Business Glossary

Cash Advance Limit

The authorized amount for a Procurement Cardholder to use as cash advance. The default value is generally $0

Cash Amount

Cash Amount

Total value of tangible funds received by the university, including outright gifts, matching gifts, and pledge

Cash Application Status

The status of the cash application

Cashflow Account Code

In general, this is the account code in the G/L which is the 2nd of the 9-segment Accounting String. It is usually numeric with five characters except for the account codes used for cash flow adjustments which are alphanumeric.

Cashflow Account Long Description

In general, this is the label description of the Account segment of the General Ledger Accounting string. It also provides a description of the adjustment for cash flow adjustments.

Cash Receipt

The total amount of cash receipts applied

Cash Receipts Pre-Production

Amount of money from cash receipt prior to production.

Cash Received

Total value of tangible funds received by the university, including outright gifts, matching gifts, and pledge payments. Future commitments without payment are not included.

CA Street Line 1

CA Street Line 1 is the physical street address line 1 for the employee's campus location

CA Street Line 2

CA Street Line 2 is the physical street address line 2 for the employee's campus location

CA Street Line 3

CA Street Line 3 is the physical street address line 3 for the employee's campus location

Categorization Tier 1

Operational Categorization Tier 1 for incident, change, problems and workorders.

Categorization Tier 2

Operational Categorization Tier 2 for incident, change, problems and workorders.

Categorization Tier 3

Operational Categorization Tier 3 for incident, change, problems and workorders.

Category

Lists the different categories available for analysis in the dashboard (eg. Financial Aids, Fees, Tuition)

Category Code

An internal code which identifies the type of Finance Interface transaction (Earnings, Employee deductions, Net Pay, Budget Adjustment, Encumbrance, etc.)

Census Date

The census date is when enrollment for a term becomes official. In general, the census date will be the last day to add classes without special permission.
At GWU there is a Fall Census Date, a Spring Census Date and Summer Census Date. In fall and spring, the census date is the Saturday at the end of 6th week of classes. In summer, the census date is the Saturday following the last day of classes.

Central Amount

This is the tuition revenue amount attributed to the course transaction allocated to central organization.  Generally the difference between the total tuition for the course transaction and the allocation amount, determined by applying the allocation rate.

Central Amount Excludes 3B

This is the tuition revenue amount attributed to the course transaction allocated to central organization. Generally the difference between the total tuition for the course transaction and the allocation amount, determined by applying the allocation rate excluding the duplicated 3B amounts.  


3A and 3B are both allocating Graduate level tuition. The 3A line is when the teaching college is the same as the enrollment college. When the teaching college is not the same as the student's enrollment college, a duplicate 3B line is added with the same information as the 3A line.  The one difference is the Allocation amount is split between the 3A and 3B lines (between the Enrollment and Teaching colleges).

Central Office Use Only

A flag to indicate the natural account is used by core office only

Cert Activity Date

The date a certification is captured in Banner.

Certification

A Certification in Banner is a broad category of items that can be tracked at the employee level. Certifications can include licenses or professional certifications issued by external bodies as well as completion of certain GW programs or documents such as Preventing Workplace Harassment training, telecommuting agreements, and Campus Security Authority Figure training.

Certification Code

The Certification Code is used as a reference value in Banner for an employee Certification.

Certification Comments

The Comments field is an attribbute of certification in Banner that allows the user to input comments about the certification