O-code Setup
If you are required to report Collateral and Valuation on 11th August 2014 and wish to be involved in
any testing, you will need a new O-Code to upload and view any collateral reports.
What are O-Codes?
O-Codes are used to segregate submissions and reports, and are generally used to segregate
submissions and reports by asset class. For data submitters, the existing O-Code series runs from 1XXX –
8XXX (XXX being a three letter representation of the firm). File submissions by sFTP need to have the OCode in the filename, and the file uploads and download reports on the Portal are partitioned by OCode.
Why do we need a new O-Code for Collateral Reporting?
Collateral portfolios (and subsequent reporting of them) are across asset. Existing submissions and
reports are asset class specific, and there is currently no support within the existing O-Codes for a cross
asset message type.
Set up of the new O-Code
The UAT O-Code will be automatically generated and allocated to your account, and for most
participants will be in the format ‘0XXX’. For example:
A user uses the GTR to submit trade reports under several asset classes, ETD, and OTC Lite and has
several OCODES: 2ABC, 3ABC, 4ABC, 5ABC, 6ABC, 7ABC, 8ABC. A new Collateral O-Code will be
automatically generated for user ABC and will be 0ABC.
Exceptions to 0XXX series
Some different participants have the same three letter representation of the firm. This is generally
because at some time they were part of the same family. The number of participants this impacts is
relatively small and DTCC will contact these participants directly to allocate a different identifier
When will this happen?
The UAT O-Code will be automatically generated over the weekend of 14/15 June and hence will be
available for the start of UAT on the 16th June.
What you need to do
Your Super Access Coordinator will need to login and permission your users to have access to the new
collateral UAT O-Code from the 16th June as this step will not be automated. There will be no impact to
Global IDs and users will be able to log in to their existing accounts through the existing portal.
I’m not currently onboarded. When will I get my Collateral O-Codes?
You will be allocated your Collateral O-Code during your onboarding process
If you have any further general questions please contact [email protected] , if you have any
specific UAT questions [email protected]