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{{Under construction | There has been some progress and the Data Dictionary is about 50% done.}}
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{{Warning| The length of the fields may vary between migrated from Legacy databases and databases that were created with {{IMSMANG}} of version 5 or newer.}}  
 
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{{Note | [''italic''] will highlight something technical such as {{IMSMANG}} database table name.}}
 
The Data Dictionary has two user groups:
 
The Data Dictionary has two user groups:
 
* non-technical users
 
* non-technical users
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and has the ambition to cover both user groups' needs.
 
and has the ambition to cover both user groups' needs.
  
The {{IMSMANG}} database consists of three main groups of tables:
 
* Items
 
** Approved information a.k.a. Item / Summary / CV tables
 
** Data Entry Forms a.k.a. infoversion tables
 
** Tables that belongs to both groups
 
* Task and Auxiliary Data
 
* Miscellaneous tables
 
** Data Inventory Manager and templates tables
 
** Migration tables
 
** System tables
 
 
{{Note | [''italic''] will highlight something technical such as {{IMSMANG}} database table name.}}
 
 
The data type used are
 
The data type used are
* Country structure
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* Boolean
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* Double
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* ''Country structure''
 
* Date
 
* Date
 
* Integer
 
* Integer
* Multi-select (are stored in a separate table ''xx_has_imsmaenum''. and use the look-up table ''imsmaenum'')
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* Multi-select (are stored in a separate table ''xx_has_imsmaenum'' and use the look-up table ''imsmaenum'')
 
* Numeric (may have decimals)
 
* Numeric (may have decimals)
* Organisation
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* ''Organisation''
* Place
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* ''Place''
 
* Single-select (use the look-up table ''imsmaenum'')
 
* Single-select (use the look-up table ''imsmaenum'')
 
* String (have maximum length)
 
* String (have maximum length)
 
* Text (no maximum length)
 
* Text (no maximum length)
{{Warning| The length of the fields may vary between migrated from Legacy databases and databases that were created with {{IMSMANG}} of version 5 or newer.}}
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</div>
 
{{NavBox Data Dictionary}}
 
{{NavBox Data Dictionary}}
 
[[Category:NAA]]
 
[[Category:NAA]]

Revision as of 21:21, 16 March 2016

Warning.jpg The length of the fields may vary between migrated from Legacy databases and databases that were created with IMSMANG of version 5 or newer.
Note.jpg [italic] will highlight something technical such as IMSMANG database table name.

The Data Dictionary has two user groups:

  • non-technical users
  • administrators

and has the ambition to cover both user groups' needs.

The data type used are

  • Boolean
  • Double
  • Country structure
  • Date
  • Integer
  • Multi-select (are stored in a separate table xx_has_imsmaenum and use the look-up table imsmaenum)
  • Numeric (may have decimals)
  • Organisation
  • Place
  • Single-select (use the look-up table imsmaenum)
  • String (have maximum length)
  • Text (no maximum length)