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FIX Protocol Tag 1620: InstrumentScopeEncodedSecurityDescLen

InstrumentScopeEncodedSecurityDescLen is a length field used in 17 FIX message types, including Market Definition (35=BU), Market Definition Update Report (35=BV) and Party Risk Limits Request (35=CL). It is defined in FIX 5.0 SP2.

Tag number
1620
Data type
LENGTH
FIX versions
FIX 5.0 SP2
Used in
17 message types

Tag 1620 in each FIX version

Values and message usage as defined in a specific version.

Data type

LENGTH: A positive integer giving a length in bytes, usually of the data field that follows.

Example

1620=256

Illustrative value. In a message, fields are separated by the SOH character (0x01), often shown as | or ^ in logs.

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Message types that use tag 1620

Covers every version from FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2, including fields reached through components and repeating groups. The version pages above show whether the tag is required in each message.

Field and message data comes from the QuickFIX data dictionaries for FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2 and FIXT 1.1, used under the QuickFIX Software License. This product includes software developed by quickfixengine.org (http://www.quickfixengine.org/). Enumerated value names are converted to plain text for reading.