Eikon .Net Symbology API does not return SEDOL

Hi,

We are making a request to the Eikon symbology API almost exactly as per the example in the "Tutorials/Symbology" section here: Symbology Tutorial.

The only exception is that we are requesting a RIC rather than an ISIN.

When we use RICS such as "A", "HD" and "AAPL.O", the data returned does not include a SEDOL. However, looking at these symbols through Eikon, the Codes and Schemes section of the instrument Overview shows a SEDOL.

Is this the expected behaviour? Is there any way to reliably get SEDOLs for these RICs?

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Zhenya Kovalyov

It looks like the API can not determine the best match. If you change SymbolsOnResponse(SymbolsResponse response) to the following:

private void SymbolsOnResponse(SymbolsResponse response)
        {
            if (response.HasError)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(response.Error.Message);
            }
            else
            {
                foreach (var entity in response.Symbols)
                {
                    foreach(var sedol in entity.Sedols)
                    {
                       Console.WriteLine(entity.HasError ? entity.ErrorMessage : sedol);
                    }
                }
            }
            Program.StopMessagePump();
        }

You will see something like this:

[1] Symbology conversion example


Converting US0378331005 to a SEDOL
2046251
4033819
B1G5CJ8
BDCCNC7
BZ07GV8
B011001
B7W9VG6
BF1SS69
BYS3934
B817QV8
B59JLG5


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Zhenya Kovalyov

It looks like the API can not determine the best match. If you change SymbolsOnResponse(SymbolsResponse response) to the following:

private void SymbolsOnResponse(SymbolsResponse response)
        {
            if (response.HasError)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(response.Error.Message);
            }
            else
            {
                foreach (var entity in response.Symbols)
                {
                    foreach(var sedol in entity.Sedols)
                    {
                       Console.WriteLine(entity.HasError ? entity.ErrorMessage : sedol);
                    }
                }
            }
            Program.StopMessagePump();
        }

You will see something like this:

[1] Symbology conversion example


Converting US0378331005 to a SEDOL
2046251
4033819
B1G5CJ8
BDCCNC7
BZ07GV8
B011001
B7W9VG6
BF1SS69
BYS3934
B817QV8
B59JLG5


Press any key to exit...

chris.mannix

Thanks for the explanation Zhenya - I guess this is a limitation of the API then - we have to be more specific with our input to ensure a response with a SEDOL (e.g. HD.N rather than HD)?

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