PartyRole (FIX tag 452)

intFIX 4.4FIX 5.0 SP2

PartyRole (tag 452) is an int field defined in FIX 4.4 and FIX 5.0 SP2. It appears in 44 message types, always optionally. It is an enumerated field with 37 defined values.

At a glance

Tag: 452
Name: PartyRole
Datatype: int
Dialects: FIX 4.4 and FIX 5.0 SP2
Messages: 44
Valid values: 37

What the specification says

FIX 4.4

Identifies the type or role of the PartyID (448) specified. See "Appendix 6-G – Use of <Parties> Component Block"

FIX 5.0 SP2

Identifies the type or role of the PartyID (448) specified.

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

A real message using tag 452

NewOrderSingle · FIX 4.4

Tag	Field	Wire value	Meaning
8	BeginString	FIX.4.4
9	BodyLength	153
35	MsgType	D	Order – Single
49	SenderCompID	BOARTEAM
56	TargetCompID	COUNTERPARTY
34	MsgSeqNum	2
52	SendingTime	20240101-12:00:00.000
11	ClOrdID	ORD-10042
453	NoPartyIDs2 entries	2	repeating group
448	PartyID	EXAMPLE
452	PartyRole	1	Executing Firm (formerly FIX 4.2 ExecBroker)
448	PartyID	EXAMPLE
452	PartyRole	1	Executing Firm (formerly FIX 4.2 ExecBroker)
54	Side	1	Buy
60	TransactTime	20240101-12:00:00.000
40	OrdType	1	Market
10	CheckSum	234

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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.

