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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Community
Security Requirement
Status

P

Purpose

Created: Apr 04, 2023 4:40 pm
Status: Candidate
Definition

Data Domain
Community Staging Area
Security Requirement

Purpose Code

Created: Jul 20, 2015 12:53 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Code which indicates the type of activity the award is funding.

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

PY Retained Donors

Created: May 23, 2016 1:38 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Of the donors from the previous fiscal year, the quantity that have donated again during the year in context.

Data Domain Advancement
Community Development and Alumni Relations (DAR)
Security Requirement Restricted

Q

Quantity

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

The current quantity of the Requisition or Purchase Order

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

Quarter

Created: Sep 24, 2014 11:26 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Quarter of the accounting period

Data Domain Finance
Community General Ledger
Security Requirement Restricted

Quarterly Affiliate Start Date

Created: Nov 20, 2023 1:23 pm
Status: Under Review
Definition

Quarter in which affilate position start date falls in.

Data Domain
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

Quarter & Year Date

Created: Jul 11, 2016 3:16 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

The Quarter & Year is a concatenation of the calendar year quarter of the current hire date with the calendar year of the current hire date.

Data Domain Human Resources
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

R

Race Code

Created: Sep 19, 2014 1:00 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Code used for Race

Data Domain Academics
Community Student
Security Requirement Restricted

Race Desc

Created: Sep 19, 2014 1:00 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Description of Race

Data Domain Academics
Community Student
Security Requirement Restricted

Race/Ethnicity

Created: Sep 11, 2014 12:51 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Contains
an individual’s self-reported race/ethnicity status.  

Data Domain Academics
Community Student
Security Requirement Restricted

Race/Ethnicity

Created: Mar 08, 2016 2:57 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Race/ethnicity based on respondent self identification; multiple racial and ethnic identifications may be selected

Data Domain Academics
Community Office of Survey Research and Analysis
Security Requirement Restricted

Rate

Created: Nov 11, 2019 10:22 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

The rate of pay for the earn code

Data Domain Finance
Community Payroll
Security Requirement Restricted

Rate Increase Amount

Created: May 16, 2023 2:34 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Rate Increase Amount is the amount difference between the current Regular Rate and the new Regular Rate

Data Domain
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

Rate Pct Increase

Created: May 16, 2023 2:34 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Rate Increase Amount is the amount difference expressed as a percentage between the current Regular Rate and the new Regular Rate

Data Domain
Community Human Resources
Security Requirement Restricted

Rating

Created: Jan 05, 2016 1:03 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Estimates of prospect gift capacity derived from research, gift officer visits, or external wealth and asset screening for GW constituents. This rating value represents the "confirmed rating".

Data Domain Advancement
Community Development and Alumni Relations (DAR)
Security Requirement Restricted

Rating Subtotal

Created: May 03, 2017 10:37 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

The number of prospects within a rating level multiplied by the median value of the respective rating.

Data Domain Advancement
Community Development and Alumni Relations (DAR)
Security Requirement Restricted

Ratio - Manual Regist per Student

Created: Apr 01, 2024 5:27 pm
Status: Under Review
Definition

Ratio -  manually registered students out of total students registered

Data Domain
Community Office of the Registrar
Security Requirement Restricted

RD Code

Created: Aug 09, 2023 3:44 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Three letter code created from person's name from the application reader

Data Domain
Community Student Application
Security Requirement Restricted

Readmits

Created: May 22, 2018 10:18 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Indicates if a student left a program and was granted admission to return.

Data Domain Academics
Community School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)
Security Requirement Public

Ready to Bill Ind (Y/N)

Created: Apr 17, 2024 4:21 pm
Status: Under Review
Definition

Informs if a task is ready to be billed

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

Ready to Distribute (Y/N)

Created: Apr 17, 2024 4:21 pm
Status: Under Review
Definition

Indicates if a task if ready to be distributed.

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

Recalc GW Match

Created: Jul 19, 2018 2:44 pm
Status: Accepted
Definition

Recalculation of GW Match to verify that, given Employee Contribution election and the GW Base contribution, the amount is correct.

Data Domain Finance
Community Benefits
Security Requirement Restricted

Receipt Method

Created: Jun 11, 2019 10:07 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

The method of cash receipt from sponsors.  For example, this could be Federal-Wire, Federal-Cash, and etc.

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

Receipt Number

Created: Mar 20, 2015 9:02 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

Unique numeric identifier assigned to all distinct donation transactions to GWU.

Data Domain Advancement
Community Development and Alumni Relations (DAR)
Security Requirement Restricted

Receipt Number

Created: May 01, 2018 11:36 am
Status: Accepted
Definition

The cash receipt number.

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