Search Results igs_en_usec_disc_dl_uk1

Overview

The table IGS_EN_USEC_DISC_DL is a core data structure within the Oracle E-Business Suite Student System (IGS) module. It is designed to manage institution-specific academic rules by storing non-standard discontinuation deadline dates for unit sections. In the context of student enrollment and administration, standard deadlines are often defined at a system or academic calendar level. This table provides the necessary flexibility to override those standard deadlines for specific unit offering options (UOO_ID), allowing institutions to define precise last dates for withdrawal or discontinuation on a per-section basis. Its role is critical for enforcing accurate academic and financial policies related to student enrollment changes.

Key Information Stored

The table's primary function is to associate a unit section with a specific discontinuation deadline step. The key columns that facilitate this are the Unit Offering Option ID (UOO_ID), which uniquely identifies the specific unit section, and the NON_STD_DISC_DL_STP_ID, which is a foreign key to a related deadline step table. The table's structure is anchored by a surrogate primary key, USEC_DISC_DL_ID. The ADMINISTRATIVE_UNIT_STATUS column is part of a unique key constraint (IGS_EN_USEC_DISC_DL_UK1) alongside UOO_ID, indicating its importance in defining a distinct rule based on the administrative status of the unit.

Common Use Cases and Queries

This table is primarily accessed for processes that validate student enrollment transactions against business rules. A common use case is determining if a student's request to discontinue from a unit section is permissible on a given date. Administrative staff or batch processes would query this table to find any non-standard deadline applicable to the student's specific unit section. A typical reporting query would join this table to the unit offering and deadline step tables to list all unit sections with custom discontinuation rules.

• Finding the non-standard discontinuation deadline for a specific unit section: SELECT d.* FROM igs_en_usec_disc_dl d WHERE d.uoo_id = <unit_offering_option_id>;
• Listing all unit sections with overridden deadlines for a given term or administrative status.
• Providing data for audit reports to compare standard deadlines against institution-defined exceptions.

Related Objects

The IGS_EN_USEC_DISC_DL table maintains defined foreign key relationships with two other critical tables in the Student System, ensuring referential integrity and enabling comprehensive data retrieval.

• IGS_PS_UNIT_OFR_OPT_ALL: The UOO_ID column in IGS_EN_USEC_DISC_DL references this table. This relationship ties each non-standard deadline record directly to a specific unit offering option, which defines the unit, version, and location of a class section.
• IGS_EN_NSD_DLSTP_ALL: The NON_STD_DISC_DL_STP_ID column references this table. This relationship links the record to the actual deadline step details, which contain the specific date and potentially other rule attributes governing the non-standard discontinuation.