Hi David,

I've just checked this field on FPL website and it seems that OrigPosReqRefID is not required in PositionMaintenanceRequest (35=AL) but it is in PositionMaintenanceReport (35=AM).

Do you agree?

Laurent

Hi thanks for your comment,

It seems to be

"Reference to the PosReqID of a previous maintenance request that is being replaced or canceled."

So should it be conditionally required for a replace or cancel and probably reverse ?

For a Position Maintenance Request with PosMaintAction

2 = Replace - used to override the overall transaction quantity or specifi add messages based on the reference ID
3 = Cancel - used to remove the overall transaction or specific add messages based on reference ID
4 = Reverse - used to completelly back-out the transaction such that the transaction never existed

Perhaps it may have been a bug in the FIX 5.0 spec because in Version 5.0 Service Pack 2 - Volume 5 (pg 134) it's down as "N"

The new FIXIMATE on fix protocol site shows it as not mandatory for version 5 and 5SP2.
http://www.fixprotocol.org/FIXimate3.0/?language=en&version=FIX.5.0

thanks
Dave

Ooops sorry yes in version 4.4. it shows it as mandatory (I have been fixated on Fix 5 recently) .
This is obviously wrong because there its not mandatory on Position Maintenance Request.
What do you do with bugs in the Fix Protocol Spec ?
There are no "service packs" for FIX 4.4
regards
Dave