What is “automatic identifier stitching”?

klangstaff@xignite.com UPDATED
May-05-2021

Several Xignite APIs include "automatic identifier stitching", a custom Xignite feature that can trace security identifiers back through various corporate actions and provide a complete timeline of events.

- XigniteGlobalCorporateActions: Automatic identifier stitching of events traces identifiers back through various corporate actions and provides a complete timeline of events. For example, with an ISIN change, the old and new ISIN are stitched into the same timeline. Users can request corporate action-adjusted historical prices for events, such as splits and cash dividends.

Automatic identifier stitching is also include in the XigniteGlobalHistorical and XigniteGlobalQuotes APIs.

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