Outcomes Dimension and Miscellaneous Views

Dimension views are views that can be directly used to filter fact views. Miscellaneous views are views that don't fit into a star schema but are useful.

ODS_DEPLOYMENT_DIM

Contains one row for each deployment of a survey. Contains the instrument_pk1 of the survey ('S' concatenated with the survey's pk1 value) that was deployed.

Used in the Rubric, Submission, and Survey star schemas.

Deployment information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
name The name of the deployment.
start_date The date the deployment started.
end_date The date the deployment stopped.
instrument_pk1 The instrument_pk1 of the current version of the instrument.
curr_instr_version_pk1 No longer used.
place_pk1 No longer used.
survey_pk1 If the deployed instrument was a survey this key identifies the Survey.
artifact_tmplt_pk1 No longer used.
portfolio_tmplt_pk1 No longer used.

ODS_INSTRUMENT_DIM

This view contains a record for each instrument and is used in the Rubric, Submission, and Survey schemas.

Schema information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
name The name of the instrument.
description The description the instrument.
curr_instr_version_pk1 No longer used.
type The type of this instrument. S=Survey,G=Course Content Item,Q=Course Test Question,E=Evidence Set.
offline_instrument_pk1 No longer used.
survey_pk1 If this instrument is a survey or course evaluation this key identifies the survey or course evaluation.
artifact_tmplt_pk1 No longer used.
portfolio_tmplt_pk1 No longer used.
dtcreated When the instrument was created. Will be null for non-outcomes instruments.

ODS_PERSON_DIM

This view contains one row for each person. It is used in the Submission, Survey and Rubric star schemas.

Schema information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
given_name The person's first name.
family_name The person's last name.
middle_name The person's middle name.
gender The person's gender: F=Female, M=Male, X=Other, N=Not Disclosed, Null=Not Disclosed.
gender_label Can be used to look up the internationalized string for this person's gender.
ethnicity The person's ethnicity. A=Asian, B=Black, L=Latino, N=Native American ,X=Not Disclosed, O=Other, P=Pacific Islander, W=White, Null=Not Disclosed.
ethnicity_label Can be used to look up the internationalized string for this person's ethnicity.
socio_economic_status No longer used.
standard_test_score No longer used.
birth_date The person's birth date.
prim_state The two-letter abbreviation for the state of this person's primary address.
prim_state_label Can be used to look up the internationalized string for the two-letter abbreviation for the state of this person's primary address.
prim_country The country of this person's primary address.
zip_code The person's zip code.
email The person's email address.
batch_uid The person's batch_uid.

ODS_QUESTION_SOG

This view maps ods_question_dim records to ods_sog records. It is used in the Survey star schema.

Records information
Column Description
question_pk1 Identifies the question that has been mapped to a goal.
sog_pk1 Identifies the goal that has a question mapped to it.

ODS_SOG

This view contains one record for each goal. Most of the columns contain the same information that is documented for the ods_aligned_sog. It is used in the Learning Standards schemas

Record information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
title The goal's title.
description The goal's description.
owner_title No longer used.
type No longer used.
ip_pk1 No longer used.
ancestor_ou_pk1 No longer used.
ancestor_ou_title No longer used.
program_pk1 No longer used.
ou_pk1 No longer used.
course_ee_pk1 No longer used.
course_pk1 No longer used.
ee_pk1 No longer used.
std_category_pk1 No longer used.
status D=Draft, A=Complete, P=Approved, I=Inactive, ACT=Active, INC=Incomplete
status_label A tag that can be used to retrieve an internationalized string for the status.
form_pk1 No longer used.
authorized_ind No longer used.
start_date The date time when goal record is applicable.
end_date The date time when goal record isn't applicable anymore.
modifying_user The user ID of the last user to modify this goal.
place_pk1 No longer used.
std_category_pk1 No longer used.
public_ind Indicates whether this goal is viewable by all users.
batch_uid This goal's batch_uid.
dtcreated Date on which this goal was created.
measurement_desc No longer used.
dtmodified Date on which this goal was last modified.
priority This is the priority of the goal.
priority_label The readable string for the goal priority.

