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Physical Plant data -- rooms.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

BUILDING_COMPONENT

This field identifies the component of multi-component buildings to which a room belongs. For example, 14W, 14N, 14E, and 14S are components of building 14. The component is often found in the first part of the BUILDING_ROOM, such as 14S-332.

VARCHAR2

8

BUILDING_KEY

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

VARCHAR2

8

BUILDING_ROOM

The combined building and room number of a particular room or space within an MIT building: for example, N42-240X is room 240X in Building N42.

VARCHAR2

16

BUILDING_ROOM_NAME

The room name, e.g., E34-180

VARCHAR2

20

FLOOR_KEY

Key field used to join the SPACE_DETAIL table and the SPACE_FLOOR table. This field should only be used for joining data, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

3

ROOM_COUNTER

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

NUMBER

1

ROOM_NUMBER

The identification/location number of a room on a floor of a building. For example: room E19-332B is on the third floor of building E19. Explanation: The characters before the hyphen always indicate the MIT building number; the room number follows the hyphen, and the initial digit(s) indicate the floor of the building.

VARCHAR2

6

ROOM_SQUARE_FOOTAGE

The room's square footage.

NUMBER

22

SPACE_UNIT_KEY

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

NUMBER

22

SPACE_USAGE_KEY

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

NUMBER

22

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8