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MIT Data Warehouse LIBRARY ORDER TYPE Table


Includes order type (e.g., Monograph or Serial), acquisition method (e.g., Purchase, Gift, etc.), and material type (used for ARL statistics reporting, e.g., Book, Computer File, Microform, etc.), and whether or not it is a Rush order. Use this table to limit the query by any of the above.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

ACQUISITION_METHOD

Description of how materials are acquired. (E.g.: Purchase, Approval, Gift, etc.)

VARCHAR2

30

ACQUISITION_METHOD_CODE

Code for how we are acquiring the material (e.g., P, A, G, etc.) (Z68-METHOD-OF-ACQUISITION)

VARCHAR2

3

IS_RUSH_ORDER

Use to limit a query to Rush orders.

VARCHAR2

3

LIBRARY_ORDER_TYPE

Description of LIBRARY_ORDER_TYPE_CODE (Monograph or Serials. The N/A represents serial invoice postage lines, which are not associated with an order record)

VARCHAR2

20

LIBRARY_ORDER_TYPE_CODE

Use this to limit a query to Monograph or Serial orders. (Z68-ORDER-TYPE)

VARCHAR2

4

LIBRARY_ORDER_TYPE_KEY

Key used to join to the LIBRARY _ORDER_TYPE table. This field should only be used for joining data, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

20

ORDER_MATERIAL

Description of statistical categories of material being ordered; used by MonoAcq for ARL Statistics (E.g., Monograph, Back Issue, Standing Order, Subscription, etc.)

VARCHAR2

30

ORDER_MATERIAL_CODE

Code for the statistical categories of material being ordered; used by MonoAcq for ARL Statistics (e.g., M, BI, ST, SU, etc.) (Z68-MATERIAL-TYPE)

VARCHAR2

3

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8