ODS_ANSWER_DIM

This view contains a row for each possible answer to any survey question. For matrix questions, this view contains a row for each possible answer to any of the rows of the matrix. This is used in the Survey star schema.

Survey Star Schema information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
name The text of the answer.
display_order The zero-based index of the position in which the answer is displayed.
points The point value assigned to the answer.
question_pk1 Identifies the question that the answer applied to.
score_as_percent_of_range The score for this answer as a percentage of the range between the min and max values for this question.

ODS_DISTR_LIST_DIM_VW

This view contains one record for each Distribution List. It's used in the Rubric, Submission and Survey star schemas.

Star Schema Information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
name The name of the distribution list.

ODS_INSTRUMENT_RUBRIC

This view contains a mapping of rubrics to the instruments whose responses the rubric can be used to evaluate. It is used in the rubric star schema.

Rubric Star Schema information
Column Description
rubric_pk1 Identifies the Rubric that has an instrument mapped to it.
instrument_pk1 Identifies the instrument that is mapped to a Rubric.
rubric_title The title of the Rubric that has an instrument mapped to it.

ODS_QUESTION_DIM

This view contains one record for each question in any survey or course evaluation. For matrix questions, this view contains one record for each row in the matrix and each of those view rows will contain the matrix question's text in its super_question_desc column. The super_question_description column is only populated for view rows related to matrix questions.

Question information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
question_desc The text that is displayed for this question. If this is a matrix question, this is the text that's displayed to the left of a matrix row.
super_question_desc If this is a matrix question this is the text that is displayed for the matrix as a whole. If this isn't a matrix question, this column is null.
question_display_order The zero-based display order of this question.
question_type This question's type. M=Multiple Choice, L=Likert, X=Matrix, B=Boolean, O=Open Ended
question_type_label Can be used to retrieve the internationalized string for this question's type.
numbering_type Indicates how the answers for this question are numbered. N="1,2,3,4" L="a,b,c,d" A="A,B,C,D" I="I,II,III" R="i,ii,iii" X=none
survey_name The name of the survey or Course Evaluation that this question belongs to.
survey_desc The description of the survey or Course Evaluation that this question belongs to.
survey_type The type of the Survey or Course Evaluation that this question belongs to. "S"=Survey, "C"=Course Evaluation.
super_question_pk1 Identifies the super question that this answer applies to.
survey_pk1 Identifies the survey or course evaluation that this question belongs to.

ODS_QUESTION_TAG

This view maps tags to ods_question_dim records.

Tags information
Column Description
tag_value The string displayed for the tag.
question_pk1 Identifies the question that has been tagged with tag_value.

ODS_RUBRIC_CELL_DIM

This view contains one record for each cell defined for any rubric. It also contains information about the row, column, and rubric the cell belongs to.

Record information
Column Description
pk1 Unique Identifier.
rubric_pk1 Identifies the rubric that this cell belongs to.
rubric_row_pk1 Identifies the rubric row that this cell belongs to.
rubric_column_pk1 Identifies the rubric column that this cell belongs to.
rubric_title The title of the rubric that this cell belongs to.
rubric_desc The description of the rubric that this cell belongs to.
rubric_row_header The displayed header of the rubric row that this cell belongs to.
rubric_row_order The zero-based display order of the row that this cell belongs to.
rubric_column_header The displayed header of the rubric column that this cell belongs to.
rubric_column_order The zero-based display order of the column that this cell belongs to.
Points The points assigned to this cell.

ODS_RUBRIC_EVAL_DIM

This view contains one row for each time any rubric is used to evaluate any instrument.

Rubric information
Column Description
rubric_pk1 Identifies the rubric that has an instrument mapped to it.
instrument_pk1 Identifies the instrument that's mapped to a rubric.
rubric_title The title of the rubric that has an instrument mapped to it.