On their desktop, this user has:
- Their firm's proprietary research & analytics platform containing liquidity tools and internal research. The product is running and the liquidity tool is open
- An installed chat application - product is running
- A third party research & analytics platform with 3 open apps:
- A Watchlist
- An Order Book
- An Overview of pricing and fundamental data
- A third party EMS
- A third party Charting Application hosted in a web browser
Workflow 1
The user receives a message in the chat application containing an instrument identifer. They want to see what applications can provide analysis on this identifier, and so right click on the instrument in the chat app. They have the option to launch an app in the proprietary platform, or in the third party analysis app, or both. The user decides to launch a new instance of the proprietary analysis app.
Workflow 2
The user wants to make a trade from the open order book in the third party. They double click on the trade order and a trade ticket is launched in the EMS with the instrument, amount and side filled.
Workflow 3
The user wants to see liquidity information on the orders they have in the third party order book. They analyse the liquidity of a number of the orders in the order book using the liquidity tool.
Workflow 4
The user wants to open a charting application to do some technical analysis on the instruments in their watchlist. The third party platform has a charting application that could be launched, or the third party chart application could be launched. The user right clicks and in the menu both charting applications appear. The user chooses the third party app which is launched.