Index Definition Message Fields
Index Definition messages contain values associated with information describing an index such as an index’s current status (active, inactive, or deleted), channel name, current trading date, data source, and description.
| Field Name | JSON | Value | Description |
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| sendTime | sendTime | Numeric | Epoch time message was published from system. |
| messageType | msgType | "D" | D=definition message update. |
| sequence number | seq | Numeric | Sequence identifier from Cboe Global Indices (Note: seq values will be increasing but not guaranteed to be without gaps). Reset is expected on restart or failover. |
| symbol | sym | Alpha | External index symbol. |
| current record number | currRec | Numeric | Clients should begin capturing data beginning at 1. |
| total number of records | totRecs | Numeric | Total number of updates within loop. |
| description | desc | Alpha | Description of the index. |
| date | date | Alpha | Current business date for a given index symbol. |
| status | status | Numeric |
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| agent classification | agentCode | Alpha |
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| channel | channels | JSON List |
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