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File formats for importing securities and security prices

Securities and security prices are imported in FA in semicolon-separated CSV files, with the file columns described below. You can import multiple entries (securities or security prices) at the same time with one file: each row of the CSV file is read as a separate object. However, you cannot import for example securities and prices to the system with the same file.

You can define the following properties of the CSV file in Preferences → Importing → File format (see Preference - Importing for details):

  • File delimiter. By default, FA is configured to accept semicolon-separated values. You can change it to another character.

  • Encoding: UTF-8 or Windows-1252. To import Scandinavian letters, the files should be Windows-1252 encoded in order to guarantee the appropriate handling of Scandinavian letters.

Download the CSV file templates:

FAFormat_marketprices.csv

FAFormat_securities.csv

The columns of the file format are described below.

Updating securities

You can update existing securities or market price entries by importing a new file with corrected data.

The system identifies the security to update by the Security code. The market price entry to update is identified by the Security update code and the Market date, so you must fill in these fields. Additionally, you must fill in at least one of the following fields: Close, Accrual, Delta, Manual, or Close1 - Close5.

Note that you must specify if you want to keep the old values in each field:

  • To replace the field value, specify the new value in the import file.

  • To keep the existing field value saved in the system, add three stars *** in the field. Note: if you import an empty field without ***, the field value previously saved in the system is removed. For multi-value fields, you can import new values while keeping the old ones using three stars (***), for example, ***<new value1>,<new value2>.

Note

You can also update existing securities with #6 Security ISIN code if the system cannot find a matching security with the security code from the system, but will find a security with the same ISIN code. In such a scenario, the security code will also be updated.

Removing security values with three minuses (---)

You can remove individual values from multi-value fields by marking them with three minuses (---) in the CSV file. Currently, this syntax can be used for tags and profiles (tags and profileAttributes fields). Specify Security code in column 1. Add the fields you want to remove prefixed with three minuses (---). If you edit the CSV file in MS Excel, you need to put an apostrophe in the beginning of the column. For example: '---<tag_name_1>.

To remove multiple values, divide them with a comma for tags, and with a hash (#) for profile attributes. For example: ---<tag_name_1>,---<tag_name_2> or ---<profile attribute>#---<profile attribute>.

You can remove certain values and add other ones, for example: ---<tag name 1>,<tag name 2> or ---<profile attribute>#<profile attribute>.

FA Format for importing securities

Note

Certain fields are only available for certain types of securities - consider what fields are available for your chosen security type.

#

Code

Required

Name

Description

1

s.securityCode

Yes

Security code

Code used to identify the security in the system.

2

s.tradeCode

No

Trade code

Trading code

3

s.updateCode1

No

Update code 1

Update code 1 (e.g. Bloomberg code, Reuters code, SIX code, etc.)

4

s.updateCode2

No

Update code 2

Update code 2 (e.g. Bloomberg code, Reuters code, SIX code, etc.)

5

s.updateCode3

No

Update code 3

Update code 3 (e.g. Bloomberg code, Reuters code, SIX code, etc.)

6

s.isinCode

No

ISIN code

ISIN code

7

s.name

Yes

Name

Security name

8

s.market

No

Market

Not used, use "Market place" (no. 15) or "Settlement place" (no. 55)

9

s.type

Yes

Type

Security type, define with security type's code (configured in the system)

10

s.currency

Yes

Currency

Currency of the security, define with the currency code.

Currency is a mandatory field for all other type of securities except for security type "Currency".

11

s.description

No

Description

Description for the security

12

s.url

No

URL

URL

13

s.url2

No

URL 2

Secondary URL

14

s.country

No

Country

Country code (configured in the system)

15

s.exchange

No

Market place

Market place code (configured in the system)

16

s.classType

No

Class 1

Describes a classification 1 for the security with a code. Code/name values for classifications are defined in the system.

17

s.issuer

No

Issuer

Issuer of the security (use contact ID of the issuer saved in the system). If no contact is found, the issuer value is saved as text in the "Issuer description" field instead.

18

s.underlySecurity

No

Linked security

Define with the security code of the linked security. The linked security must exist in the system.

Linked security is used e.g. with options and other derivatives to link the security to the underlying instrument.

19

s.blockSize

No

Block size

Number, describing, how many units is one trading block.

20

s.rating

No

Rating

Rating of the security such as AAA

21

s.maturityDate

No

Maturity date

yyyy-MM-dd. Maturity date of a security.

