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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Employee Position Key
Created:
Jul 17, 2023 2:54 pm
Status:
Accepted
Key is a field that defines an employee by their GWID, Position and Job Suffix
Data Domain
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee Requestor
Created:
Jun 15, 2017 1:09 pm
Status:
Accepted
Incident submitter role in the University is faculty or staff. Please note student employees (part and full time) who also have a staff role will be included in this group.
Data Domain
Services
Community
Incident Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee Status
Created:
Feb 14, 2017 1:33 pm
Status:
Accepted
The employee status is an attribute of an employee in Banner which represents the employee's current association with the university--active, leave (with or without pay or benefits), or terminated.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee Supplemental Benefit Coverage Amount
Created:
Feb 22, 2016 10:17 am
Status:
Accepted
The employee Additional Life Benefit Coverage Amount.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee/Supplier Name
Created:
Jul 08, 2014 11:41 am
Status:
Accepted
The name of the employee or supplier that was paid
Data Domain
Research
Community
Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee Travel Agency
Created:
Jun 24, 2014 9:12 am
Status:
Accepted
Indicates American Express (The George Washington University) booked travel transaction
Data Domain
Finance
Community
I-Buy Plus (Concur)
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee Type
Created:
Mar 16, 2016 1:45 pm
Status:
Accepted
The Employee Type is a broad category of employee at the university (staff, faculty, research, student, or graduate assistant). Depending on context, this can be more granular by including sub-types and benefit category, e.g. Full Time Librarian, Temporary Research, etc.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employee Veteran Category
Created:
Jun 04, 2015 8:49 pm
Status:
Accepted
This represents the Veteran Category for an employee. It Indicates whether the person served in the armed forces and, if so, specifies the category in which he or she should be counted for the U.S. Veteran reporting by selecting a value from the pull-down list.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer Amount
Created:
Jul 13, 2023 3:26 pm
Status:
Accepted
The amount that is covered by the Employer for a certain benefits
Data Domain
Community
Benefits
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer Amount
Created:
Nov 11, 2019 10:30 am
Status:
Accepted
The Employer contribution amount
Data Domain
Finance
Community
Payroll
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer Approvals Created At Date
Created:
Jun 09, 2023 2:50 pm
Status:
Accepted
The year, month, and day that the employer approval was created on.
Data Domain
Community
Career Services
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer Approvals Response Date
Created:
Jun 09, 2023 2:50 pm
Status:
Accepted
The year, month, and day that the employer approval was responded to.
Data Domain
Community
Career Services
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer ID
Created:
Jun 09, 2023 2:50 pm
Status:
Accepted
The identification number that is correlated to the employer name.
Data Domain
Community
Career Services
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer Involved
Created:
Dec 19, 2017 1:31 pm
Status:
Accepted
Is any employer included in the event
Data Domain
Services
Community
Career Services
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employer Name
Created:
Jun 09, 2023 2:50 pm
Status:
Accepted
The name in which the company/organization is identified by.
Data Domain
Community
Career Services
Security Requirement
Public
Employment Outcomes
Created:
Jun 25, 2025 2:16 pm
Status:
Candidate
Consolidated indicator of employment outcome (e.g., fully employed, seeking employment)
Data Domain
Community
GW Law
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employment Requirement
Created:
Jun 25, 2025 2:16 pm
Status:
Candidate
Requirement for working in given outcome (e.g., requires bar passage)
Data Domain
Community
GW Law
Security Requirement
Restricted
Employment Status
Created:
Feb 19, 2016 4:03 pm
Status:
Accepted
The current employment status of an employee. Statuses include active, terminated, and different types of leave.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Enabled Flag
Created:
Jun 16, 2017 10:38 am
Status:
Accepted
The field indicates whether the Group is enabled. Y is enabled, N is disabled.
Data Domain
Finance
Community
General Ledger
Security Requirement
Restricted
Encumbrance Amount
Created:
Jul 08, 2014 11:41 am
Status:
Accepted
Encumbrance Amount for the PTA
Data Domain
Research
Community
Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Security Requirement
Restricted
Encumbrance Amount
Created:
May 25, 2022 9:49 am
Status:
Accepted
An estimated obligation related to a position.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Encumbrance Hours
Created:
Jan 29, 2016 9:37 am
Status:
Accepted
Hours used to calculate the encumbrance amount for this job in the active fiscal year.
Data Domain
Human Resources
Community
Human Resources
Security Requirement
Restricted
Encumbrance Type
Created:
Jul 08, 2014 11:41 am
Status:
Accepted
Identifies whether the encumbrance is a Requisition, Purchase Order or Unpaid Invoice.
Data Domain
Research
Community
Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Security Requirement
Restricted
End Date
Created:
May 12, 2020 3:42 pm
Status:
Accepted
Suppiier End Date
Data Domain
Finance
Community
Accounts Payable
Security Requirement
Public
End Date
Created:
Aug 24, 2018 11:26 am
Status:
Accepted
Date and time when an event ends
Data Domain
Services
Community
Career Services
Security Requirement
Public