Business Glossary

Welcome to the Data Governance Business Glossary.

The business glossary enables you to find business term definitions and associated metadata.

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Pays over Factor

Created: Jul 13, 2023 3:26 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Calculates the pay over factor using NBRJOBS data.

Data Domain
Community Benefits
Security Requirement Restricted

PCARD Approvers

Created: Jul 02, 2018 3:00 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Individuals assigned by the responsible Finance Director, who have authority to change respective cardholder limits.

Data Domain Finance
Community Procure-to-Pay (Procurement Payables, Travel)
Security Requirement Restricted

P-Card Count

Created: Jan 22, 2019 8:43 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Provides summary of the number of pcard accounts in a particular summary view.

Data Domain Finance
Community Procure-to-Pay (Procurement Payables, Travel)
Security Requirement Public

PCARD Limit

Created: Jul 02, 2018 3:00 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

The authorized total amount for a Procurement Cardholder to spend during a cycle. The default spending limit is $10,000 per cycle unless the limit set by your Finance Director, Dean or Financial Manager differs from this amount. The P-Card’s Billing Cycle runs from the 21st of one month to the 20th of the following month.

Data Domain Finance
Community Procure-to-Pay (Procurement Payables, Travel)
Security Requirement Restricted

Pckg Req Comp Count

Created: Jan 11, 2023 2:37 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Pckg Req Comp indicates if the Financial Aid package requirement has been completed, this flag counts how many of this cases exist. 

Data Domain Finance
Community Financial Aid
Security Requirement Restricted

PDRDEN Amount 3

Created: Jul 13, 2023 3:26 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

This is defined by the deduction code on the rule form.

Data Domain
Community Benefits
Security Requirement Restricted

Pell Grant Offered

Created: May 15, 2024 12:12 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Undergraduate student who is offered a federal Pell Grant

Data Domain
Community Financial Aid
Security Requirement Restricted

People (D)

Created: Mar 08, 2017 10:05 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

A distinct count of people who have used their GWorld card at the Gelman Library

Data Domain Services
Community G-World
Security Requirement Restricted

Percentage Difference

Created: Feb 05, 2024 1:19 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Percentage Difference is the percentage of terminations from one fiscal year to the next

Data Domain
Community The Data Governance Office
Security Requirement Restricted

Percentage difference in Fiscal Year

Created: Jun 24, 2024 3:38 pm
Status: Under Review
Definition

A number that represents the percentage difference from one fiscal year to the next.

Data Domain
Community Student Accounts
Security Requirement Restricted

Percentage of Completion by Dates

Created: Jun 17, 2019 10:15 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Calculated field by selected parameter value Period End GL Date minus Award Start Date divide by Award End Date minus Award Start Date

Data Domain Finance
Community Grants and Contracts Accounting Services (GCAS)
Security Requirement Restricted

Percentage of Completion by Exp

Created: Jun 17, 2019 10:15 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Displays the calculated actual amount divided by the funding amount.

Data Domain Finance
Community Grants and Contracts Accounting Services (GCAS)
Security Requirement Restricted

Percent Full

Created: Mar 23, 2015 10:01 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Shows the percentage that the course is full.

Data Domain Academics
Community Student
Security Requirement Public

Percent Increase

Created: Jul 13, 2023 3:53 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Percent Increase is the amount of an employees salary that was increased due to merit

Data Domain
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

Percent of Graduates Interned

Created: Sep 26, 2025 4:14 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Percentage of respondents who selected Yes to During your time at GW did you participate in an internship (paid or unpaid)

Data Domain
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Public

Percent of Internships Received Academic Credit

Created: Sep 26, 2025 4:14 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Did you receive academic credit for your internship?

Data Domain
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Public

Percent of Internshps were Paid/Stipend

Created: Sep 26, 2025 4:14 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

What kind of compensation, if any, did you receive from this internship? Unpaid, Stipend, Paid

Data Domain
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Public

Percent of Interships per Sesester: Fall

Created: Sep 26, 2025 4:14 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

During which semester(s) did this internship take place?

Data Domain
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Public

Percent of Interships per Sesester: Spring

Created: Sep 26, 2025 4:14 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

During which semester(s) did this internship take place?

Data Domain
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Public

Percent of Interships per Sesester: Summer

Created: Sep 26, 2025 4:14 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

During which semester(s) did this internship take place?

Data Domain
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Public

Percent Spent

Created: Sep 19, 2018 1:51 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Calculated field that divides the amount spent by the monthly limit

Data Domain Finance
Community Procure-to-Pay (Procurement Payables, Travel)
Security Requirement Restricted

Performance Rating

Created: Mar 06, 2017 3:36 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

The performance rating is a measure of an employee's alignment with their annual goal agreement that is issued each year by the employee's supervisor. There are five rating codes used at the university. In order from lowest to highest, they are Unsatisfactory, Fair, Valued Performer, Exceptional, and Role Model.

Data Domain Human Resources
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

Performance Review Task Status

Created: Jul 17, 2023 2:54 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Performance Review Task Status contains no data and is valued by the user 

Data Domain
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

Period Actual

Created: Jul 08, 2014 11:41 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

The actual expenses incurred during the specific period. Excludes expenses in Funds Failed.

Data Domain Research
Community Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Security Requirement Restricted

Period Name

Created: Oct 06, 2015 10:35 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Accounting period for activity formatted as MMM-YY (e.g. Jul-15)

Data Domain Finance
Community General Ledger
Security Requirement Restricted