Set Up Security Tabs

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Last updated: Aug 24, 2023
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About Security Tabs

Before you use Reference Data Center, you must enable the security tabs you wish to use in the Edit Security workspace. The Edit Security workspace maintains additional composited security information, such as Analytics, Variable Rates, and Ratings, as well as optional non-composited security information. You must enable tabs for all the types of security detail data you wish to use with any one of your data strategies. 

You can enable a security tab for use on the Edit Security workspace. When you enable a tab, the tab appears on the Edit Security workspace when the data strategy governing the security maintains the security details for that type of data.

To enable additional security tabs:

  1. In the Setup workspace, select Security Tab Configuration from the left navigation pane.
    You see the Security Tab Configuration workspace with the list of current configured security tabs.

  2. Click Create New.
    You see the Create New Security Tab dialog box.

  3. Click Tab Name and select the type of security detail tab you wish to enable on the Edit Security workspace. Options include:
    –  Analytics
    –  Corporate Actions
    –  Final Factor
    –  Prepayment Time Series
    –  Ratings
    –  Schedule
    –  Underlying Securities
    –  Third Party Cash Flow
    –  Variable Rates
    –  Vendor History

  4. Click the Date Rule drop down and select the date rule you wish to use.

  5. Click the Source drop down and select the source rule you wish to use.

  6. Click Add New to select the fields to maintain for the tab.
    You see the Field Selector dialog box with the list of available fields.

  7. Select the fields you wish to use on the tab. You must select at least one field.

  8. Click Save.
    You see the Create New Security Tab dialog box refreshed with the list of selected fields.

  9. Click Save.

Disable Security Tabs

You can disable a security tab from use on the Edit Security workspace. When you disable a tab, the tab no longer appears on the workspace for any security and data strategy.

To disable security tabs:

  1. From the Setup workspace, click Security Tab Configuration in the left navigation.
    You see the Security Tab Configuration workspace with the list of currently configured security tabs.

  2. Select the security tab you wish to disable.

  3. Click Delete.
    You see the Security Tab Configuration workspace refresh with the list of current security detail tabs with the deleted tab removed.

 Configure System Settings

System settings control the behavior of the Reference Data Center application, such as additional fields to use for queries and display in query results. You can view and change system settings for your environment.

View System Settings

Reference Data Center analysts, managers, and administrators can view system settings in the Settings workspace.

To view system settings, click Setup in the left navigation to access the Setup workspace, then click System Settings in the left navigation pane. You see the current list of system settings for the environment. There are several important system settings that customize application and engine behavior.

Change System Settings

Reference Data Center administrators can change system settings in the Settings workspace.

To change system settings:

  1. From the Setup workspace, click System Settings in the left navigation pane.
    You see the System Settings workspace with all the available settings for the current environment.

  2. Select the setting you wish to change and double click the Value field. The Value field becomes available for data entry.

  3. Enter the new value for the setting.

  4. Click anywhere on the workspace to save the change. The Last Modified On and Last Modified By fields updated to display your user ID and the current timestamp.

Important System Settings

The list below describes several important system settings that customize application and engine behavior.

  • Setting 21. Enables/disables code values translations during the compositing.

  • Setting 36. Specifies the field ID of the entity name.

  • Setting 37. Specifies the field ID of the issue name.

  • Setting 38. Specifies the field ID of the issuer name

  • Setting 39. Specifies the maximum number of days to include historical securities reference data in the security summary results. Default is 30 days.

  • Setting 1000. Specifies the field IDs of the fields displayed for securities in the middle pane of the Securities Data workspace. For example: 370; Issue Name:371; Investment Type:368; Currency:369; Primary Asset ID:374; Data Strategy:409; Exchange:410; Needs Authorization:412; Composite Date:413; Processing Security Type:414; Composite Exceptions.

  • Setting 1001. Specifies the field IDs of the fields used as filters in the top pane of the Securities Data workspace.

  • Setting 1006. Specifies the field IDs of the fields displayed during a security lookup using Logic builder.

  • Setting 1007. The processing security types (PSTs) to exclude from the security summary query results. Default is SWLEAC,SWLEIF,SWLXEQ,SWLEDB.

  • Setting 1009. Indicates whether to allow case insensitivity or case sensitivity when using search filters for security summary results. Options include:
    –  1 (Default). Indicates case insensitive filters.
    –  0. Indicates case sensitive filters.

  • Setting 1010. Specifies the days of history offset used to default the Start Date on the History tab of the Manage Exceptions workspace, to filter the display of historical records.