SAH Core Views Quick Start Guides

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Student Activity Hub Basics


  • Student information has been tracked in the 'Student Activity Hub' since 2005.

  • Current fields show a student's most recent activities and information.

  • Term Based fields show a student's historical activities and information.

  • First Term fields show a student's first recorded activities and information.

  • Census views include student information from the first 3 weeks of the term.

  • Student Activity Hub will not match the STUREG Table for WI22 census date records, since the extract for that table has NOT been run for the correct census date for WI22. Student Activity Hub will continue to match the correct census dates.

Finding a Field Name


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Find the View You Need


In general, SAH-StudentStatsPerTerm-View or SAH-StudentStatsPerTermCensus-View are they best places to start.

Data Source NameDescriptionLowest GrainContains
Instructional Scheduling Assistant (ISA)Not a SAH deliverable.  Available only in Cognos.

No Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

No Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-Degree-ViewInformation about students who have graduated and those who have applied for graduation.

Student / Degree

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-Demographics-ViewOnly current term and first term data.  For students who are no longer at UCSD the current term is their most recent term.Student

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

No Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-Enrollment-View

Enrollment data through the end of each Term.  Includes Course, Class Section, Primary Instructor and Grade data.

Use this view only if you need course, class section or grade information.

Student / Term / 

Class Section

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View

Enrollment data where updates stop at the Census date of each Term. Includes Course, Class Section, Primary Instructor and Grade data up to the Census date of each Term and only Registered/Enrolled Students.

Use this view only if you need course, class section or grade information.

Student / Term / 

Class Section

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term Census (Per Term)

SAH-MajorMinor-ViewMajor/minor change data through the end of each Term.

Student / Term

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-MajorMinorDetails-View

Major/minor change data through the end of each Term. 

This view only includes students who have changed their major / minor and does not represent a full listing of students in a given major.

Student / Term / 

Program

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-MajorMinorNarrow-ViewMajor/minor change data through the end of each Term.

Student / Term / 

Program

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-MajorMinorNarrowCensus-ViewMajor/minor data where updates stop at the Census date of each Term.

Student / Term / 

Program

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term Census (Per Term)

SAH-Retention-ViewRetention data through the end of each Term.

Student / Cohort

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

No Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-RetentionCensus-ViewRetention data where updates stop at the Census date of each Term.Student / Cohort

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

No Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-RetentionDetail-ViewRetention detail data through the end of each Term.

Student / Term / 

Cohort

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-RetentionDetailCensus-ViewRetention data where updates stop at the Census date of each Term.

Student / Term / 

Cohort

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term Census (Per Term)

SAH-StudentSchedule-ViewStudent schedule information down to the day, time and place.

Student / Term / 

Class Section / 

Class Section Meeting

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-StudentStatsPerTerm-ViewStudent data through the end of each Term.

Student / Term

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term (Per Term)

SAH-StudentStatsPerTermCensus-View

Student data where updates stop at the Census date of each Term.

Use this view as a starting point for your reports.

Student / Term

Yes Demographics (Current Term, First Term)

Yes Student Stats Per Term Census (Per Term)

Which Views to Use

Find the recommended views in these reporting scenarios:



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Scenario


Recommended Views



Folder

31Student Level CurrentAll viewsCurrent Student
32Awarded Degree and Term SAH-Degree-ViewTerm Set - Awarded Term 
33Degree Reported TermSAH-Degree-ViewTerm Set - Reported Term
34

For Graduate and Undergraduate Students:

Primary and Secondary Major, Minor, Department, Division, Degree Type, Degree Group

(Current and First Records)

All views
  • Current Graduate Primary Major
  • First Graduate Primary Major
  • Current UG Primary Major
  • Current UG Primary Minor
  • Current UG Secondary Major
  • Current UG Secondary Minor
  • First UG Primary Major for All Terms
  • First UG Primary Major
  • First UG Primary Minor
  • First UG Secondary Major
  • First UG Secondary Minor
35

For Graduate and Undergraduate Students:

Primary and Secondary Major, Minor, Department, Division, Degree Type, Degree Group

(Historical)

All Views except for SAH-Demographics-View and SAH-Admission-View


  • Term Based Graduate Primary Major
  • Term Based UG Primary Major
  • Term Based UG Secondary Major
  • Term Based UG Primary Minor
  • Term Based UG Secondary Minor
36Third Awarded Major, Minor, Department, Division, Degree Type, Degree GroupSAH-Degree-ViewThird Major Awarded / Third Minor Awarded
37Looking for all majors and minors of students in one field SAH-MajorMinorNarrow-ViewTerm Based Program 
38Looking for all Undergrad and grad majors of students in one field SAH-MajorMinorNarrow-ViewTerm Based Program 
39Looking for Programs that are Self-SupportingSAH-MajorMinorNarrow-ViewTerm Based Program Flags
40Looking for Freshman Summer Program FlagAll ViewsCurrent Student Flags
41How to sort the records of students in a list report based on the enrolled termsAll ViewsUse "Term ID" from a proper "Term Set" folder 
42

The following fields include New, Continuing, Returning and Visitors:

  • "Student Enrollment Type First"
  • "Student Enrollment Type"
  • "Student Enrollment Type Current"


The following fields exclude Summer Terms:

  • "Student Enrollment Type" from Term Based Student folder
All Views
  • For the most current status: Current Student folder
  • For the first status: First Student folder
  • For term based status: Term Based Student folder
43All undergraduate major programs are state-supported - Therefore any self-supporting flags for undergrad students will always indicate "No" and 0 for any  self-supporting countsAll ViewsMajors Minors Flags
44"Primary Major Is Self-Supporting Flag" only applies to grad primary majorsAll ViewsMajors Minors Flags
45

Looking for the first enrolled term of students 

All Views
  • "Term Set - UG First Enrolled For All Terms", and "Term Set - Grad First Enrolled For All Terms", include summer terms.
  • "Term Set - UG First Enrolled", and "Term Set - Grad First Enrolled" exclude summers.
46

Cumulative units fields should not be aggregated

All Views
47
  • Attempted Units are the number of units attempted to be completed by a student, and are at the course level.
  • Attempted units Term are the total number of units on a student record during a given term.  Class Sections with a W (withdrawal notated on the transcript) are included. Class Sections dropped without a W are not included. Class Sections without a grade are not counted in ISIS.
  • Attempted Units Current Cumulative are the total number of units on a student record, for the student level.

 

  • SAH-Demographics-View
  • SAH-Enrollment-View 
  • SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View
  • SAH-Degree-View
  • SAH-RetentionDetail-View
  • SAH-Student Stats Per Term-View
  • Current Student Measures
  • Enrollment Measure
  • Degree Awarded Measures
  • Retention Detail Measures
  • Term Based Measures
  • Term Cumulative Measures
48
  • Completed Units: This value is the attempted units minus the W and I grades.
  • Completed Units Term: For a term the Completed Units are the term attempted units less any W and I grades for that term.
  • Completed Units Current Cumulative: are the number of cumulative attempted number of units on a student record, less any W and I grades.


SAH-StudentStatsPerTerm-View,

SAH-Degree-View,
SAH-Enrollment-View

SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View, 
SAH-RetentionDetail-View 


  • Current Student Measures
  • Enrollment Measure
  • Degree Awarded Measures
  • Retention Detail Measures
  • Term Based Measures
  • Term Cumulative Measures
49

The completed units are included in the census views once available as a courtesy to support analytic needs. 

It is presumed that analysts working with the data are aware of that grades / completed units are not available at the census date and are indeed end of term measures.

This is a design decision.

Census ViewsNA
50CIP codes for minor programs are null in ISIS. All Views
  • Current UG Primary Minor
  • Current UG Secondary Minor
  • First UG Primary Minor
  • First UG Secondary Minor
51

Some times "Student Classification" for some students in their first year is 'Sophomore' although their "Applicant Type" is 'New Freshman/High School', this is because some students have a lot of credits transferring from their high school that they are considered sophomore in their first year.

