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Overview

The IGS_PS_UNIT_FLD_STDY table is a core data entity within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, specifically for the Oracle Student Management (formerly Campus Solutions) product. It functions as a relational junction table within the IGS (iGrants) schema, formally capturing the association between academic units (courses/subjects) and defined fields of study. Its primary role is to maintain the structural relationships that define how units are categorized within broader academic disciplines, which is essential for curriculum management, program requirements, reporting, and academic analytics.

Key Information Stored

The table stores the unique linkage between a unit and a field of study, alongside standard audit information. The critical columns are:

Common Use Cases and Queries

This table is central to queries that analyze unit offerings by academic discipline. Common use cases include generating reports on unit coverage across different fields of study, validating curriculum structures, and supporting data for accreditation. A fundamental query to retrieve all mappings for a specific unit would be:

SELECT ufs.UNIT_FIELD_OF_STUDY_ID, ufs.UNIT_CODE, ufs.VERSION_NUMBER, ufs.FIELD_OF_STUDY, fos.MEANING
FROM IGS.IGS_PS_UNIT_FLD_STDY ufs
JOIN IGS_PS_FLD_OF_STUDY_ALL fos ON ufs.FIELD_OF_STUDY = fos.FIELD_OF_STUDY
WHERE ufs.UNIT_CODE = 'MATH101'
ORDER BY ufs.FIELD_OF_STUDY;

Another typical pattern is to list all units associated with a particular field of study for program requirement analysis or catalog publication. The unique index on UNIT_FIELD_OF_STUDY_ID ensures data integrity for these operations.

Related Objects

The IGS_PS_UNIT_FLD_STDY table is defined by its relationships to master data tables, as documented in its foreign key constraints:

  • Primary Key: IGS_PS_UNIT_FLD_STDY_PK on the UNIT_FIELD_OF_STUDY_ID column.
  • Foreign Key Reference to Unit Master: The combination of UNIT_CODE and VERSION_NUMBER references the IGS_PS_UNIT_VER_ALL table, ensuring the mapped unit is valid.
  • Foreign Key Reference to Field of Study Master: The FIELD_OF_STUDY column references the IGS_PS_FLD_OF_STUDY_ALL table, ensuring the discipline code exists in the controlled list.

These relationships position the table as a critical junction in the data model between the core definitions of academic units (IGS_PS_UNIT_VER_ALL) and the taxonomy of academic disciplines (IGS_PS_FLD_OF_STUDY_ALL).