Reference period(REFPERIOD)
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Key | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Reference period | ||||
| Short Name | REFPERIOD | ||||
| Parent Entity | |||||
| Type | Field | ||||
| Applicable To | England Northern Ireland Wales | ||||
| Coverage | All ReferencePeriodStudentLoad entities | ||||
| Description | This field records the reference period that the ReferencePeriodStudentLoad.FTE applies to. | ||||
| Notes | This records the reference period that the FTE is being recorded for. A value of 01 is expected in this field for 22056 and 23056 due to these being annual collections. This combined with the ReferencePeriodStudentLoad.YEAR therefore identifies the exact reference period that FTE is being recorded for. The Open University is required to send this field for the Scottish part. | ||||
| Reason Required | To uniquely identify the Full-time equivalence and enable linking between entities. | ||||
| Field Length | 2 | ||||
| Quality Rules | Quality Rules to follow | ||||
| Minimum Occurrence | 1 | ||||
| Maximum Occurrence | 1 | ||||
| Primary Key? | True | ||||
| Valid Values |
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| Revision History | https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/coding-manual-tools/revision-histories?Collection=22056 |
