How to quickly check if a tag is required or not

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Imported from previous forum

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Hi,

It seems fixmate does not indicate if a tag is required, conditional required or optional. Is there a quicker way to get that than pulling out PDF?

Thanks!

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Hi,

Yes it does.

How are you searching?

Regards.
JG

Hi,

It seems fixmate does not indicate if a tag is required, conditional required or optional. Is there a quicker way to get that than pulling out PDF?

Thanks!

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Maybe the issue is conceptual. FIX fields in and of themselves are never required. Their usage within a message or component may be required. You need to look at message and component definitions to determine if a field is required in a specific context. Neither FIXimate nor FIXwiki give a summary of whether the use of a field in a specific context is required or not. Might be an interesting enhancement to one or both.

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Perhaps in the FIXimate message layout – the Req’d column could indicate either “Y”, “N” or “C” to show if a particular field is required, optional or conditionally required instead of just containing a checkmark. Also a brief one line context could be given for conditionally required fields (just like Tag 1032). The data dictionary in the FIX volume also might be ideal perhaps…

Maybe the issue is conceptual. FIX fields in and of themselves are never required. Their usage within a message or component may be required. You need to look at message and component definitions to determine if a field is required in a specific context. Neither FIXimate nor FIXwiki give a summary of whether the use of a field in a specific context is required or not. Might be an interesting enhancement to one or both.