Search Results igw_awards

Overview

The IGW_AWARDS table is a core data object within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) module IGW - Grants Proposal. Its primary role is to store detailed information about awarded grants that have been transferred from the Grants Proposal module to the Grants Accounting module for financial management. This table acts as a critical junction in the lifecycle of a grant, marking the transition from a proposed project to a funded award. It is important to note that the metadata explicitly labels the IGW - Grants Proposal module as "Obsolete," indicating this table and its associated functionality are part of a legacy codebase that may have been superseded in later application strategies or migrations.

Key Information Stored

The table's structure is centered on linking proposal data to its awarded status and subsequent financial tracking. The primary key, PROPOSAL_AWARD_ID, uniquely identifies each award record. A critical foreign key is PROPOSAL_ID, which establishes a direct relationship to the originating proposal in the IGW_PROPOSALS_ALL table. While the exact column list is not detailed in the provided excerpt, a table of this nature in a grants management context would typically store data such as the official award number, award date, total awarded amount, funding agency details, award status, and key dates for the award period. The "Information about awards transferred to Grants Accounting" description confirms it holds the necessary attributes to facilitate this inter-module handoff.

Common Use Cases and Queries

The primary use case involves tracking the progression and financial setup of awarded grants. Common reporting and query scenarios would include generating lists of all awards transferred to accounting within a specific date range, reconciling proposal amounts against final awarded amounts, and identifying proposals that have not yet resulted in an award. A typical SQL pattern would join IGW_AWARDS to IGW_PROPOSALS_ALL to create a comprehensive award summary report.

SELECT p.proposal_number, a.award_number, a.award_date, a.award_amount
FROM igw_awards a,
     igw_proposals_all p
WHERE a.proposal_id = p.proposal_id
AND a.award_date BETWEEN :P_START_DATE AND :P_END_DATE;

Another critical use case is validating data integrity before the transfer to Grants Accounting, ensuring all mandatory award fields are populated.

Related Objects

The IGW_AWARDS table exists within a defined relational schema, as evidenced by its foreign key constraints. The key related objects are:

• IGW_PROPOSALS_ALL: This is the parent table, as each award must be associated with a single originating proposal via the PROPOSAL_ID foreign key.
• IGW_INSTALLMENTS: This is a child table, linked by the PROPOSAL_AWARD_ID foreign key. It indicates that an award can have multiple financial installments or funding periods, which are stored in this related table.

Given its purpose, the table would also have logical integration points with tables in the Grants Accounting (GMS) module, though these are not defined as database-level foreign keys in the provided metadata.