06/19/1998 DRAFT

Student Interface Data Elements from Local Campus Student Systems
Name Length Type Comments
1. Record Code 1 character A=Add, C=Change, D=Delete

C records sent for changes in any of the data elements below including Student ID; Student ID changes are facilitated via a Corrected Student ID field below and so, such transactions should have the old, incorrect Student ID value in the Student ID field (data element #3) while the new, correct Student ID value is in the Corrected Student ID field (data element #24)

note: Change data is thus utilized for "continuing" students; thus, continuing students do not receive a new Net ID for each continuing term, but may possibly only have their Student Term Begin Date and Student Term End Date data element values revised (assuming all other values remain the same); nothing prohibits other data element values, e.g., 1st Student Major, from concurrently being revised, too

further note that data processed via a C Record Code is processed as a complete replacement, i.e., whatever values are listed in the corresponding data elements below, then those values are to be loaded into the University Directory

D records only sent for records erroneously sent

2. Student Location Code 2 character 01=BK, 02=SF, 03=DV, 04=LA, 05=RV, 06=SD, 07=SC, 08=SB, 09=IR
3. Student ID (a.k.a. Registration Number) 10 character

Left-justify if less than 10 characters and pad with trailing values with blanks, e.g., if actual number is 12345678, then value passed should be 12345678 followed by 2 blank characters

4. UC Student Vendor ID 7 character For Undergraduate students, set to value of UC Student Vendor-specific Identification Number (currently, this vendor is the Educational Testing Service (ETS))

For non-Undergraduate students, set to character blanks

5. Net ID 10 character optional; if none, then pad with values set to character blank
6. Student Last Name 40 character
7. Student First Name (middle) 40 character
8. Release Flag 2 character requires further discussion
9. Student Type 1 character U=Undergraduate, M=Masters Candidate, D=Doctoral Candidate, X=other

Post Docs, Residents (health science campuses), and Official On-Leave would thus be identified as X

10. Student Status 1 character requires further discussion
11. Student Term Begin Date 8 character mmddyyyy format
12. Student Term End Date 8 character mmddyyyy format

pass a value equal to the Term Begin Date if a student withdraws before completing the term

13. Student College - 1st 38 character
14. Student Major - 1st 25 character
15. Student College - 2nd 38 character If none, then pad with values set to character blank
16. Student Major - 2nd 25 character If none, then pad with values set to character blank
17. Student College - 3rd 38 character If none, then pad with values set to character blank
18. Student Major - 3rd 25 character If none, then pad with values set to character blank
19. Student Local Address 1 30 character
20. Student Local Address 2 30 character If none, then pad with values set to character blank
21. Student Local Address - City 30 character
22. Student Local Address - State Code 2 character
23. Student Local Address - Zip Code 5 character
24. Corrected Student ID (a.k.a. Registration Number) 10 character This is the new, corrected value; the old, incorrect value should still be passed in the regular Student ID field (data element #3)

Left-justify if less than 10 characters and pad with trailing values with blanks, e.g., if actual number is 12345678, then value passed should be 12345678 followed by 2 blank characters

If none, then pad with values set to character blank

Student ID values passed in this data element should have a corresponding Record Code value of C

Selection Criteria:

Only those students who are defined as "registered" which includes those students who have paid their registration fees for the current term, but which may also include other criteria, e.g., enrolled, has no registration blocks

Sorting Criteria:

  1. by Record Code
  2. within Record Code, by Student ID (a.k.a. Registration Number)

Interface File Transmission Information:

Data sent from a campus to OP electronically on a daily basis

NOTE: Only campuses provide interface

All alpha character data should be passed in upper case format only and left-justified

File Transfer Protocol(FTP) specifications, e.g., contacts, data set names, still to be determined


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