Business Glossary

Distinct Count of Sections

The distinct count of sections that were taught

Distinct Count of Student

Distinct count (a student is counted only once) of Students who belong to the same College or belong to a different College

Distinct Student Count Growth Over Previous Year

Difference in distinct count of students from one year and the previous year. Any number above the 0 line indicates growth and any number below 0 indicates a decline.

Distributable Amount Excludes 3B

This is the tuition revenue amount attributed to the course transaction prior to allocation between central and either teaching department or school of enrollment. The amount is calculated based on total tuition (after fee split) charged to a student spread evenly across the credits for which the student is enrolled 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).

Distributable Amt

This is the tuition revenue amount attributed to the course transaction prior to allocation between central and either teaching department or school of enrollment. The amount is calculated based on total tuition (after fee split) charged to a student spread evenly across the credits for which the student is enrolled.

Distribution Amount

The dollar amount of the transaction which was distributed in EAS.

Distribution Amount

The total of the distribution amount

Distribution Description

Transaction description associated with the amount distributed.

DIT Strategic Theme

The DIT Strategic themes that are satisfied by implementing the roadmap initiative

Division and School Level Offices

The second tier of the incident requester's organization is based on the requester's Banner code.

Domestic Student

All students who are not international students

Donation Amount

Legal-credit dollar-amount value of the donation received. This value is identified by a combination of the following three distinct elements: donor, transaction, and allocation.

Donation Range

Fiscal level of the full value of the donation transaction.

Donor Count

Quantity of distinct donors who have received legal credit for a donation to GWU. Donor count values cannot be summed across multiple time periods or filter values due to the potential to double-count donors who have donated in multiple years, at multiple levels, to multiple allocations, etc. This data must be reported only as displayed in its individual context on the dashboard.

Donor Name

Entities' preferred mailing name. The format for individual entities is typically a concatenation of salutation, first name, middle initial, last name.

Donor Preferred School-Year

Displays the graduation year and school abbreviation for an alumnus/a that they affiliate with which. In some cases, the preferred school year may be different from the graduation year on their diploma. For example, a student whose degree was granted in January of a new year considers themselves as part of the class that graduated the prior year.

Donor Preferred School-Year

Draft Invoice Number

The sequential number that identifies the draft invoice within a project

Drop Credit Hour

Number of credit hours of a dropped course.

Dual Degree Code

Degree Code for Dual Degree

Dual Degree College Desc

College Description for Dual Degree

Dual Degree Desc

Description of the Degree for Dual Degree

Dual Degree Major

A program of study that allows a student to complete the course requirement for two majors at the same time.

Due Date

Due Date is a date for when the performance review is due

Due Date

The date the payment is due.