FIX Log Analyzers — FIXEye and FIXGrep

FIXEye and FIXGrep are powerful next generation FIX log analyzers. These utilities are the result of many years of experience in FIX support. These log browsers go beyond traditional parsers and are equipped with full knowledge of FIX objects and their state management.

Based on the complex search conditions specified by the user, FIXEye will generate the corresponding alerts in real time. A typical use of an alert mechanism is the acknowledgment of an order that hasn’t been received for longer than X milliseconds. Another fundamentally important feature of both the FIXEye and FIXGrep tools is the ability to identify the last state of a specific order or all orders. Our guide “FIXEye, Getting Started” will take you through the host of features available in the tool.

FIXEye is a .NET GUI utility available for Windows View larger image

FIXGrep is a console utility available for Windows and Linux View larger image

Features:

• Reading FIX messages from log files
  • Extracts raw FIX messages from file of any format. It is enough to have non-encoded messages stored in a file
  • Can work with archived (zip) files
  • Can work with files on the network
  • Does not block a file when reading
  • Can access files on a remote machine via TCP/IP (requires having FIXEye Agent installed on that machine)
  • FIXEye Agent can work in the Windows and Linux environment, 32- and 64-bits
• Searching for data
  • “Show all messages” button
  • Performs context search
  • FIX-gnostic search i.e. knows that “35=D” means “MsgType=New Order — Single”
  • Supports basic search engine’s language
    • Search for words (new order single)
    • Search for exact phrase (“new order – single”)
    • Search for all words (+new +order +single)
  • Searches by tags and regular expression
  • Searches across multiple files
• Analyzing messages
  • Message details panel with all fields and values explained
  • Validates messages
  • Supports non-standard FIX dialects when XML FIX dictionary is supplied
  • Extracts session list from messages and shows on a separate panel
  • Compares messages allowing to specify the list of tags to exclude from the comparison
  • Compares files allowing to specify the list of tags to exclude from the comparison, showing only the messages, which differ
• Filters
  • List of pre-create filters to show only specific messages e.g. only messages related to trade or only session level messages, etc.
  • Ability to create user-defined filters
  • Quick filters (Excel style data filters in grid)
  • Enable/disable files
  • Enable/disable sessions
• Reconstructing business scenario
  • Build order back-trace (order history)
  • Build session back-trace, guess on terminations and recovery
  • Order blotter — shows all found orders in their final state
• Interoperability
  • Ability to select multiple cells in a grid
  • Ability to select unlinked regions
  • Copy & Paste
  • Export to CSV
  • Ability to create screenshots
• Real-time monitoring
  • Supports multiple watches to monitor logs in real time
  • Message appears in watch windows as soon as it appears in the file
  • Polling interval is customizable
  • Basic functionality: Start, Stop, Pause, Auto scroll, Clear
  • Blinks on the task bar when a new message arrives
  • Supports wildcards in file names
  • Can monitor files which do not exist when at the watch start time
• Events and alerts
  • Notifies when the session state is changed
  • Notifies when the order acknowledge time is greater than some specified value
• Usability
  • Rich and powerful .NET WinForms GUI
  • Multiple tabs
  • Docking panels
  • Sorting
  • Show/Hide columns
  • GoTo Column
  • Coloring and conditional formatting
  • Set of pre-created views
  • Ability to create user-defined view
• Integration with Windows Shell
  • Association with specific extension (optional, can be configured during installation), “send to” option from the context menu allows to open multiple selected files in FIXEye

FIXEye Enterprise Edition

The Enterprise Edition of FIXEye allows a user to search and monitor FIX logs across an unlimited number of machines. This is achieved by deploying FIX agents on such machines. On receiving commands from FIXEye the agents perform the searches.

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To buy the Enterprise version of FIXEye, contact us at sales@b2bits.com.