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Help request to Display Intraday data based Weekly charts

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[2019-05-21 13:01:12]
User350666 - Posts: 38
Dear Support,

I am trying to create charts that are equivalent of a historical weekly chart, but constructed from intraday data. I need to do that because I want to display information (Numbers bars, etc) that can not be used with historical (Daily, Weekly, etc) charts.

When I simply create a 5-days period intraday chart (Timeframe: 5-0-0), the last bar(s) look nearly identical to the Weekly bars, but the previous historical bars are completely different - obviously because of the different start time and the 'fraction' days like Sunday.

I do not expect/need these 5-days charts to be identical to the weekly bars 100% but would like to create something that is as close as possible.

May I ask you to provide some hints - what settings you recommend to adjust to end up with 5days charts as close to the weekly as possible?

Thank you in advance.
[2019-05-22 05:24:33]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
This section here explains how to do Weekly bars from Intraday data:
Chart Settings: Days-Minutes-Seconds-Milliseconds Per Bar (Chart >> Chart Settings >> Bar Period >> Intraday Chart Bar Period Settings menu)
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-05-22 05:25:26
[2025-04-19 13:59:29]
Federico Roveda - Posts: 35
I followed the instructions above to set up a weekly chart using intraday data. However, even with the settings set to 7-0-0, the chart simply goes back 7 days from the current bar, regardless of the calendar week. As a result, I end up with incorrect weekly bars during short weeks. How can I fix this?
Thanks
[2025-04-19 23:53:54]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 19383
Refer to:
Chart Settings: Weekly Bars (Time Specific Bars)

From documentation:
To create a Weekly chart from Intraday data, use a setting of 7-0-0. This is unlike Historical charts, which would use a setting of Weekly or 5 Days . To have Weekly bars start on a Sunday it is necessary to set Chart >> Chart Settings >> Use Date Range >> From to a Sunday Date in the past. You may also need to adjust the Session Times.

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