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MIT Data Warehouse FIELDS Table


Contains a list of fields and their descriptions, as well as the tables where the fields appear.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

DATA_TYPE

Format of this piece of data stored in the Data Warehouse (Example: Number, Varchar2, Number, etc.)

VARCHAR2

16

DEFINITION

A description of the data element.

VARCHAR2

2000

FIELD_LENGTH

The length of a data element as stored in the Data Warehouse.

NUMBER

22

FIELD_NAME

Name of the data element.

VARCHAR2

30

SEQUENCE

Numerical value identifing the position of this data element within the table.

NUMBER

12

TABLE_KEY

Key used to join the SUBJECTS, TABLES, and FIELDS tables together, not for reporting.

NUMBER

12

TABLE_NAME

Name of the table or view that the data is stored in .

VARCHAR2

30