Search Results igs_en_splace_facs_pk

Overview

The IGS_EN_SPLACE_FACS table is a core data structure within the Oracle E-Business Suite Student System (IGS). It functions as a junction or intersection table, designed to manage the many-to-many relationship between student placements and faculty members. Its primary role is to record which specific faculty members are formally associated with or supervising a given student placement. This association is critical for tracking academic oversight, reporting on faculty workload related to placements, and maintaining the integrity of the educational relationship between the student, the institution, and the external placement provider. The table's existence ensures that the system can accurately model the complex reality where a single placement may involve multiple faculty supervisors and a single faculty member may oversee multiple placements.

Key Information Stored

The table's structure is minimal, consisting primarily of two key foreign key columns that define the relationship. The SPLACEMENT_ID column references a specific student placement record in the IGS_EN_SPLACEMENTS table. The FACULTY_ID column references a faculty member's party record in the IGS_PE_HZ_PARTIES table, which is the central repository for person and organization information. Together, these two columns form the table's composite primary key (IGS_EN_SPLACE_FACS_PK), enforcing data integrity by preventing duplicate faculty assignments for the same placement. The table may also contain standard Oracle EBS audit columns, such as CREATION_DATE, CREATED_BY, LAST_UPDATE_DATE, and LAST_UPDATED_BY, to track record history.

Common Use Cases and Queries

This table is central to queries and reports concerning faculty involvement in experiential learning. Common operational and reporting scenarios include generating a list of all faculty supervisors for a specific student's placement, calculating the total number of placements supervised by a particular faculty member for workload analysis, and auditing placement records for compliance with supervision requirements. A typical query to retrieve all faculty assigned to a placement would join IGS_EN_SPLACE_FACS with IGS_EN_SPLACEMENTS and IGS_PE_HZ_PARTIES to resolve the IDs into meaningful names. For example:

• SELECT p.PARTY_NAME, s.* FROM IGS.IGS_EN_SPLACE_FACS f, IGS.IGS_PE_HZ_PARTIES p, IGS.IGS_EN_SPLACEMENTS s WHERE f.FACULTY_ID = p.PARTY_ID AND f.SPLACEMENT_ID = s.SPLACEMENT_ID AND s.STUDENT_ID = :student_id;

Data manipulation typically occurs through the standard Student System forms and APIs that manage placements, rather than via direct SQL inserts or updates.

Related Objects

The IGS_EN_SPLACE_FACS table has defined dependencies on two primary master tables, as indicated by its foreign key constraints. It is a child table of IGS_EN_SPLACEMENTS, which stores the core details of the student placement itself. It is also a child table of IGS_PE_HZ_PARTIES, which serves as the universal source for faculty identity data. This table is likely referenced by various Student System forms, reports, and program units (PL/SQL packages) that handle placement administration, faculty assignment workflows, and related analytics. Any custom integrations or extensions that need to report on or validate faculty-placements relationships will also interact with this table.