Xplan Expert14th August AMA: We're Leah, Xplan expert, and Rob, IressNet product manager, Ask Us Anything!
Thanks Leah and Rob for hosting this AMA.
When doing my daily datafeed checks is there anyway I can get a holistic view of any quality issues for the datafeeds? It would save so much time if there was a known issue before checking each one individually.
Xplan ExpertHi Willerd,
Here are a couple of ways to assess datafeed quality within Xplan. All of this is accessible through the System Datafeed menu.
First Stop- Platform Summary Report (think of this as your Global View)
The Platform Summary report in Xplan offers a high-level overview of your datafeeds. Use this report to view all of the feeds and look at which feed to review. This report shows:
- The total number of holdings provided for a specific datafeed.
- How many of these holdings reconcile on units (meaning the sum of transactions for a holding equals the provided balance).
- The overall quality percentage.
If your % reconciled holdings in your site is lower than the % reconciled holdings in IressNet, then you have some homework. I recently wrote an article on how to trouble shoot this, and you can find it here. You can find more information on this report, as well as the related Adviser Summary report, on the Iress Community.
Once you look at the summary report, you need to investigate what is happening in each datafeed. To do this you need to look at the Reconciliation report. When you get there
- Filter by the specific datafeed you want to examine.
- Set the Units Reconciled field to "false."
This will list all holdings where the units don't reconcile, allowing you to delve deeper into the discrepancies. Additional details on this report are available in the same link above.
If your data reconciliation is still not meeting expectations, follow the recommendations for Support in the trouble shooting article I pointed to before. Good luck!
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