Quickfix - Tag not defined for this message type

Question

I'm getting an exec report from my counter party, and my quickfix engine is rejecting it for "Tag not defined for this message type 371=1300"

It seems to be saying that the exec report has a non-standard tag (1300), and my quickfix engine doesn't like it.

However, I have added that tag into my dictionary XML file, as follows

  <field number="1300" name="MarketSegmentID" type="String" added="FIX.5.0" addedEP="52" abbrName="MktSegID" textId="FIELD_1300">
    <enum value="BETP" symbolicName="BETP" textId="ENUM_1300_BETP"/>
    <enum value="BGL" symbolicName="BGL" textId="ENUM_1300_BGL"/>
    <enum value="BMTF" symbolicName="BMTF" textId="ENUM_1300_BMTF"/>
    <enum value="BSEF" symbolicName="BSEF" textId="ENUM_1300_BSEF"/>
  </field>

So it should know about tag 1300. My counter party sends "1300=BSEF", so it's one of the valid choices.

What exactly does "tag not defined for this message type" mean? What should I try?

Answer 1

There are two main sections to your XML file: (1) The message definitions, and (2) the tag definitions.

You added the tag definition, but you didn't edit the ExecutionReport message definition to include that new tag.