Defining Canadian Reporting Business Units

To set up Canadian reporting business units, use the Business Unit Table component (BUS_UNIT_TBL_RP).

This section discusses how to:

  • Define Canadian reporting business unit descriptions.

  • Define Canadian reporting business unit defaults.

  • Define Canadian reporting business unit career usage values.

Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

General

BUS_UNIT_TBL_RP

Records and Enrollment > Government Reporting Canada > Definitions > Business Unit Table > General

PSIS: Define business unit descriptions.

Unit Defaults

BUS_UNIT_TBL_RP2

Records and Enrollment > Government Reporting Canada > Definitions > Business Unit Table > Unit Defaults

PSIS: Define business unit defaults.

Career Usage

CAREER_USAGE_TBL

Records and Enrollment > Government Reporting Canada > Definitions > Business Unit Table > Career Usage

PSIS: Define career usage values.

Access the General page (Records and Enrollment > Government Reporting Canada > Definitions > Business Unit Table > General).

Field or Control

Description

Institution

Enter the institution for which you want to define the reporting business unit.

Institution Cd (institution code)

Enter the institution's reporting code.

Province

Enter the province in which the reporting institution is located. This entry controls the view of the provincial codes on all of the pages (for this business unit) that are keyed by province.

Type of Student ID

Enter the type of ID that the reporting institution uses to identify students.

Sending Inst Type of Code (sending institution type of code)

Enter the sending institution's type of program or course code that it uses to identify transfer credits.

Receiving Inst Type of Code (receiving institution type of code)

Enter the receiving institution's type of program or course code that it uses to identify transfer credits.

Institution has Honour Roll

Select to indicate that the institution tracks academic excellence. You must select this check box in order for the extract program to generate a value other than the default value for Element 5140.

Access the Unit Defaults page ((Records and Enrollment > Government Reporting Canada > Definitions > Business Unit Table > Unit Defaults).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unit Defaults page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Unit Defaults page

Field or Control

Description

Program Duration Units

Enter the unit of measure that defines the normal time that a full-time student requires to complete the program.

Program Credit Units

Enter the unit of measure that defines the number of credits or units of academic achievement that a full-time student requires to graduate from or complete the program.

Man. Paid OJT Duration Units (mandatory paid on the job training duration units)

Enter the unit of measure that defines the duration of mandatory paid on-the-job training.

Opt. Paid OJT Duration Units (optional paid on the job training duration units)

Enter the unit of measure that defines the duration of optional paid on-the-job training.

Man. Unpaid OJT Duration Units (mandatory unpaid on the job training duration units)

Enter the unit of measure that defines the duration of mandatory unpaid on-the-job training.

Optional Unpaid OJT Dur Units (optional unpaid on the job training duration units)

Enter the unit of measure that defines the duration of optional unpaid on-the-job training.

Course Duration Units

Enter the unit of measure that defines the normal time a full-time student requires to complete the course by way of traditional course delivery.

Course Credit Units

Enter the unit of measure that defines the number of credits or units typically awarded for successful completion of the course.

Lab Duration Units

Enter the unit of measure that defines the number of credits or units a full-time student requires to complete the laboratory or shop training included in the course.

Course OJT Duration Units (course on the job training duration units)

Enter the unit of measure that defines the duration of on the job training activities that are a regular part of the course.

Access the Career Usage page (Records and Enrollment > Government Reporting Canada > Definitions > Business Unit Table > Career Usage).

Field or Control

Description

Career Order No (career order number)

Enter a career order number for the corresponding academic career. This number determines the order in which the system processes careers when it looks to report start and end dates on the Institution Description file. The Institution Description file is an PSIS report.

Academic Career

Enter rows for all careers that you want to report.