EMA returns data with extra spaces compared to RFA. Is it expected?

gaurav.mahajan

EMA returns data with extra spaces compared to RFA. Is it expected? For e.g.

For a DATE value RFA gives "30 APR 2018" where as EMA gives "30 APR 2018 ".

Lars-at-Addicticks

As far as I can tell from GitHub the bug in toString() for DATE type was fixed on 20-Dec-2017. The last release that had this bug was 1.1.1 so anything later than that should be okay. When you upgrade, remember that all Elektron Java APIs were released on Maven Central a few days ago so much easier to use that going forward in my opinion.

As for fields of type RMTES_STRING or ASCII_STRING the trailing spaces may indeed be intentional, for example for a FX Spot RIC "EUR=", I get :

Fid: 831 Name: CTBTR_1 value: "BARCLAYS  "

Such trailing spaces will exist in both RFA and ETA/EMA as they are from the wire value, meaning the source is actually publishing the data like that.

However, for a field like ISIN_CODE it does seem a bit weird if it would have a trailing space.

Lars-at-Addicticks

Java or C++ ?

gaurav.mahajan

Java Only. Thanks

nick.zincone

Hi @gaurav.mahajan,

I was able to confirm that the underlying FieldEntry toString() within EMA Java does contain a trailing space for Dates. However, when decoding you can pull out the parts of the date field and output to any format you prefer.

I will make the development team aware of the trailing space.

thanks.

gaurav.mahajan

Hi @nick.zincone.1,

Thank You Nick!

It is not just with Date Field but with other FIDs also. We noticed one with "ISIN_CODE" also as of now. Please share your thoughts on the same as well.

Thanks and Regards,

Gaurav Mahajan

gaurav.mahajan

Lars-at-Addicticks and @nick.zincone.1,

Thank You Both!

Shall we consider the trailing space for field like ISIN_CODE as a scope for EMA enhancement in future release?

gaurav.mahajan

Lars-at-Addicticks and @nick.zincone.1,

Thank You Both!

Shall we consider the trailing space for field like ISIN_CODE as a scope for EMA enhancement in future release?

gaurav.mahajan

Lars-at-Addicticks and @nick.zincone.1,

Thank You Both!

Shall we consider the trailing space for field like ISIN_CODE as a scope for EMA enhancement in future release?

nick.zincone

Hi @gaurav.mahajan,

I don't see a trailing space for the ISIN_CODE for the symbol VOD.L. See attached. This tells me that if you do, it is likely coming from the source.

gaurav.mahajan

Thanks @nick.zincone.1! Let me double check this.

Nipat Kunvutipongsak

Can you find anything suspicious regarding this issue?

gaurav.mahajan

Team, We have noticed difference in time values, RFA used to return "20:12:27" whereas EMA returns "20:12:27:000:000:000". Not sure if this was intentional or not ?

pimchaya.wongrukun01

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