22

s.maturityPrice

No

Maturity price

Price in the end of the maturity as a number. In most cases 100, if applicable.

23

s.couponFrequency

No

Coupon frequency

Define with a code (before FA 3.1):

ANNUALLYSEMI_ANNUALLYQUARTERLYMONTHLY

Define with a code:

P1D = Daily

P1W = Weekly

P2W = Every two weeks

P4W = Every four weeks

P13W = Every 13 weeks

P26W = Every 26 weeks

P52W = Every 52 weeks

P1M = Monthly

P2M = Every two months

P3M = Every three months

P4M = Every four months

P6M = Every six months

P12M = Annually

TERM = Once

24

s.accrualCalendar

No

Accrual calendar

Define with a calendar code:

1/1

30/360 ISDA

30/360 PSA

30E+/360

30E/360

30E/360 ISDA

30U/360

30U/360 EOM

Act/360

Act/364

Act/365 Actual

Act/365.25

Act/365F

Act/365L

Act/366

Act/366.375

Act/Act AFB

Act/Act ICMA

Act/Act ISDA

Act/Act Year

NL/365

25

s.issueDate

No

Issue date

yyyy-MM-dd

26

s.firstCouponDate

No

First coupon date

yyyy-MM-dd

27

s.coupon

No

Coupon rate

Fixed coupon rate percentage. E.g. 5 => 5 %

28

s.coupons

No

Coupons

Paid coupons for floating rate notes. Format is <date yyyy-MM-dd>=<coupon>,<date yyyy-MM-dd>=<coupon>. E.g. 2009-01-01=5.2,2010-01-01=6.2

Importing a coupon with an existing date updates the coupon instead of creating a duplicate one.

29

s.multiplier

No

Multiplier

Price divider to use when calculating with the security price. If bond prices are quoted in the market data as a percentage e.g. 101.23, then multiplier should be 100.

30

s.redemptionFrequency

No

Redemption frequency

Define with a code:

ANNUALLY

SEMI_ANNUALLY

QUARTERLY

MONTHLY

31

s.firstRedemptionDate

No

First redemption date

yyyy-MM-dd

32

s.redemptions

No

Redemptions

Redemptions. Format is <date yyyy-MM-dd>=<redemption percentage>,<date yyyy-MM-dd>=<redemption>. E.g. 2009-01-01=30,2010-01-01=70

Importing a redemption with an existing date updates the redemption instead of creating a duplicate one.

33

s.allocations

No

Allocations

Format is <asset group code>:<date yyyy-MM-dd>:<asset type code>=<share> (defined in the system configurations) and its share separated by comma. E.g. ASSET:2013-12-12:FINSTO=50, ASSET:2013-12-12:USSTO=50.

Original format, asset class code (defined in the system configurations) and its share separated by comma, e.g. FINSTO=50, USSTO=50 will be parsed as ASSET:2009-01-01:FINSTO=50, ASSET:2009-01-01:USSTO=50.

You can use *** syntax to add new allocations and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

34

s.paymentFee

No

Payment fee

Payment fee in security currency

35

s.paymentFeePercentage

No

Payment fee %

Payment fee in percentage. 10 => 10 %

36

s.minPaymentFee

No

Min payment fee

Minimum payment fee

37

s.maxPaymentFee

No

Max payment fee

Maximum payment fee

38

s.managementFee

No

Management fee

Management fee in security currency

39

s.managementFeePercentage

No

Management fee %

Management fee percentage. 10 => 10 %

40

s.minManagementFee

No

Min management fee

Minimum management fee

41

s.maxManagementFee

No

Max management fee

Maximum management fee

42

s.startUpFee

No

Start up fee

Start up fee in security currency

43

s.status

Yes

Status

Define with a code:

ACTIVE

PASSIVE

CLOSED

44

s.multiplierView

No

Multiplier 2

Price multiplier to use when showing the security price. E.g. bond prices are quoted as a percentage (i.e. multiplied by 100) and therefore, the multiplier for a bond should be 100. Used also when importing prices.

45

s.invert

No

Manipulation

Define as a number:

0 = Direct

1 = Invert

2 = In its own currency

If no value is filled in, the default value 0 "Direct" is used.

46

s.subType

No

Sub type

Sub type code (configured in the system)

47

s.classType2

No

Class 2

Describes a classification 2 for the security with a code. Code/name values for classifications are defined in the system.

48

s.classType3

No

Class 3

Describes a classification 3 for the security with a code. Code/name values for classifications are defined in the system.

49

s.tags

No

Tags

The "Tags" field is a comma-separated list of tags that you can use to categorize your securities.

To add a tag:

  • Standalone tags can be added by simply typing the tag name. For example, if you want to add a Fund tag and a New tag, you can add them like this: "Fund,New".

  • Single-select group tags should be added in the format <group name>-<tag name>. For example, if you want to add a tag for an office location in Helsinki, you can add it like this: "office-Helsinki". If a security already has a tag with the same group name, the new tag will replace the old one.

  • Multi-select group tags should be added in the format <group name>:<tag name 1>,<group name>:<tag name 2>, etc. For example, if you want to add tags to your Campaign group, you can add them like this: "Campaign:EarlyBird,Campaign:Friends". If a security already has tags with the same group name, the new tags will be added to the existing ones.

To remove a tag, use the syntax "---" followed by the tag name or tag group name. For example:

  • To remove a standalone tag for "Fund", you can use "---Fund".

  • To remove a single-select group tag for "office-Helsinki", you can use "---office-Helsinki".

  • To remove multi-select group tags for "Campaign:EarlyBird" and "Campaign:Friends", you can use "---Campaign:EarlyBird,---Campaign:Friends".

For details, see Removing security values with three minuses (---).

50

s.share

No

Outstanding units

The number of shares outstanding.

51

s.classType4

No

Class 4

Describes a classification 4 for the security with a code. Code/name values for classifications are defined in the system.

52

s.classType5

No

Class 5

Describes a classification 5 for the security with a code. Code/name values for classifications are defined in the system.

53

s.kickbackPercentage

No

Kickback %

Kickback fee percentage. 5 => 5 %

54

s.priceFromSecurity

No

Price from security

Security code of the security's price from another linked security. Must be an existing security in the system.

55

s.settlement

No

Settlement place

Settlement place code (configured in the system)

56

s.profileAttributes

No

Profile

Security-specific profile (configured in the system). Use the following syntax to import / update profile information: <key>=<value>:<type>#<key>=<value>:<type> etc.

Note that importing checkbox fields requires you to use the type "boolean" and importing date fields requires you to use the type "date" in the syntax.

Profile import allows you to add or modify profile values with a specific key - existing profile values are not replaced / removed unless you specifically include their key within the import syntax.

You can use three minuses (---) syntax to remove an attribute value. For example: ---<key>. For details, see Removing security values with three minuses (---).

57

s.linkedIndex

No

Linked index

Linked index is used with e.g. index linked bonds. Security code of another security whose price is used linked security. Must be an existing security in the system .

58

s.indexBaseValue

No

Index base value

Base value used when calculating coefficient for the transaction or market price versus the linked index.

59

s.minTradeAmount

No

Minimum trade amount

Security minimum trade amount as a number.

60

s.baseInstrument

No

Base instrument

Security code of another security as a base instrument, can be used for example to calculate fixings with a separate process. Must be an existing security in the system.

61

s.spread

No

Spread

Security spread as a number, can be used for example to calculate fixings with the base instrument with a separate proces.

62

s.callDate

No

Call date

yyyy-MM-dd

63

s.issuePrice

No

Issue price

Security issue price as a number.

64

s.referenceIndexConvention

No

Reference index convention

Pre-defined Reference index convention.

Define as a number:

1 = Canada, US, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, UK after July 2005 (2,2,3)

2 = South Africa (2,3,4)

3 = UK prior to July 2005 (1,3,NaN)

4 = Finland (1,8, NaN)

0 = Other

If you define a reference index convention between 1 - 4, then calculation mode and lags are automatically set according to the selected contention. If 0, then you can use parameters in columns #65, #66, and #67.

65

s.referenceIndexCalculationMode

No

Reference index calculation mode

Define as a number:

1 = Direct

2 = Linear

Only available if the Reference index convention in column #64 is set to 0.

66

s.referenceIndexlag1

No

Reference index lag 1

Define the lag in months as a number between 1 - 12.

Only available if the Reference index convention in column #64 is set to 0.

67

s.referenceIndexlag2

No

Reference index lag 1

Define the lag in months as a number between 1 - 12.

Only available if the Reference index convention in column #64 is set to 0.

68

s.securityExCosts

No

Ex-ante / Ex-post costs

Security-specific Ex-ante / Ex-post costs.

Use the syntax <date 1>:<cost category code 1>=<cost percentage as a number>: <cost category code 2>=<cost percentage as a number>:calculationBase=<0 or 1 for the market value to use for the day (optional parameter), where 0 is ingoing market value and 1 is the same day market value>, <date 2>:<cost category code 1>=<cost percentage as a number>:<cost category code 2>=<cost percentage as a number>:calculationBase=<0 or 1 for the market value to use for the day (optional parameter), where 0 is ingoing market value and 1 is the same day market value>.

E.g. (without spaces) 01.01.2018: exPostSecCostCat1=0.2: exAnteSecCostCat7=1.3:calculationBase=0, 01.01.2019: exPostSecCostCat3=0.3:calculationBase=0

You can use *** syntax to add new observations to the list and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

Available cost category codes:

Ex-ante costs:

exAnteSecCostCat1 = One off charges (%)

exAnteSecCostCat2 = On-going charges (%)

exAnteSecCostCat3 = Transaction charges (%)

exAnteSecCostCat4 = Ancillary service charges (%)

exAnteSecCostCat5 = Incidental charges (%)

exAnteSecCostCat6 = Other costs 1 (%)

exAnteSecCostCat7 = Other costs 2 (%)

exAnteSecCostCat8 = Other costs 3 (%)

exAnteSecCostCat9 = Other costs 4 (%)

exAnteSecCostCat10 = Other costs 5 (%)

Ex-post costs:

exPostSecCostCat1 = One off charges (%)

exPostSecCostCat2 = On-going charges (%)

exPostSecCostCat3 = Transaction charges (%)

exPostSecCostCat4 = Ancillary service charges (%)

exPostSecCostCat5 = Incidental charges (%)

exPostSecCostCat6 = Other costs 1 (%)

exPostSecCostCat7 = Other costs 2 (%)

exPostSecCostCat8 = Other costs 3 (%)

exPostSecCostCat9 = Other costs 4 (%)

exPostSecCostCat10 = Other costs 5 (%)

69

s.baseCurrency

(Yes)

Base currency

Base currency of the currency cross security, define with the currency code.

Base currency is only available for securities of the type "Currency cross" - for "Currency cross" type securities, base currency is a mandatory field!

70

s.holidayCalendar

No

Holiday calendar

Define with the holiday calendar code.

Built-in holiday calendars' codes:

NoHolidays = No holidays/weekends (NoHolidays)

Sat/Sun = Saturday/Sunday weekends (SatSun)

Fri/Sat = Friday/Saturday weekends (FriSat)

Thu/Fri = Thursday/Friday weekends (ThuFri)

GBLO = London, United Kingdom (GBLO)

FRPA = Paris, France (FRPA)DEFR = Frankfurt, Germany (DEFR)

CHZU = Zurich, Switzerland (CHZU)

EUTA = European Union TARGET system (EUTA)

FIHE = Helsinki, Finland (FIHE)

USGS = United States Government Securities (USGS)

USNY = New York, United States (USNY)

NYFD = Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NYFD)

NYSE = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

JPTO = Tokyo, Japan (JPTO)

AUSY = Sydney, Australia (AUSY)

BRBD = Brazil (BRBD)

CAMO = Montreal, Canada (CAMO)

CATO = Toronto, Canada (CATO)

CZPR = Prague, Czech Republic (CZPR)

DKCO = Copenhagen, Denmark (DKCO)

HUBU = Budapest, Hungary (HUBU)

MXMC = Mexico City, Mexico (MXMC)

NOOS = Oslo, Norway (NOOS)

NZAU = Auckland, New Zealand (NZAU)

NZWE = Wellington, New Zealand (NZWE)

PLWA = Warsaw, Poland (PLWA)

SEST = Stockholm, Sweden (SEST)

ZAJO = Johannesburg, South Africa (ZAJO)

Or use the code of your custom holiday calendar defined in preferences.

71

s.settlementDateOffset

No

Settlement date offset

Define the settlement date offset as a number of days.

72

s.enableSettlementDateOffset

No

Enable settlement date offset

Define as a number:

1 = Enabled

0 = Not enabled

If no value is filled in, the default value 0 "Not enabled" is used.

73

s.stubConvention

No

Stub convention

Define with a code:

None = None

ShortInitial = Short initial

LongInitial = Long initial

SmartInitial = Smart initial

ShortFinal = Short final

LongFinal = Long final

SmartFinal = Smart final

Both = Both

74

s.businessDayConvention

No

Business day convention

Define with a code:

ModifiedFollowing = Modified following (without crossing month end)

Nearest = Nearest

ModifiedPreceding = Modified preceding (without crossing month start)

Following = Following

ModifiedFollowingBiMonthly = Modified following (without crossing mid-month or month end)

NoAdjust = No adjustment

Preceding = Preceding

75

s.exCouponPeriod

No

Ex-coupon period

Define the ex-coupon period as a number of days.

76

s.yieldConvention

No

Yield convention

Define with a code:

GB-Bump-DMO = UK BUMP/DMO method

US-Street = US street

DE-Bonds = German bonds

JP-Simple = Japan simple yield

77

s.macaulayDuration

No

Macaulay duration

Define as date-value pairs as a comma-separated list with the format <yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>,<yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>. E.g. 2019-01-01=7.1,2019-04-01=1.1

You can use *** syntax to add new observations to the list and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

78

s.modifiedDuration

No

Modified duration

Define as date-value pairs as a comma-separated list with the format <yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>,<yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>. E.g. 2019-01-01=7.1,2019-04-01=1.1

You can use *** syntax to add new observations to the list and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

79

s.convexity

No

Convexity

Define as date-value pairs as a comma-separated list with the format <yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>,<yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>. E.g. 2019-01-01=7.1,2019-04-01=1.1

You can use *** syntax to add new observations to the list and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

80

s.offsetDays

No

Offset days

Define as a number.

81

s.tenor

No

Tenor

Define the tenor for your security with alternatives:

1D, 2D, 3D

1W, 2W, 3W, 4W, 6W, 13W, 26W, 52W

1M, 2M, 3M, 4M, 5M, 6M, 7M, 8M, 9M, 10M, 11M, 15M, 18M, 21M

1Y, 2Y, 3Y, 4Y, 5Y, 6Y, 7Y, 8Y, 9Y, 10Y, 11Y, 12Y, 13Y, 14Y, 15Y, 20Y, 25Y, 30Y, 35Y, 40Y, 45Y, 50Y

82

s.ytm

No

YTM

Define as date-value pairs as a comma-separated list with the format <yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>,<yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>. E.g. 2019-01-01=7.1,2019-04-01=1.1

You can use *** syntax to add new observations to the list and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

83

s.keyFigures

No

Key figures

Define the key figure code and individual observations as date-value pairs as a comma-separated list with the format <code>=<date:yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>,<date:yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>:<code>=<date:yyyy-MM-dd>=<value>,...

E.g. AAA=2009-01-01=1.9,2010-01-01=1.10:TAX=2007-01-01=1,2010-01-01=2

When importing categorized key figures (e.g. 1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High), prior to 3.7.7 you should use the "number" (e.g. 1, 2 or 3), and after 3.7.7 you should use the "text" (e.g. Low, Medium, High).

You can use *** syntax to add new observations to the list and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

84

s.rollConvention

No

Roll convention

Define with a code:

DAY_1 = 1st day of the month

DAY_2 = 2nd day of the month

DAY_3 = 3rd day of the month, and so on.

DAY_MON = Monday

DAY_TUE = Tuesday

DAY_WED = Wednesday

DAY_THU = Thursday

DAY_FRI = Friday

DAY_SAT = Saturday

DAY_SUN = Sunday

EOM = End of month (EOM)

IMMNZD = First Wednesday on or after the ninth day of the month (IMMNZD)

TBILL = Next Monday (TBILL)

SFE = Second Friday (SFE)

IMM = Third Wednesday (IMM)

IMMAUD = Thursday before the second Friday (IMMAUD)

IMMCAD = Two days before the third Wednesday (IMMCAD)

NONE = None

85

s.linkedPortfolio

No

Linked portfolio

Define with the portfolio ID of the linked portfolio. The linked portfolio must exist in the system.

Linked portfolio is used e.g. to link a fund portfolio to your fund security.

(Available from FA 3.9 onward)

86

s.votesPerShare

No

Votes per share

The number of votes this security has per share.

87

s.source

No

Price source

The method to determine the close market price for the security. To use the first available price in the Manual, Close 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 columns in the Security window, Market data info tab (checking the column values in the order specified above), specify Default. To determine a different priority of price source fields, enter a comma-separated list of columns in the order of priority. The values are: Manual, Close 1, Close 2, Close 3, Close 4, Close 5.

