- DATA VIEW NAME
- HOUS_PREFERENCE_OLD
- OVERVIEW
- Request for housing assignment preferences.
- LOAD FREQUENCY
- The data is replaced every night.
- HISTORY
- The data will contain preferences for current and future housing terms. The data will not contain historical preference data for past terms.
- DATA CUSTODIAN
- Desc
- 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
- 12/2001 – New view created.
01/2009 – Added new fields -Returning_ind, same_room_ind, same_hall_ind, roommate_ret_ind, roommate_new_ind, limited_visitation_ind c4j.
05/2010 – Added new fields – Last_invite_sent_date, Roommate_new_or_returning C4j.
02/2012 – Custodian Change c4j.
01/2013 – Removed fields – ‘Application_date, Roommate_new_or_returning, Pref_7, Pref_8, Pref_9, Pref_10, Returning_Ind, Same_room_ind, Same_hall_ind, Roommate_ret_ind, Roommate_new_ind’ c4j
01/2015 – Updated preferred name description s8w
03/2015 – Added Triple_Room_Ind and updated Single_Room_Ind definition 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 |
|---|---|---|
| APPLICATION_ID | NUMBER(10) | Identifier for an application. |
| ACADEMIC_YEAR | VARCHAR2 (50) | Term/academic year description. Example: Academic Year 2002-2003 |
| SESSION_DESCR | VARCHAR2 (50) | An “Academic Year” or Housing term may contain multiple “sessions”. For example, Academic Year 2002-03 contains two sessions: “Academic Year” and “Spring Only”. Summer has multiple housing sessions that generally correspond with the various summer class sessions (i.e. “Eight Week Summer Session’). |
| PERSON_ID | NUMBER(10) | Identifier for a person.. |
| CAMPUS_ID | VARCHAR2 (10) | Campus ID on the Integrated Student Information System. |
| PERSON_NAME | VARCHAR2 (50) | Full preferred name in following format: last, first middle |
| ADMITTED_DATE | Date | Original Admission date for new students. Blank for continuing students. |
| MASS_ASSIGN_RANDOM_NUMBER | NUMBER | This person’s sequence in the mass assignment process. |
| ROOMMATE_ID | VARCHAR2 (10) | Campus ID of preferred roommate. |
| ROOMMATE_NAME | VARCHAR2 (50) | Name of preferred roommate. |
| SINGLE_ROOM_IND | VARCHAR2 (1) | Student indicated that they would be interested in a single room. |
| TRIPLE_ROOM_IND | VARCHAR2 (1) | Student indicated that they would be interested in a triple room. |
| PREF_1 | VARCHAR2 (50) | Housing preference option ranked number 1 by Person. |
| PREF_2 | VARCHAR2 (50) | Housing preference option ranked number 2 by Person. |
| PREF_3 | VARCHAR2 (50) | Housing preference option ranked number 3 by Person. |
| PREF_4 | VARCHAR2 (50) | Housing preference option ranked number 4 by Person. |
| PREF_5 | VARCHAR2 (50) | Housing preference option ranked number 5 by Person. |
| PREF_6 | VARCHAR2 (50) | Housing preference option ranked number 6 by Person. |
| LAST_INVITE_SENT_DATE | Date | The latest date this person was sent a preference invitation. |
| EXTRACT_DATE_TIME | Date | The date and time these data were extracted. Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS |