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MIT Data Warehouse BALANCE SHEET BALANCES BY FP Table


Contains balances data for all balance sheet accounts: Cost Collectors and pure GL Accounts -- organized by Fiscal Period.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

AMOUNT

The total actual dollar amount charged for the fiscal period or periods selected. In GRADUATE AWARDS, this field contains the graduate award (RA, TA, etc.) amount.

NUMBER

13.2

BALANCE_SHEET_ACCOUNT_KEY

Key used to join the Balance Sheet Balances or the Balance Sheet Balances by Fiscal Period tables to other tables, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

12

COMPANY_CODE

Shows to which "company" in SAP a cost collector is attached. MIT uses separate "companies" in SAP to differentiate financial transactions for different legal entities with differing business rules or reporting requirements. There are currently three company codes, "CUR" for main campus, "TECR" for MIT's alumni magazine, Technology Review, and "LCP1" for Lincoln Laboratory.

VARCHAR2

4

CUMULATIVE_AMOUNT

The total actual dollar amount charged since the inception of the cost collector, G/L account or Profit Center.

NUMBER

13.2

FYTD_AMOUNT

The total dollar amount charged for the fiscal year to date.

NUMBER

13.2

FY_OPENING_BALANCE

XXX

NUMBER

22

GL_ACCOUNT_KEY

Key used to join the GL_ACCOUNT to the financial transaction, and to get the master data that were current at the time of the transaction. This field should only be used for joining data, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

10

RECORD_COUNTER

Used to count records within a group on a report. Always contains a value of 1.

NUMBER

1

TIME_MONTH_KEY

Key used only for joining the TIME_MONTH table to other tables, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

6

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

The date the record was loaded into the Data Warehouse from the source system.

DATE

8