All ViewsStudent Current / Term Based Student
52Want to only count / see the students who remain enrolled by the end of the termSAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View, Student Class Enrollment Status, Class Section Enrollment Flag
53'Term Year' and 'Term Year (YYYY)' are both academic yearsAll Views
54

What is the difference between "W" and Null in grades?

If a student withdraw a course after census dates their grade is "W", but if they drop the course before the census dates, they don't have a grad at all and their grade is Null, or blank. In either case, Class Section Enrollment Status = "Drop" and Class Section Enrollment Flag = "No"

SAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View, NA
55

"Student PID" is the lowest level in Demographics view.

All the measures in "Current Student Flag Measures" and "Current Student Measure folder" folder need to be fixed at the the student level:


Tableau report developers: {FIXED[Student ID]:MIN([...Count...])}

SAH-Demographics-ViewAll measures in the Current Student Flag Measures folder
All measures in the Current Student Measure folder
56

The lowest level of granularity in the Enrollment & EnrollmentCensus views/data sources is "Class Section ID".

Tableau report developers: {FIXED[Student ID], [Class Section ID] : Aggregation([%Count%])}

SAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewNA
57

Why the Applied Count is very close to admitted count in the Admission view?

The drop in Applied Count is a difference in the way data is imported into ISIS. Before ApplyUC, started in 2018 they would import all applications into ISIS. After ApplyUC, now they only import Admitted students into ISIS. Therefore there's a drop in APPLIED_COUNT in 2018 and forward. Applied Count is actually Applied and Admitted students after that point. Admitted Count is actually the number of students who actually came (some decide to go elsewhere after they are admitted).

SAH-Admission-ViewSIS Application Flag Measures
58How to get the total number of student who applied to UCSD: Applied Count = CountD(Application ID - Application)SAH-Admission-ViewApply UC Application
59The "DFW Count Term" is at the term level and "DFW Count" is at the course level.





These should not be used together with Course subject course. because they are at a different levels of details.
SAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewTerm Based Measures
60 The aggregation for 

"Course Highest Grade Earned Points"
"Course Highest Letter Grade Earned Points"

 need to be set to max
SAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewEnrollment Measures
61The lowest level of granularity in the following views/data sources is "Class Section ID"SAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewNA
62

The aggregation for "Class Section Enrollment Limit" should be set to max

SAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewEnrollment Measures
63The last enrolled term is the last term a student enrolled in a class - This would be based off of ClassesSAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewEnrollment Measures
64Transferred and waitlisted student are not included in Enrollment CountSAH-Enrollment-View & SAH-EnrollmentCensus-ViewEnrollment Measures
65

How long is a student still a student after their last enrolled term? 

If a student graduates in Winter or Spring s/he can take summer classes as a continuing student, but if s/he graduates in Fall s/he cannot.  

All Views except for SAH-Admission-ViewTerm Set - Student Last Enrolled
66

The followings are excluded from "UCSD UG Transfer Flag": 

  • Summer student
  • Visitors
  • Employee applications
  • Students who are not registered or enrolled at all or have a CF (Cancelled for Fees not paid) registration status code
All Views except for SAH-Admission-ViewCurrent Transfer Flags
67

Total units passed from courses and exams transferred into UCSD from outside institutions:

  • UG Cumulative Transfer Units
  • UG Cumulative Transfer Units Current 
  • UG Cumulative Transfer Units First 
All Views except for SAH-Admission-ViewStudent Scores / Term Cumulative Measures
68Looking for the enrollment of the students for the upcoming term
  • SAH-Student Stats Per Term-View
  • In general most views are joined with SAH-Student Stats Per Term-View and include term based information, except for SAH-Demographics-View and SAH-Admission-View
"Registration Status" from the "Term Based Student" folder
69Looking for the waitlisted students for the upcoming term and their position on the waitlistSAH-Enrollment-View or SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View.

"Waitlist Flag Current" from the "Current Student Flags" folder

"Waitlist Position Current" from "Current Student" folder

70"Last Enrolled Term Code" does NOT consider future terms. All Views except for SAH-Admission-ViewTerm Set - Student Last Enrolled
71Use "Registration Status" in ('Registered', 'Enrolled') to see enrolled students for any termAll Views 
  • Term Based Students
  • Current Students
72

Looking for current undergrad Athletes:

Since "registration status" filter has been removed from the logic of "Student Athletics Team Current", all the athletes are now coming through.





However the students who are already graduated should be filtered out. This can be done by setting the "Graduation Date UG Latest" to Null, if you are only looking for undergrad athletes.

SAH-Demographics-View
  • Current Students
73

The following fields are sourced from EVC (Academic Affairs Information Services), and not ISIS:

  • Course Department
  • Course Department Code
  • Course Division
  • SAH-Enrollment-View
  • SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View
  • SAH-InstructorAssignment-View
  • SAH-instructorAssignmentCensus
  • SAH-LMS-StudentStatsPerDay-View
  • SAH-StudentSchedule-View
Enrollment Course
74

Right now, SAH provides the following information about Applicant Type:

  • Applicant Type Code Current
    • This field reflects the Applicant Type Code from the most recent student application.
    • For example, when a student has been readmitted this value will be READ.
  • Applicant Type Code First
    • This field reflects the Applicant Type Code from the student’s first admission to UCSD.
    • For example, the value in this field may be VIS if that is the value on their first application to attend UCSD.
  • Applicant Type Code
    • This is a term based field that will reflect the most recent acceptance application.
    • This field would allow for a term by term review of accepted student applicant types for the student’s career at UCSD.


Important Note: There are very few cases where the student "Applicant Type Code First" is 'Vis' but the "Applicant Type Code Current" or "Applicant Type Code" might be 'READ' instead of 'TRAN' or 'ICT'. In this case if you have a filter to just look for TRAN or ICT, then you might miss those student.


All views that are joined with the following views:

  • SAH-Demographics-View 
  • SAH-Student Stats Per Term-View
  • Current Student
  • First Student
  • Term Based Student
75

An ICT is an inter-campus transfer student. 

These are students that apply to UC San Diego who have matriculated at another UC campus (excluding extension) during a regular term prior to applying here and it is their last school of attendance. 

Students who have an applicant type of TRAN are transfer students whose last school of attendance is not a UC, but there is a possibility they attended another UC Campus before transferring to their current institution.

All views that are joined with the following views:

  • SAH-Demographics-View 
  • SAH-Student Stats Per Term-View
  • Current Student
  • First Student
  • Term Based Student
76

We also have the following fields related to identifying Transfer students:

  • UCSD UG Non-Transfer Flag / Count / Term %
  • UCSD UG Transfer Flag / Count / Term %

All views that are joined with the following views:

  • SAH-Demographics-View 
  • SAH-Student Stats Per Term-View
  • Current Student
  • First Student
  • Term Based Student
77

Attempted Units Term are a summarization at the end of the term and are sourced from Grade activities. Therefore since grades aren’t posted until the end of the term,  there aren’t records for  Attempted Units Term in the current term, yet.

However "Attempted Units" which is per student per class section, is available in the Enrollment view as well as for current term.

  • SAH-Enrollment-View
  • SAH-EnrollmentCensus-View

78For the visitor students we expect to see null for their admit term. This is the logic of this field and is expected.

All views that are joined with the following views:

  • SAH-Demographics-View 
  • Term Set - UG Admit
  • Term Set - Graduate Admit
79

Official UCSD admission = use UG Admit Term.  First time registering = use UG First Enrolled Term

All views that are joined with the following views:

  • SAH-Demographics-View 
  • UG Admit Term
  • UG First Enrolled Term
  • UG First Enrolled Term All
80If you want to only see current term code in your report, then you can filter the report for “Term Code” = “Current Term Code” or "Current Term Flag" = 'Yes'

All views that are joined with the following views:

  • SAH-Demographics-View