Search Results igs_gr_awd_ceremony_pk

Overview

The table IGS_GR_AWD_CEREMONY_ALL is a core data entity within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Student System module, specifically designed for graduation processing. It functions as a junction table that establishes the relationship between academic awards (degrees, diplomas, etc.) and the specific graduation ceremonies at which they are scheduled to be conferred. Its primary role is to manage the logistical and administrative link between a student's completed award and the ceremonial event, enabling institutions to plan, track, and report on award presentations during graduation exercises. It is important to note that the metadata explicitly categorizes the parent module, IGS - Student System, as "Obsolete," indicating this table is part of a legacy functional area that may be superseded in more recent versions or deployments.

Key Information Stored

The table's structure is centered on linking identifiers. Its primary key is the column AWC_ID, which serves as a unique system identifier for each award-ceremony association record. The table's foreign key relationships reveal other critical data points it stores. Specifically, it holds the ceremony context through the columns GRD_CAL_TYPE and GRD_CI_SEQUENCE_NUMBER, which together define the graduation calendar period, and CEREMONY_NUMBER, which identifies the specific ceremony within that period. These columns collectively reference a ceremony master record, thereby connecting an award to a particular event instance. While the provided metadata does not list all columns, the table logically would also contain a foreign key to the award record (e.g., a person, program, and award date combination) and potentially columns for status, seating, or processing notes.

Common Use Cases and Queries

This table is central to operations surrounding graduation day logistics and reporting. Common use cases include generating the list of candidates for a specific ceremony, producing ceremony programs with graduate names and awards, and managing the physical processing of diplomas for each event. A typical reporting query would join this table to the ceremony master (IGS_GR_CRMN_ALL) and student award tables to list all awards scheduled for a given ceremony. For example, an administrator might run a query to count awards by type for an upcoming ceremony or to identify students whose awards are linked to a ceremony for mailing notifications. As the module is obsolete, direct operational use in active development is unlikely, but the table remains critical for historical reporting and data extraction related to past graduation events.

Related Objects

The documented foreign key relationship explicitly defines this table's dependency on the ceremony master table. The related objects are:

• Primary Key: IGS_GR_AWD_CEREMONY_PK on column AWC_ID.
• Foreign Key (References): The table IGS_GR_CRMN_ALL. The join is performed using the composite key from IGS_GR_AWD_CEREMONY_ALL: GRD_CAL_TYPE, GRD_CI_SEQUENCE_NUMBER, and CEREMONY_NUMBER. This ensures every award-ceremony record corresponds to a valid, existing ceremony definition.

While not listed in the provided snippet, this table would also be referenced by, or reference, other key graduation and student award entities such as IGS_GR_AWD (or similar) to link the award detail itself, forming a complete data model for graduation processing.