Value	Meaning	Symbolic name	Dialects
1	Executing Firm (formerly FIX 4.2 ExecBroker)	EXECUTING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
2	Broker of Credit (formerly FIX 4.2 BrokerOfCredit)	BROKER_OF_CREDIT	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
3	Client ID (formerly FIX 4.2 ClientID)	CLIENT_ID	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
4	Clearing Firm (formerly FIX 4.2 ClearingFirm)	CLEARING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
5	Investor ID	INVESTOR_ID	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
6	Introducing Firm	INTRODUCING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
7	Entering Firm	ENTERING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
8	Locate/Lending Firm (for short-sales)	LOCATE_LENDING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
9	Fund manager Client ID (for CIV)	FUND_MANAGER_CLIENT_ID	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
10	Settlement Location (formerly FIX 4.2 SettlLocation)	SETTLEMENT_LOCATION	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
11	Order Origination Trader (associated with Order Origination Firm – e.g. trader who initiates/submits the order)	ORDER_ORIGINATION_TRADER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
12	Executing Trader (associated with Executing Firm - actually executes)	EXECUTING_TRADER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
13	Order Origination Firm (e.g. buyside firm)	ORDER_ORIGINATION_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
14	Giveup Clearing Firm (firm to which trade is given up)	GIVEUP_CLEARING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
15	Correspondant Clearing Firm	CORRESPONDANT_CLEARING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
16	Executing System	EXECUTING_SYSTEM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
17	Contra Firm	CONTRA_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
18	Contra Clearing Firm	CONTRA_CLEARING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
19	Sponsoring Firm	SPONSORING_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
20	Underlying Contra Firm	UNDERLYING_CONTRA_FIRM	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
21	Clearing Organization	CLEARING_ORGANIZATION	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
22	Exchange	EXCHANGE	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
24	Customer Account	CUSTOMER_ACCOUNT	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
25	Correspondent Clearing Organization	CORRESPONDENT_CLEARING_ORGANIZATION	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
26	Correspondent Broker	CORRESPONDENT_BROKER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
27	Buyer/Seller (Receiver/Deliverer)	BUYER_SELLER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
28	Custodian	CUSTODIAN	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
29	Intermediary	INTERMEDIARY	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
30	Agent	AGENT	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
31	Sub custodian	SUB_CUSTODIAN	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
32	Beneficiary	BENEFICIARY	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
33	Interested party	INTERESTED_PARTY	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
34	Regulatory body	REGULATORY_BODY	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
35	Liquidity provider	LIQUIDITY_PROVIDER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
36	Entering Trader	ENTERING_TRADER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
37	Contra Trader	CONTRA_TRADER	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
38	Position Account	POSITION_ACCOUNT	FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0 SP2
39	Contra Investor ID	CONTRA_INVESTOR_ID	FIX 5.0 SP2
40	Transfer to Firm	TRANSFER_TO_FIRM	FIX 5.0 SP2
41	Contra Position Account	CONTRA_POSITION_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
42	Contra Exchange	CONTRA_EXCHANGE	FIX 5.0 SP2
43	Internal Carry Account	INTERNAL_CARRY_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
44	Order Entry Operator ID	ORDER_ENTRY_OPERATOR_ID	FIX 5.0 SP2
45	Secondary Account Number	SECONDARY_ACCOUNT_NUMBER	FIX 5.0 SP2
46	Foreign Firm	FOREIGN_FIRM	FIX 5.0 SP2
47	Third Party Allocation Firm	THIRD_PARTY_ALLOCATION_FIRM	FIX 5.0 SP2
48	Claiming Account	CLAIMING_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
49	Asset Manager	ASSET_MANAGER	FIX 5.0 SP2
50	Pledgor Account	PLEDGOR_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
51	Pledgee Account	PLEDGEE_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
52	Large Trader Reportable Account	LARGE_TRADER_REPORTABLE_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
53	Trader mnemonic	TRADER_MNEMONIC	FIX 5.0 SP2
54	Sender Location	SENDER_LOCATION	FIX 5.0 SP2
55	Session ID	SESSION_ID	FIX 5.0 SP2
56	Acceptable Counterparty	ACCEPTABLE_COUNTERPARTY	FIX 5.0 SP2
57	Unacceptable Counterparty	UNACCEPTABLE_COUNTERPARTY	FIX 5.0 SP2
58	Entering Unit	ENTERING_UNIT	FIX 5.0 SP2
59	Executing Unit	EXECUTING_UNIT	FIX 5.0 SP2
60	Introducing Broker	INTRODUCING_BROKER	FIX 5.0 SP2
61	Quote originator	QUOTE_ORIGINATOR	FIX 5.0 SP2
62	Report originator	REPORT_ORIGINATOR	FIX 5.0 SP2
63	Systematic internaliser (SI)	SYSTEMATIC_INTERNALISER	FIX 5.0 SP2
64	Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)	MULTILATERAL_TRADING_FACILITY	FIX 5.0 SP2
65	Regulated Market (RM)	REGULATED_MARKET	FIX 5.0 SP2
66	Market Maker	MARKET_MAKER	FIX 5.0 SP2
67	Investment Firm	INVESTMENT_FIRM	FIX 5.0 SP2
68	Host Competent Authority (Host CA)	HOST_COMPETENT_AUTHORITY	FIX 5.0 SP2
69	Home Competent Authority (Home CA)	HOME_COMPETENT_AUTHORITY	FIX 5.0 SP2
70	Competent Authority of the most relevant market in terms of liquidity (CAL)	COMPETENT_AUTHORITY_OF_THE_MOST_RELEVANT_MARKET_IN_TERMS_OF_LIQUIDITY	FIX 5.0 SP2
71	Competent Authority of the Transaction (Execution) Venue (CATV)	COMPETENT_AUTHORITY_OF_THE_TRANSACTION	FIX 5.0 SP2
72	Reporting intermediary	REPORTING_INTERMEDIARY	FIX 5.0 SP2
73	Execution Venue	EXECUTION_VENUE	FIX 5.0 SP2
74	Market data entry originator	MARKET_DATA_ENTRY_ORIGINATOR	FIX 5.0 SP2
75	Location ID	LOCATION_ID	FIX 5.0 SP2
76	Desk ID	DESK_ID	FIX 5.0 SP2
77	Market data market	MARKET_DATA_MARKET	FIX 5.0 SP2
78	Allocation Entity	ALLOCATION_ENTITY	FIX 5.0 SP2
79	Prime Broker providing General Trade Services	PRIME_BROKER_PROVIDING_GENERAL_TRADE_SERVICES	FIX 5.0 SP2
80	Step-Out Firm (Prime Broker)	STEP_OUT_FIRM	FIX 5.0 SP2
81	Broker clearing identifier	BROKERCLEARINGID	FIX 5.0 SP2
82	Central Registration Depository (CRD)	CENTRAL_REGISTRATION_DEPOSITORY	FIX 5.0 SP2
83	Clearing Account	CLEARING_ACCOUNT	FIX 5.0 SP2
84	Acceptable Settling Counterparty	ACCEPTABLE_SETTLING_COUNTERPARTY	FIX 5.0 SP2
85	Unacceptable Settling Counterparty	UNACCEPTABLE_SETTLING_COUNTERPARTY	FIX 5.0 SP2

Where tag 452 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.

