CLARIFY CASES

DATA VIEW NAME
CLARIFY_CASES
OVERVIEW
This view contains information about closed Clarify cases. A case is a task created in response to a customer contract. A case constitutes a complete and formal record of the request from the customer and what the service group has done to provide assistance in resolving the problem. Cases can contain confidential personal information and should be treated accordingly.

This View can be used in conjunction with the following views:
UW.CLARIFY_ACTIVITY_LOG

LOAD FREQUENCY
Data View is refreshed nightly. The daily load appends all cases closed since the previous load.
DATA CUSTODIAN
DoIT Help Desk – Chris Holsman
DoIT User System Services – Chris Holsman
AUTHORIZATION
You must receive approval to access data from the data custodian. For information about how to get authorized for InfoAccess data views, connect to the InfoAccess Home Page
SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
The view retains all information about Clarify Cases permanently.
QUESTIONS
Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
5/2001 – 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_NUMBER CHAR (11) ID number assigned to a Clariy case.
TITLE CHAR (80) A brief description of the subject The title of the case.
CREATE_DATETIME DATE The date time stamp when the cases was entered into the clarify system.
CREATE_DATE CHAR (8) YYYYMMDD The creation date. Datestamp from create_datetime.
CREATE_TIME CHAR (8) HH24:MI:SS Timestamp from create_datetime.
CHAR (80) Sites can be departmental or individual. For department sites – the department UDDS; for -or an individual campus ID for Individual sites – the staff or student id
SITE_NAME CHAR (80) The name of the individual or departmentA named location — whether department or individual
CONTACT_FIRST CHAR (30) List Name of Contact/case reporter.
CONTACT_LAST CHAR (30) List Name of Contact/case reporter.
CONTRACT_ROLE CHAR (80) Category of contact. Examples: Student, Facstaff
CLOSE_DATETIME DATE Date and time case was closed.
YYYYMMDD HH24:MM:SS
PRODUCT_NAME CHAR (30) The name of the product used. The service or item selected from the Clarify product list as the product or service being supported.
LOGIN_NAME CHAR (30) The name of the person who created the case.
CALL_TYPE CHAR (40) The category of the case as determined at the initial contact. Examples: diagnosis, repair, information, referral
CASE_PRIORITY CHAR (30) A determination of the severity and required response time. Possible valid values: Impact 1 (highest priority), Impact 2 and Impact 3.
BILLING_CATEGORY CHAR (30) For internal DoIT use. An indicator of how the Help Desk will pay other DoIT groups for their work on a case.
CONTACT_METHOD CHAR (30) Examples: phone, walk-in, email
OPERATING_SYSTEM CHAR (30) Platform operating system – Win98, MacOS
PLATFORM CHAR (30) Type of computer – Wintel, Mac, Unix
VERSION CHAR (30) Specific release of the OS
EXTRACT_DATE_TIME DATE The date and time these data were extracted.
Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS