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Date/Time,Account,Offset Account,Qty,Symbol,Cost,Locate Id
03/31/2009,ACCOUNT1,ACCOUNT2,1000,AAPL,-40.0,ABC123

Field

Mandatory?

Format

Sample

Description

Date/Time

Yes

MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS

06/17/2010 16:00:00

Date on which the adjustment should postand time of the locate in Eastern time. If time is unknown, specify as 00:00:00.

Account

Yes

CHAR(20)

1234567ABC1234567

Name of the account (PropReports Account Id). Anything after the first 20 characters will be ignored.

Offset Account

No

CHAR(20)

1234567

Optionally, name of the opposite account for the locate fee being charged. If there is no fee, this field will be ignored.

Qty

Yes

 

 

 DECIMAL(18, 8) UNSIGNED

5000

Number of shares located.

Symbol

Yes

 

 

 CHAR(48)

IBM

Ticker symbol of the instrument being located. Please follow the symbol naming convention.

Cost

No

 

 DECIMAL(15, 4) UNSIGNED

40.0

Total fee associated with this locate. Both positive and negative values will be processed as a fee (there is no way to post a credit).

Cost Per ShareNo  DECIMAL(18, 8) UNSIGNED0.25Per share fee associated with this locate. Please only specify either Cost or Cost Per Share when uploading locatescolumn but not both.
Locate IdNo   CHAR(25)ABC-123An external id associated with this locate. Locate Ids are not case-sensitive.

Enabling the Upload

Note

Before uploading for the first time, you must to make sure the Generic data source is enabled

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To load the file into PropReports, please follow these instructions.  Load the file as "Locates" in order to upload the locate events and as "Adjustments" in order to post associated fees.