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MIT Data Warehouse FINAID PAY DIST TYPE Table


A dimensional table for the Financial Aid Campus Work Star Schema. It contains the following data items: Payroll System (for either undergraduate or graduate students), Distribution Type (Undergraduate Timesheet, Graduate Appointment, Undergraduate Voucher, Adjustments, etc.), Personnel Rank (RA, TA, Instructor, etc.). Personnel Rank is not applicable to the undergraduate payroll system.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

DISTRIBUTION_TYPE

The types of student payroll distributions: Undergraduate Timesheet, Undergraduate Voucher, Graduate Appointment, Adjustment, etc.

VARCHAR2

40

PAYROLL_SYSTEM

The Undergraduate or Graduate Payroll System

VARCHAR2

40

PAY_DIST_TYPE_KEY

Key indentifying an entry in the FINAID PAY DIST TYPE table. This field should only be used for linking/joining tables together, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

6

PERSONNEL_RANK

Rank of personnel associated with the Graduate Payroll. Valid values include: Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Instructor, Resident Tutor, and Unknown.

VARCHAR2

40

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8