Access database Note This process will make a copy of your existing database the original will remain in your file location and then upgrade the copy to the new PTAP 7 format For existing SQL database clients backup your PTAP 6 SQL database and then restore Database Upgrade C Program Files PerTrac Financial Sol PerTrac Master mdb Select f Next Cancel that database with a new name The restored database will then be selected at this step of the upgrade utility Click File Open New Database Select your existing PTAP 6 database Selecting your PTAP 6 database will launch the Upgrade Utility The Utility will quickly walk you through a wizard process to upgrade your database universes and file location The database path is displayed in the Database Upgrade window Click Next The next step is the Universe upgrade Click Next This step
25. ugal MSCI Singapore MSCI Singapore MSCI Singapore MSCI Singapore MSCI Singapore MSCI Singapore Ne Net LCL Price Price LCL Gross Gross LCL Net Net LCL Price Price LCL MSCI Singapore Free Gross PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes PerTrac Indexes 26 720 investments HFR CA Global Opportunity Fu Help The PTAP Home Window Navigation Panel 1 Quick Search The Quick Search window allows the user to search the database on selected criteria The search criteria includes a Investment Name Type in a partial or full investment name and then click the magnifying glass icon to search for funds investments with that name b Company Name Type in a partial or full investment company name to search for funds managed by that company c Strategy Type in a partial or full strategy description name This criterion will access the data located in the Strategy Description field on the General Investmen
26. will upgrade your universe files from the unv format to the new unvx XML format If your current universe files were located in the PTAP 6 default Universe folder the new unvx universe files will be moved to the new PTAP 7 default folders Your PTAP 6 unv files will remain in their current location PTAP 7 supports both universe formats allowing you to open and use either Although the Upgrade Utility upgrades your universe files by Z ie Universes Universe Upgrade fy EEA Your universe Files will be copied to new location and upgraded The new universe File path is below C Documents and Settings All Users Documents PerTrac Universe Benefits of upgrading universe files Upgrading your existing uny Format to the new XML unyx Format provides a dynamic link between the universe Funds and your database Fund and Benchmark name changes automatically update your universes with the new format Previous Next Cancel default you don t have to use the new format TIP The new file format has a dynamic link to your database Any investment or benchmark name change at the database level will automatically update your unvx universes When saving new universes created in PTAP 7 you will have the option to save the file in either format as well Click Next Ready to Upgrade The next window displays the database universe and new file folder paths that will be updated with
27. your Home Window E peer Analysis we e Analysis investments in a tiered sub a grouped structure To remove the tierse anavss B Search Builder field drag it back off of the Group ss Baisieusreoorts by Box on to the Home Window or set your Group By option to disabled To remove the Group By Box right click on the box and select Group By Box again i Add or Remove Columns The Add or Available Data Selected Fields Remove Columns option opens the field Type Statistics z I Name Filter All v i Data Vendor Name selection window In previous versions of i Average Gain Since Inception i 2 Average Loss Since Inception PTAP the Home Window would only Sanat 2 Average Return Since Inception Active Premium Down Markets a display the investment name and data Active Premam Up Ma z vendor name Now you have the option to F OAE mo Average Gain y add quantitative or qualitative fields to the Average Loss Average Return Home Window to create a custom view The Benchmark Return Down Markets Benchmark Return Up Markets field selection window iS the Same form Benchmark Standard Deviation Down Benchmark Standard Deviation Up Ma used for PerTrac Reporting Studio and i A W PerTrac PowerLink When all fields have iJ iJ iJ OK Cancel ly been selected click OK Each field will be k B B iJ it iJ iJ displayed at the Home Window You can quickly sort on a

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