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Attribute Description Report

Subject Area: ACCOUNTING

Attribute Entity Description
Account Allocation PCT ACCOUNT INTEREST ACCOUNT The percentage of the interest earned to be allocated to the account.
Account CDE ACCOUNT A categorization used to arrange and classify dollars controlled by the university.
Account Custodian Type CDE ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN TYPE A code representing a type of custodian. EXAMPLE: Principal Investigator, Account Custodian.
Account Custodian Type DSC ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN TYPE A description of an account custodian type.
Account ID ACCOUNT The identifier of the account.
Account Long DSC ACCOUNT The description of the account.
Account Object ID ACCOUNT OBJECT The unique method of identifying an account object code. This is just a surrogate key instead of all the elements that make up the candidate key.
Account Object NME ACCOUNT OBJECT The name or title of this account object combination.
Account Object TXT ACCOUNT OBJECT The format of an account object number to use for display and printing purposes.
Account Short NME ACCOUNT The name of the account.
Accounting Period CDE ACCOUNTING PERIOD A listing of valid accounting periods, this loosely resembles a calendar month.
Accounting Period DSC ACCOUNTING PERIOD The description of the accounting period.
Alpha Abbreviation ID ORGANIZATION An alphabetic abbreviation, unique to each organization. Can be used in place of the numeric identifier.
Begin DTE ACCOUNT The creation date of an account.
Begin DTE FISCAL YEAR The first day of a fiscal year.
Begin DTE INTEREST ALLOCATION CODE The date the interest allocation code was/will be effective.
Begin DTE ORGANIZATION The date the organization was officially recognized by the university.
Begin DTE SPONSOR The date this contract or grant starts.
Birth DTE PERSON The person's date of birth.
Budget Position Control FLG REVENUE EXPENSE ACCOUNT Indicates whether or not the account must have a position approved by the budget office to pay salaries from
Budget_Require_FTE_FLG REVENUE EXPENSE OBJECT TYPE Whether or not an FTE is required to budget money for the object type. This attribute applies to revenue and expense types which are members of the General Personal Services object class.
Budget_Require_Job_Class_FLG REVENUE EXPENSE OBJECT TYPE Whether or not a Job Class is required to budget money for the object type. This attribute applies to revenue and expense types which are members of the General Personal Services object class.
Budgetable FLG REVENUE EXPENSE ACCOUNT An indicator of whether or not the account is available to be budgeted.
Charge CDE CHARGE TYPE A code defining the type of a charge. EXAMPLE: personal, direct, indirect.
Charge DSC CHARGE TYPE A description of the charge type.
Current FLG FUND An indicator of whether or not the fund is current.
Current NME PERSON The name a person is currently using. Previous names are stored in PERSON NAME HISTORY. EXAMPLE: When a person marries and assumes their spouse's LAST NAME.
Custodian Type Begin DTE ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN TYPE The begin date of this custodian type.
Custodian Type End DTE ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN TYPE The end date of this custodian type.
Debit Credit CDE LEDGER TRANSACTION A code used to identify the transaction as being a debit or a credit.
Deceased FLG PERSON A flag indicating whether or not the person is deceased.
Deficit Due DTE BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNT The due date upon which the deficit amount is no longer a deficit.
Deficit Limit AMT BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNT Amount of money an account can go over budget.
Delete CDE DELETE CODE A code used to define when the account is to be deleted.
Delete DSC DELETE CODE A description of the delete code. Which year it is to be deleted.
Dependant CNT EMPLOYEE A count of the number of dependents for an employee.
DFSR CDE DFSR CODE Development fund status report code.
DFSR DSC DFSR CODE Development fund status report code description.
Display Account TXT ACCOUNT The format of an account number to use for display and printing purposes.
Drop FLG ACCOUNT An indicator that the account is to be dropped.
Earned Income Credit FLG EMPLOYEE A flag used to identify whether or not the employee has filed a W5 form.
End DTE ACCOUNT The last date transactions are to be registered against an account.
End DTE FISCAL YEAR The last day of a fiscal year.
End DTE INTEREST ALLOCATION CODE The date the interest allocation code is/will no longer be valid.
End DTE ORGANIZATION The date the organization was no longer officially recognized by the university.
End DTE SPONSOR The ending date of this contract or grant.
FAS Account NBR ACCOUNT The old accounting system account number.
FAS Account Object NBR ACCOUNT OBJECT The old account number used in the old accounting system.
Federal Withholding FLG EMPLOYEE A flag used to identify the employee as being subject to federal income tax withholding.
FICA FLG EMPLOYEE A flag used to define an employee as being subject to FICA tax.
First NME PERSON A person's first given name.
Fiscal YR FISCAL YEAR A listing of the accounting years.
Fixed Price FLG ACCOUNT An indicator that this account can only have fixed priced contracts applied against it.
Freeze FLG ACCOUNT An indicator that the account has been frozen to future activity.
Freeze FLG ACCOUNT OBJECT A flag used to identify the account as being frozen to new transactions.
Fund DSC FUND The description of the fund type.
Fund NBR FUND An identifier of the fund type.
HARCO Card NBR PERSON A number assigned by the HARCO system. HARCO is the vendor of student identification validiation hardware and software in use at the university.
Interest Allocation CDE INTEREST ALLOCATION CODE A code used to define how to allocate interest to an account.
