FIX Protocol Tag 546: Scope

Scope is a multiple-value field used in 3 FIX message types: Market Data Request (35=V), Market Data Snapshot Full Refresh (35=W) and Market Data Incremental Refresh (35=X). It is defined in FIX 4.3 to 5.0 SP2 and has 3 enumerated values.

Tag number: 546
Data type: MULTIPLECHARVALUE
FIX versions: FIX 4.3 to 5.0 SP2
Used in: 3 message types

Tag 546 in each FIX version

Values and message usage as defined in a specific version.

Data type

MULTIPLECHARVALUE: One or more single-character values separated by spaces.

Valid values

3 enumerated values across all FIX versions. Several values can be sent in one field, separated by spaces.

Value	Meaning
1	Local market
2	National
3	Global

Example

546=1

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

Decode a message with this tag

Message types that use tag 546

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.