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MIT Data Warehouse DOCUMENT TYPE Table


Describes the type of document that the data is (internal order, purchase order, invoice, etc.)


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

DOCUMENT_TYPE_DESCRIPTION

Text describing what the document is (Example: Alumni Credit Memo, Asset Posting, Customer Document, Accounting Document, etc.?)

VARCHAR2

20

DOCUMENT_TYPE_ID

2 characters which are used to identify the type of document (Example: A1 - Alumni Credit Memo, AA - Asset Posting, DA - Customer Document, AB - Accounting Document, etc.?)

VARCHAR2

3

DOCUMENT_TYPE_KEY

Key used to join the Document Type 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

3

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8