STDNT ACADEMIC GROUP CODES

DATA VIEW NAME
STDNT_ACADEMIC_GROUP_CODES
OVERVIEW
This view contains information for the college or school within the University. It includes the codes and code descriptions. This view can be used in conjunction with other views by joining on ACAD_GROUP_CODE.
LOAD FREQUENCY
The data is refreshed each weekend.
DATA CUSTODIAN
Registrar’s Office – Phil Hull
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SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
None.
QUESTIONS
Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
10/01 View Create to use VarChar2 data type and conformed data element names. c4j
2/2012 Custodian Change c4j
DATA FORMAT
Primary Key Columns are identified with an asterisk(*)
Alphanumeric Data
VARCHAR2( N) (N) = maximum length. Field contains letters and/or numbers. Trailing blanks are eliminated.
Example: VARCHAR2 (5) could contain ‘ABC12’ or ‘ABC’ or ‘A’
Numeric Data
NUMBER (N) (N) = length. Field contains only numbers.
NUMBER (X,Y) = format for numbers with decimal positions.
X = total number of digits
Y = the number of digits after the decimal
Examples: NUMBER (6) represents 250012 NUMBER (6,2) represents 2500.12
Date
DATE – Date can be in various formats. Date functions available with your query tool can be used to format the date.
Examples: DATE (YYYYMMDD), DATE (YYDDD), DATE (DD-MM-YY)
Column Name Format Description
*ACAD_GROUP_CODE VARCHAR2 (5) The code represents the college or school in which the student is enrolled, except for CAVE and MSN used administratively.
Valid values are:
AH School of Allied Health Prof (Dissolved)
ALS Agricultural and Life Sciences
AMN Air, Military & Naval Science BUS School of Business
CAVE Continuing and Vocational Educ
CIC Committee on Inst Cooperation
DCS Division of Continuing Studies
EDU School of Education
EGR College of Engineering
HEC School of Human Ecology
IES Institute for Environmental St
L&S College of Letters & Science
LAW School of Law
MED School of Medicine
MSN Univ of Wisconsin – Madison
NUR School of Nursing
PHM School of Pharmacy
VET School of Veterinary Medicine
ACAD_GROUP_LONG_DESCR VARCHAR2 (30) This is the long description of the ACAD_GROUP_CODE.
ACAD_GROUP_SHORT_DESCR VARCHAR2 (10) his is the short description of the ACAD_GROUP_CODE.
EXTRACT_DATE_TIME DATE The System generated date when the data was last refreshed.
Format: mm/dd/ccyy.
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