STDNT GRAD PREVIOUS INSTITUTION

DATA VIEW NAME
STDNT_GRAD_PREVIOUS_INSTITUTION
OVERVIEW
Colleges previously attended by applicants to Graduate School along with degree information.
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DATA CUSTODIAN
Graduate School
Contact: Katie Bourassa
AUTHORIZATION
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SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
None.
QUESTIONS
Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
12/1998 New data view.
03/2002 Created view using varchar2.
09/2004 Data Custodian change.
07/2007 Enlarged Colege_ID_External from 9 to 11 Characters c4j.
11/2014 Preferred name policy s8w.
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
EMPLID VARCHAR2 11 The ISIS system’s unique identifier for each person in the system.
CAMPUS_ID VARCHAR2 16 The student ID. This is the number that will go on the student’s ID card.
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2 30 Applicant’s preferred last name.
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2 30 Applicant’s preferred first name.
MIDDLE_NAME VARCHAR2 30 Applicant’s preferred middle name.
COLLEGE_ID_EXTERNAL VARCHAR2 11 Although it says “external” UW-Msn has one, too.
COLLEGE_DESC VARCHAR2 50 College name.
ADMITTING_DEGREE SCHOOL_IND VARCHAR2 4 This field indicates whether the school was an admitting-degree school or not.
Some Valid Values:
ADSC – Admitting Degree School
PSOC – Post Secondary School
” ” – Blank
DEGREE_TYPE VARCHAR2 3 Generally blank and always redundant.
DEGREE_DESC VARCHAR2 30 Degree name
DEGREE_DATE DATE
DEGREE_STATUS VARCHAR2 1 Indicates whether a degree has been received from the institution.
Valid values:
C=completed
ACAD_PROG VARCHAR2 5 Program (major) code. You can find the codes in GWIS.
LOADDATE DATE The date and time these data were extracted.
Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS