ComplexEventCondition (FIX tag 1490)

intFIX 5.0 SP2

ComplexEventCondition (tag 1490) is an int field defined in FIX 5.0 SP2. It appears in 72 message types, always optionally. It is an enumerated field with 2 defined values.

At a glance

Tag
1490
Name
ComplexEventCondition
Datatype
int
Dialects
FIX 5.0 SP2
Messages
72
Valid values
2

What the specification says

Specifies the condition between complex events when more than one event is specified.

Descriptions are quoted from the FIX Orchestra sources under the Apache 2.0 licence.

A real message using tag 1490

NewOrderSingle · FIX 5.0 SP2
TagFieldWire valueMeaning
8BeginStringFIXT.1.1
9BodyLength146
35MsgTypeDNewOrderSingle
49SenderCompIDBOARTEAM
56TargetCompIDCOUNTERPARTY
34MsgSeqNum2
52SendingTime20240101-12:00:00.000
11ClOrdIDORD-10042
1483NoComplexEvents2 entries2repeating group
1484ComplexEventType1Capped
1490ComplexEventCondition1And
1484ComplexEventType1Capped
1490ComplexEventCondition1And
54Side1Buy
60TransactTime20240101-12:00:00.000
40OrdType1Market
10CheckSum128
Edit and decode it yourself

Shown with | separators for readability. On the wire FIX uses SOH (0x01), an invisible control byte — and because BodyLength and CheckSum are computed over the actual bytes, the two forms have different checksums. Both are valid and both decode here.

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Generated from the FIX 5.0 SP2 dictionary and verified at build time: it parses and validates with no issues. Open the decoder to try your own message.

Valid values

A value outside this list is not a parse error — the message still decodes — but validate() reports it as validate/value-not-in-enum.

ValueMeaningSymbolic name
1AndAND
2OrOR

Where tag 1490 appears

Requiredness is a property of the message, not of the field: the same tag can be optional in one message and conditionally required in another.

MessageMsgTypeRequirednessWhere in the message
AdjustedPositionReportBLOptionalinside InstrmtGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
Advertisement7Optionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
AllocationInstructionJOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
AllocationInstructionAlertBMOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
AllocationReportASOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
AssignmentReportAWOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CollateralAssignmentAYOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CollateralInquiryBBOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CollateralInquiryAckBGOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CollateralReportBAOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CollateralRequestAXOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CollateralResponseAZOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
ConfirmationAKOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
ContraryIntentionReportBOOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CrossOrderCancelReplaceRequesttOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
CrossOrderCancelRequestuOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
DerivativeSecurityListAAOptionalinside RelSymDerivSecGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
DerivativeSecurityListUpdateReportBROptionalinside RelSymDerivSecUpdGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
DontKnowTradeQOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
EmailCOptionalinside InstrmtGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
ExecutionAcknowledgementBNOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
ExecutionReport8Optionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
IOI6Optionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
ListStrikePricemOptionalinside InstrmtStrkPxGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
MarketDataIncrementalRefreshXOptionalinside MDIncGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
MarketDataRequestVOptionalinside InstrmtMDReqGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
MarketDataSnapshotFullRefreshWOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
MassQuoteiOptionalinside QuotSetGrp › QuotEntryGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
MassQuoteAcknowledgementbOptionalinside QuotSetAckGrp › QuotEntryAckGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
MultilegOrderCancelReplaceACOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
NewOrderCrosssOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
NewOrderListEOptionalinside ListOrdGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
NewOrderMultilegABOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
NewOrderSingleDOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
NewsBOptionalinside InstrmtGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderCancelReplaceRequestGOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderCancelRequestFOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderMassActionReportBZOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderMassActionRequestCAOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderMassCancelReportrOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderMassCancelRequestqOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderMassStatusRequestAFOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
OrderStatusRequestHOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
PositionMaintenanceReportAMOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
PositionMaintenanceRequestALOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
PositionReportAPOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteSOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteCancelZOptionalinside QuotCxlEntriesGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteRequestROptionalinside QuotReqGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteRequestRejectAGOptionalinside QuotReqRjctGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteResponseAJOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteStatusReportAIOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
QuoteStatusRequestaOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
RFQRequestAHOptionalinside RFQReqGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
RequestForPositionsANOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
RequestForPositionsAckAOOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityDefinitiondOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityDefinitionRequestcOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityDefinitionUpdateReportBPOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityListyOptionalinside SecListGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityListRequestxOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityListUpdateReportBKOptionalinside SecLstUpdRelSymGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityStatusfOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SecurityStatusRequesteOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
SettlementObligationReportBQOptionalinside SettlObligationInstructions › Instrument › ComplexEvents
StreamAssignmentReportCDOptionalinside StrmAsgnRptGrp › StrmAsgnRptInstrmtGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
StreamAssignmentRequestCCOptionalinside StrmAsgnReqGrp › StrmAsgnReqInstrmtGrp › Instrument › ComplexEvents
TradeCaptureReportAEOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
TradeCaptureReportAckAROptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
TradeCaptureReportRequestADOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
TradeCaptureReportRequestAckAQOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents
TradingSessionStatushOptionalinside Instrument › ComplexEvents

Wire format

A whole number, optionally signed. Leading zeros are legal on the wire and are preserved in the raw value. @boarteam/fix parses the value as a number and reports parse/invalid-int when it does not lex as one; the raw string is kept either way.

Read tag 1490 in TypeScript

decode.tsts
import { createFixEngine } from "@boarteam/fix";import { dictionary } from "@boarteam/fix-dict-fix50sp2";const fix = createFixEngine(dictionary);const { message, issues } = fix.parse(raw);const complexEventCondition = message.fields[1490]?.raw;// e.g. "1" — And// The dictionary also carries the labels:const label = fix.dictionary  .fieldByTag(1490)  ?.enumValues?.find((e) => e.value === complexEventCondition)  ?.description;

Other int fields

Decode this in your own code

The same engine that produced the decoded example above is an Apache-2.0 npm package with zero runtime dependencies. It runs in Node and in the browser, and parse() returns problems as data instead of throwing.

npm i @boarteam/fix @boarteam/fix-dict-fix50sp2