You can use *** syntax to add new values in the list of price source fields and keep the existing ones. For details, see Updating securities.

You can use three minuses (for example, ---Close 1) to remove a value.

88

s.collateralRatio

No

Collateral ratio

Collateral ratio is a percentage of a position's market value that can be used to calculate collateral value for portfolio credit. The field can be empty.

Use the following format: YYYY-MM-DD=XX (where XX is the collateral ratio value).

For example: 2023-12-10=45, 23-11-09=30

89

s.paymentType

No

Payment type

Payment type for bonds. Define as a number:

  • 0 = Payment in cash

  • 1 = No payment, accrued coupons

  • 2 = Payment in kind, accrued coupons

FA Format for importing security prices

#

Code

Required

Name

Description

1

pr.updateCode

Yes

Security update code

Code used to identify the security in the system.

Securities can be identified with update codes, code, ISIN code or trade code (see below for more details).

2

pr.marketDate

Yes

Market date

yyyy-MM-dd

3

pr.close

No

Close price

Close price. When you define a close price, the system will determine which "Close" field the price will be store in (see below for more details).

You can instead use a specific "Close" field to import a price directly to that field.

For bonds, unit price can be set with % (e.g. 3.45%), when the system calculates the price according to YTM automatically.

4

pr.currency

No

Currency

Currency of the security (optional, used to identify the security if there are two securities with the same ISIN-code but different currency).

5

pr.accrual

No

Accrual

Price to be stored in "Accrual". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

6

pr.delta

No

Delta

Price to be stored in "Delta". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

7

pr.closeMan

No

Manual

Price to be stored as "Manual". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

8

pr.close1

No

Close 1

Price to be stored as "Close 1". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

9

pr.close2

No

Close 2

Price to be stored as "Close 2". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

10

pr.close3

No

Close 3

Price to be stored as "Close 3". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

11

pr.close4

No

Close 4

Price to be stored as "Close 4". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

12

pr.close5

No

Close 5

Price to be stored as "Close 5". (Available from FA 3.7 onward)

Which "update code" is used to identify securities (pr.mode)

When importing security prices through the update menu, you can select "Load by format" - this selection determines what security information the code in first column in your import file is mapped against to find a matching security.

  • Default (code LOAD_BY_DEFAULT) – identify the security primarily by using "Update code" (1, 2 or 3). If no matching security is found, then use the logic in "update by ISIN" (using "ISIN code" + currency if given), or if no unique security is still found, then use the login in "update by code" (using "Code").

  • Update by code (code LOAD_BY_CODE) - identify the security primarily by using "ISIN code", or if no unique security is found, then by using "Code".

  • Update by ISIN (code LOAD_BY_ISIN) - identify the security by using "ISIN code" (and #4 Currency if defined in the import file - currency is used to identify the security if there are two securities with the same ISIN-code but different currency).

  • Update by trade code (code LOAD_BY_TRADE_CODE) - identify the security by using "Trade code".

When importing security prices programmatically, you can use code pr.mode with the above LOAD_BY codes to determine which logic to use to identify your securities with the code you provide in pr.updateCode (available from FA 3.7 onward).

Which "close" the close prices are imported to (pr.n)

When importing security prices through the update menu, first row of the market price file can define (code pr.n), which "close" the prices are imported to. Security can have manual and up to five different close prices, and you can import prices to "manual" and any of the "closes". In the first row of the file, a numeric value 0 indicates the market price entries within the file are imported to the "manual" field (available from FA 2.4 onward), and a numeric value 1 through 5 indicates which "close" the market price entries within the file are imported to. If no numeric value is defined, the prices are imported to "Close 1". When using the update codes to import your prices (selection "Default" in the Import window), then the numeric value on the first row of the file also indicates which "Update code" is used to identify the securities: a numeric value 1 through 3 uses the corresponding "Update code" to identify the security, and imports the prices to the corresponding close.

When importing security prices through auto import in the update menu, a numeric value other than number 1 through 5 in the first row indicates that prices are updated with security's ISIN code and are saved to Close 1 (only available in Auto import).

When importing security prices programmatically, you can use codes pr.n (for the entire import) or or.updateColumn (for each row, available from FA 3.7 onward) with a numeric value 0 (manual), 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to indicate which "close" field you want to store pr.close into.