INFORMATION SERVICES

Data Warehouse

Data Refresh Schedule


Data is captured from the OARS and SRTS systems, reformatted and loaded into the Student Data Warehouse on a nightly basis. Each night a snapshot for the current term and the next 2 future terms is created. Transcript data is refreshed every weeknight (Monday through Friday) and also on the evenings that final grades are posted.

Notes about Data Extraction


  • Only data for students that are admitted, enrolled or have withdrawn during the term is extracted. DDP enrollments are included as well as traditional enrollments.
  • Data that is necessary for historical reporting, is kept as a set or version of data called a "snapshot". For each snapshot, a new snapshot generation id is assigned. This id number is assigned to all snapshot records for that extraction. Examples of this kind of data are: student's major and a section's enrollment count.
  • Data that does not need to have historical versions kept is simply replaced during each extraction with the most recent data. Examples of this kind of data are: a student's birth date and an educational institution's name.
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