Interest Allocation DSC INTEREST ALLOCATION CODE A description of the interest allocation method.
International Registration DTE PERSON The date the person received his or her alien registration number.
International Registration NBR PERSON A number assigned to a person by the government if they are not a US citizen.
Last NME PERSON A person's family (sur-) name.
Letter Of Credit AMT LETTER OF CREDIT The stated amount of this letter of credit.
Letter Of Credit DSC LETTER OF CREDIT The description of this letter of credit.
Letter Of Credit NBR LETTER OF CREDIT The unique identifier of this letter of credit.
Mail CDE MAIL CODE A code used to describe the destination of mail as delivered by mailing bureau.
Mail Type CDE PERSON MAIL TYPE A listing of types of mail a person could be sent.
Mail Type DSC PERSON MAIL TYPE A description of types of mail a person could be sent.
Middle NME PERSON A person's given middle name.
Month To Date AMT REVENUE EXPENSE LEDGER The summation of transactions for the specified period.
NACUBO Class CDE NACUBO CLASS The identifier of the National Association of Colleges and University Business Officers.
NACUBO Class DSC NACUBO CLASS The description of the NACUBO class.
NACUBO Function CDE NACUBO FUNCTION A code used to define the NACUBO classifications.
NACUBO Function DSC NACUBO FUNCTION A description of the NACUBO functions as NACUBO has defined them.
Object CDE OBJECT CODE A further classification of the account.
Object Class CDE OBJECT_CLASS The code to indentify an object class. For example, ICM for Income, CS for Cost of Sales, NPS for Non Personal Services, and so forth.
Object Class NME OBJECT_CLASS The Name of the object class. Examples inlcude Income, Cost of Sales, General Personal Services, and so forth.
Object Type CDE OBJECT TYPE A code used to group accounts into related areas.
Object Type Long DSC OBJECT TYPE A description of the object type.
Object Type Short NME OBJECT TYPE The description of the account object type.
Org Structure Type CDE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE TYPE A code representing a type of organizational roll-up (Hierarchy). Example: FI = Financial Roll-up, BU = Budget Roll-up
Org Structure Type DSC ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE TYPE A textual description of an organizational structure (roll-up or hierarchy) code.
Organization ID ORGANIZATION A sequential number assigned by the system to a university organization for the ppurposes of identification. Each organization across the university has a unique identifying number.
Organization NME ORGANIZATION The name of the organization (key shop, English department, etc.).
Organization Type CDE ORGANIZATION TYPE A code used to define the various types of an organization.
Organization Type DSC ORGANIZATION TYPE The description of the organization type.
Other Ethnic Category NME PERSON An ethnic category a person indicates he or she is a member of that is not part of the ETHNIC CATEGORY table.
Overhead CDE OVERHEAD RATE A code used to identify the overhead level for a specific charge.
Overhead Class CDE OVERHEAD CLASS A code used to identify the type of overhead.
Overhead Class DSC OVERHEAD CLASS A description of the overhead class.
Overhead RTE OVERHEAD RATE The rate (as a percentage) that is charged to a given transaction for overhead purposes.
Pension Plan FLG EMPLOYEE A flag used to identify the employee as belonging to a private pension plan.
Person ID PERSON A sequential number assigned to a person by the system for purposes of identification. Each individual who has a relationship with the university has a unique identifier.
Personal Identification NBR PERSON A number assigned to a person by the system which he or she uses as verification for permission to act in the systems.
Point In Time AMT BALANCE SHEET LEDGER The actual transaction amount accumulated at a specific point in time.
Posted TS LEDGER TRANSACTION A time-stamp indicating when the transaction was posted to the account balances.
Preferred NME PERSON The name a person prefers to be referred to as.
Project To Date AMT REVENUE EXPENSE LEDGER The amount of money accumulated for this account from its inception.
Restricted FLG ACCOUNT An indicator that the account has been restricted to further processing against it.
Social Security NBR PERSON The number the government assigns a citizen of the US.
Sponsor ID SPONSOR The identifier of the contract or grant.
State Withholding FLG EMPLOYEE A flag used to identify the employee as being subject to state withholding tax.
Statement Type CDE STATEMENT TYPE CODE A code used to define an account as being a general ledger or subsidiary ledger.
Statement Type DSC STATEMENT TYPE CODE A description of the general ledger/subsidiary ledger code.
Sub Fund ID SUB FUND The identifier of an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts. The typical fund is of eight different funds and two groups of accounts. Each fund is defined by the fund type.
Sub Fund NME SUB FUND The name of the fund.
Suffix NME PERSON A suffix that is appended to the end of a person's name. EXAMPLE: Esquire, III
Transaction AMT LEDGER TRANSACTION The amount of this transaction for this account.
Transaction AMT75 PAYROLL JOURNAL The amount of transaction.
Transaction DSC LEDGER TRANSACTION A textual description of this specific transaction.
Transaction TS LEDGER TRANSACTION The transaction time stamp.
VISA Expiration DTE EMPLOYEE The date this person's visa expires.
VISA Original Issue DTE EMPLOYEE The date this person's visa was issued.
Year End Processing CDE YEAR END PROCESSING CODE The identifier of the type of processing to occur at year end based on a specified account.
Year End Processing DSC YEAR END PROCESSING CODE The description of the processing code.
Year To Date AMT REVENUE EXPENSE LEDGER The actual amount of transactions accumulated year-to-date.
 

 

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