- DATA VIEW NAME
- HOUS_PREFERENCE
- OVERVIEW
- This view contains applicant entered preference information for residence halls including hall, room type, learning community, and roommate(s), in addition to, apartment location, type, and smoking/floor level for applicants of university apartments.
- LOAD FREQUENCY
- Data is refreshed nightly.
- DATA CUSTODIAN
- University Housing
Contact: Brian Ward - 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
- Selection of a term is critical since preference information for both residence halls and university apartments are contained in this view. Roommate information in this view is indicative of a requested roommate(s) for an incoming student. Information on assigned roommate(s) for a current resident is found in the Hous_Roommates view.
- QUESTIONS
- Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357) - LAST UPDATED
- 05/2020 – 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 |
| Entry_ID | Number | Housing system identifier assigned to each unique individual in the system. |
| *Entry_Application_ID | Number | Housing system identifier assigned to each unique application. |
| Campus_ID | Varchar2(11) | ID number assigned to SIS to be used by student. |
| Emplid | Varchar2(11) | SIS personal identifier. The ID can never be changed throughout the individual’s relationship with the University. |
| First_Name | Varchar2(40) | Applicant’s or resident’s legal first name. |
| Last_Name | Varchar2(40) | Applicant’s or resident’s legal last name. |
| Hall_or_LC_Preference Change | Varchar2(100) | Applicant’s indication of whether a learning community or residence hall choice is preferred. |
| Language_House_Interest | Varchar2(100) | Applicant selected Y/N indicator if interested in living in a language house for residence halls. |
| Single_Room_Interest | Varchar2(100) | Resident selected Y/N indicator if interested in living in a single occupancy room; used only for continuing/returning residents for residence halls. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_1 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s first hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_2 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s second hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_3 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s third hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_4 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s fourth hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_5 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s fifth hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_6 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s sixth hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_7 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s seventh hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Hall_or_Apartment_Prference_8 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s eighth hall and room type preference for residence halls or location and apartment type for university apartments. Field is equivalent to “room preference” in housing system. |
| Preference_1 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s first learning community preference for residence halls or smoking/floor level preference for university apartments. |
| Preference_2 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s second learning community preference for residence halls or smoking/floor level preference for university apartments. |
| Preference_3 | Varchar2(200) | Applicant’s third learning community preference for residence halls or smoking/floor level preference for university apartments. |
| Roommate_Group_Id | Varchar2(40) | Housing system identifier assigned to each unique roommate group. |
| Roommate_Group | Varchar2(50) | Applicant entered name for roommate group, some manual entry for transfer applicants in university apartments. University apartment format: “Group, Last Name, First Name Random Number”. |
| Room Mates | Varchar2(4000) | For residence halls: An applicant’s preferred roommate(s). Can be one to three entries. Format: “Roommate Name (Campus ID#)”. For university apartments: Applicant created group to join secondary and primary applicants for family and roommate households. Format: “Roommate Name (Campus ID# – if applicable)”. |
| Leader | Varchar2(1) | Applicant selected Y/N indicator if they are the designated leader of a roommate group. |
| Term_Description | Varchar2(40) | Housing system code defining application period. Term description is equivalent to term in housing system. Residence hall values: · Academic Year 20XX-XX · Spring 20XX · Summer 20XX · Winter Break 20XX-XX University apartment values: · Apartment Lease Year 20XX-XX · Apartment Transfer · Transitional status for residents changing apartments |
| Extract_Date_Time | Date | The date and time these data were extracted. Format: YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS |