1About Exporting Data from Student Financial Aid

Understand how Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) export views enable efficient, incremental data extraction with timestamps.

Oracle Student Financial Aid (SFA) provides efficient and incremental data extraction through OAS, which allows you to export only data that has changed since your last pull.

Purpose-built export views include create and update time stamp columns, making it easy to identify data changes and automate exports using APIs. This approach significantly reduces manual effort, lowers the risk of performance issues, and helps prevent overloads and timeouts that are common with full data extractions.

OAS provides clear folder structures and consistent naming conventions that makes it easy for users to locate and manage the data they need. Enhanced documentation further supports a seamless experience, enables smooth integration, advanced analytics, and scalable data workflows that keep your systems in sync and prepared for growth.

Here are SFA terms you'll come across when you work in OAS.

Oracle Student Financial Aid Reports and Views

Term	Definition
Export Views	Optimized database views that include time stamps for tracking data changes and serve as the source for exportable data. Export views are optimized to deliver just the data you need without duplication. Each exported row includes the date it was created and last updated. For older data created before time-stamp tracking, those fields will be empty unless Oracle has back filled them upon your request.
Data Models	Define how data is pulled from Export Views and how data is structured for use in Export Reports. Click Open > Shared Folders > SFP Export > Export Data Models > Incremental.
Export Reports	API-accessible reports in OAS that extract incremental data for integration into downstream systems. These reports are ready for use and pull data from the data models. They are ideal for exporting to external or back end systems. To find export reports, click Open > Shared Folders > SFP Export > Export Reports > Incremental.
Export View Documentation	A multitabbed report that you can use as a guide for integration and maintenance. This report provides details, field mappings, and change logs for all Export Views. To find the Export View Documentation report, click Open > Shared Folders > SFP Export > Export View Documentation.

Note:

Reports with names containing “_delete_incr” list records deleted since your last export. Use them with your standard incremental reports to keep downstream data current.