Message	MsgType	FIX 4.4	FIX 5.0 SP2	Where in the message
AdjustedPositionReport	BL	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
AllocationInstruction	J	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
AllocationInstructionAck	P	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
AllocationInstructionAlert	BM	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
AllocationReport	AS	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
AllocationReportAck	AT	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
ApplicationMessageRequest	BW	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
ApplicationMessageRequestAck	BX	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
AssignmentReport	AW	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
CollateralAssignment	AY	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
CollateralInquiry	BB	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
CollateralInquiryAck	BG	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
CollateralReport	BA	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
CollateralRequest	AX	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
CollateralResponse	AZ	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
Confirmation	AK	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
ContraryIntentionReport	BO	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
CrossOrderCancelReplaceRequest	t	Conditional	Optional	inside SideCrossOrdModGrp › Parties
CrossOrderCancelRequest	u	Conditional	Optional	inside SideCrossOrdCxlGrp › Parties
ExecutionReport	8	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
IOI	6	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
ListCancelRequest	K	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
MarketDataIncrementalRefresh	X	—	Optional	inside MDIncGrp › Parties
MarketDataRequest	V	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
MarketDataRequestReject	Y	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
MarketDataSnapshotFullRefresh	W	—	Optional	inside MDFullGrp › Parties
MassQuote	i	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
MassQuoteAcknowledgement	b	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
MultilegOrderCancelReplace	AC	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
NewOrderCross	s	Conditional	Optional	inside SideCrossOrdModGrp › Parties
NewOrderList	E	Conditional	Optional	inside ListOrdGrp › Parties
NewOrderMultileg	AB	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
NewOrderSingle	D	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderCancelReplaceRequest	G	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderCancelRequest	F	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderMassActionReport	BZ	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderMassActionRequest	CA	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderMassCancelReport	r	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderMassCancelRequest	q	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderMassStatusRequest	AF	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
OrderStatusRequest	H	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
PositionMaintenanceReport	AM	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
PositionMaintenanceRequest	AL	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
PositionReport	AP	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
Quote	S	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
QuoteCancel	Z	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
QuoteRequest	R	Conditional	Optional	inside QuotReqGrp › Parties
QuoteRequestReject	AG	Conditional	Optional	inside QuotReqRjctGrp › Parties
QuoteResponse	AJ	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
QuoteStatusReport	AI	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
QuoteStatusRequest	a	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
RFQRequest	AH	—	Optional	inside the Parties component
RegistrationInstructions	o	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
RegistrationInstructionsResponse	p	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
RequestForPositions	AN	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
RequestForPositionsAck	AO	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
SettlementInstructionRequest	AV	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component
SettlementInstructions	T	Conditional	Optional	inside SettlInstGrp › Parties
SettlementObligationReport	BQ	—	Optional	inside SettlObligationInstructions › Parties
StreamAssignmentReport	CD	—	Optional	inside StrmAsgnRptGrp › Parties
StreamAssignmentRequest	CC	—	Optional	inside StrmAsgnReqGrp › Parties
TradeCaptureReport	AE	Conditional	Optional	inside TrdCapRptSideGrp › Parties
TradeCaptureReportAck	AR	—	Optional	inside TrdCapRptAckSideGrp › Parties
TradeCaptureReportRequest	AD	Conditional	Optional	inside the Parties component

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 452 in TypeScript

decode.tsts

import { createFixEngine } from "@boarteam/fix";import { dictionary } from "@boarteam/fix-dict-fix44";const fix = createFixEngine(dictionary);const { message, issues } = fix.parse(raw);const partyRole = message.fields[452]?.raw;// e.g. "1" — Executing Firm (formerly FIX 4.2 ExecBroker)// The dictionary also carries the labels:const label = fix.dictionary  .fieldByTag(452)  ?.enumValues?.find((e) => e.value === partyRole)  ?.description;

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