UGRD RECRUITMENT CATEGORY

DATA VIEW NAME
UGRD_RECRUITMENT_CATEGORY
OVERVIEW
This data view contains recruitment category information for prospective undergraduate students and undergraduate applicants.
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DATA CUSTODIAN
Undergraduate Admissions Office
Contact: David Leszczynski
AUTHORIZATION
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SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
This data view is intended to be joined with the UGRD_PROSPECT or STDNT_UGRD_APPLICANT data views. Undergraduate recruitment categories can be associated with the individual’s prospect record or their application record. Some recruitment categories will appear both on the application record and prospect record while others may exclusively be a prospect recruiting category or an applicant recruiting category.
QUESTIONS
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Phone: 264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
04/2005 – 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
*Recruitment_Cat_Key NUMBER(15) A unique identifier that is system generated. A surrogate key. It is based on ID, Application Number, Recruitment Category Code and Recruitment Category Source.
Prospect_Key NUMBER(15) Surrogate key of prospect table. Match this key on this table to same key on Ugrd_Prospect view.
ID VARCHAR(11) ISIS personal Identifier. It 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.
Application_Number VARCHAR(8) Only populated if the person has applied for undergraduate admission. A recruitmentcategory is application specific, so if an applicant reapplied for another term they may not have the same recruitment categories on both applications.
Recruitment_Category_Code VARCHAR(4) Specifies the recruitment category. Examples are:
CNCT – UW-Madison connections program
FGEN – first generation univ student
PALM – parent alumni
POSS – UW-Madison POSSE
WBBL – Women’s Basketball
Recruitment_Category_Descr VARCHAR(30) Description of the Recruitment Category Code.
Recruitment_Category_Source VARCHAR(1) Code indicating on which record the Recruitment Category was entered. Valid values:
A = Application Record
P = Prospect Record
Recruitment_Group_Code VARCHAR(4) Recruiting categories are grouped together under Recruitment Group. Examples are:
ACAD = Academic
ATHL = Athletics
REGN = Geographic Region
SPEC = Special
Recruitment_Group_Descr VARCHAR(30) Description of the Recruitment Group Code
EXTRACT_DATE_TIME DATE The date and time these data were extracted.
Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS