Elektron MRN vs NewsFeedDirect: subject codes

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I am comparing Elektron MRN vs NewsFeedDirect: subject codes
Sometimes they exactly match for the same story, sometimes they don't match.
for e.g. Elektron MRN:
"subjects": ["B:125", "B:136", "B:137", "B:138", "B:139", "B:140", "B:212", "E:6G", "G:3", "G:7J", "G:A", "M:1RT", "M:DU", "M:E7", "M:K", "M:MR", "M:N", "M:Z", "R:SOLYD.UL", "N2:BRXT", "N2:CLIST1", "N2:CMPNY", "N2:EU", "N2:EUROP", "N2:FINS", "N2:GB", "N2:GEN", "N2:INSB", "N2:INSR", "N2:INTAG", "N2:LINS", "N2:MINS", "N2:PINS", "N2:POL", "N2:RINS", "N2:TOPCMB", "N2:TOPNWS", "N2:WEU", "P:4297290844"], 39 items
The unique: "N2:BRXT", "N2:CLIST1", "N2:TOPCMB", "N2:TOPNWS"

For e.g. NewsFeedDirect same story:
<subject qcode="R:SOLYD.UL" />
<subject qcode="P:4297290844" />
<subject qcode="B:125" />
<subject qcode="N2:FINS" />
<subject qcode="B:136" />
<subject qcode="N2:INSR" />
<subject qcode="B:137" />
<subject qcode="N2:MINS" />
<subject qcode="B:138" />
<subject qcode="N2:PINS" />
<subject qcode="B:139" />
<subject qcode="N2:LINS" />
<subject qcode="B:140" />
<subject qcode="N2:RINS" />
<subject qcode="B:212" />
<subject qcode="N2:INSB" />
<subject qcode="E:6G" />
<subject qcode="G:3" />
<subject qcode="N2:WEU" />
<subject qcode="G:7J" />
<subject qcode="N2:GB" />
<subject qcode="G:A" />
<subject qcode="N2:EUROP" />
<subject qcode="M:1QD" />
<subject qcode="M:1RT" />
<subject qcode="M:DU" />
<subject qcode="N2:INTAG" />
<subject qcode="M:E7" />
<subject qcode="N2:GEN" />
<subject qcode="M:K" />
<subject qcode="N2:EU" />
<subject qcode="M:MR" />
<subject qcode="N2:TOPALL" />
<subject qcode="M:N" />
<subject qcode="N2:POL" />
<subject qcode="M:Z" />
<subject qcode="N2:CMPNY" />
37 items. The unique: "M:1QD", "N2:TOPALL"

Our NewsFeedDirect is using NewsScopeN2000codes.csv to interpret subject codes;
Does MRN still use the same NewsScopeN2000codes.csv to interpret subject codes?

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  • xli1997
    xli1997 Explorer

    If the number of items are different, does it mean the MRN and NFD are linking the symbols differently? one link to 39 symbols, the other link to 37 symbols? for the same news story?

  • Eric Fischkin
    Eric Fischkin LSEG

    The topic code configuration file for News Feed Direct is out of date. As a result, it may include some obsolete topic codes and exclude new ones. We plan to update this file by end of July.

  • xlil997
    xlil997 Newcomer

    After getting a list of active codes. I see over 1000 codes, These are basically topics, not symbols. How do these topics finally translate into stock symbols? for e.g. AAPL, GOOG?

    if subject code 'P:4295904307' represents IBM. Where can I find the lookup table for each stock?

  • Jirapongse
    Jirapongse ✭✭✭✭✭

    @xlil997

    In the subjects field, RIC is prefixed by 'R:' while the company PermID is prefixed by 'P:'. Therefore, 4295904307 is a company PermID. This information for this PermID is available at https://permid.org/1-4295904307.

    For more information about PermID, please refer to https://permid.org. It also provides the API for PermID lookup.

  • xlil997
    xlil997 Newcomer

    Thanks for the answer of PermID.

    I see subject qcode: 'M:1QD' . What does M mean? (I currently only understand N2, P, R) what is 1QD?

    Where can I look up what these q codes mean in general?

  • Jirapongse
    Jirapongse ✭✭✭✭✭

    @xlil997

    M:1QD is used by Eikon to indicate that stories from a set of News Sources and News Services considered to be important and relevant to Eikon users.

    M means Miscellaneous.

    Please see the attached file for the meanings of qcodes.

    reuters-news-topics-trbc-all-v15602-2017-07-05-ext.zip

  • Eric Fischkin
    Eric Fischkin LSEG

    PermIDs can be looked up on permid.org.

    Subject codes with prefixes other than N2, P, and R are alternate representations of N2 codes. They add no information. They may be supported formally in the future.

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