FA NEED SUMMARY

DATA VIEW NAME
FA_NEED_SUMMARY
OVERVIEW
All active financial aid applicants who have gone though need analysis and have been awarded, or are in an application status that indicates that they are ready to be awarded.
LOAD FREQUENCY
Data will be refreshed nightly (Monday through Friday).
DATA CUSTODIAN
Student Financial Aid
Contact: John Dreger
AUTHORIZATION
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SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
QUESTIONS
Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
04/2009 – New view created.
DATA FORMATS
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
*ID Varchar2 (11) ISIS personal Identifier. The ID will never be changed throughout the individual’s relationship with the University. This is not the same as Campus_ID. Only 10 characters are in use.
*Fin_Aid_Year Varchar2 (4) Financial Aid year equals the second year of an academic year (same as the fiscal year). For example, aid year 2008 is the 2007-08 academic year.
*Award_Period Valid Values:
A = Academic Year (fall and/or spring term)
N = Non-Standard (summer term)
Acad_Year_Terms_Applied Varchar2 (1) For a student with an academic year budgets, this field indicates the number of terms within the academic year for which the student applied for aid.
F = Fall only
S = Spring only
A = both Fall and Spring
EFC Expected Family Contribution for the award period as determined by need analysis conducted using Federal methodology.
Need Student’s financial aid need for the award period. This is calculated by subtracting their EFC from their Cost_of_Attendance for the given Award_Period.
Extract_Date_Time Date The date and time these data were extracted.
Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS
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