- DATA VIEW NAME
- FA_AWARD
- OVERVIEW
- All financial aid awards. Note: Not all financial aid awards are based on the Federal applicaiton for financial aid (FAFSA). Therefore, records may exist on the this data view with out a corresponding application record.
- LOAD FREQUENCY
- Data will be refreshed nightly (Monday through Friday).
- DATA CUSTODIAN
- Student Financial Services
Contact: John Dreger - 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 - QUESTIONS
- Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357) - LAST UPDATED
- 4/2009– New view created
5/2020– Added Fin_Aid_Source values for WiSH(W) and Government(G) - 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) | Aid year equals the second year of an academic year (same as the fiscal year). For example, aid year 2009 is the 2008-09 academic year. |
| *Item_Type | Varchar2(12) | Unique ID used by the OSFS to identify each award item. |
| Item_Type_Descr | Varchar2(30) | The short description of the Item_Type |
| *Acad_Career | Varchar2(4) | |
| Accept_Amount | Number(11,2) | Amount of the award. |
| Fin_Aid_Source | Varchar2(1) | The funding source of the item I = Institutional S = State F = Federal O = Other P = Private W = WiSH G = Government |
| Fin_Aid_Type | Varchar2(4) | Broad category of item W = Work V = Fee Remission S = Scholarship L = Loan G = Grant F = Fellowship |
| Aggregate_Aid_Type | Varchar2(10) | Another way of aggregating aid types. A combination of Item_Type_Descr, Fin_Aid_Source, and Fin_Aid_Type. |
| CDR_Code | Varchar2(4) | The CDR code used to report this financial aid type to UW System Administration |
| Need_Based_Ind | Varchar2(1) | Award is based on financial need Y = Yes N = No |
| Extract_Date_Time | Date | The date and time these data were extracted. Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS |