60 likes | 183 Views
Load Specifications and Lookup Tables www.saqa.org.za/nlrdpbinfo.asp. Carina Oelofsen Deputy Director: NLRD: Data Quality and Information Management South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) 14 March 2013. Data Flow to the NLRD. Record. Record. Record. Person info. Person info.
E N D
Load Specifications and Lookup Tableswww.saqa.org.za/nlrdpbinfo.asp Carina Oelofsen Deputy Director: NLRD: Data Quality and Information Management South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) 14 March 2013
Data Flow to the NLRD Record Record Record Person info Person info Person info Designation Designation Designation Professional Body Professional Body Professional Body SAQA – Loaded onto NLRD
Person Information From database: To fixed-length record: www.saqa.org.za/nlrdpbinfo.asp
Person Designation Link between person and designation www.saqa.org.za/nlrdpbinfo.asp
General Comments • Ensure the integrity of ID numbers, date of birth and gender • Ensure the integrity of the date stamp values – update date • Ensure fields contain valid characters only – note the prescribed formats (e.g. dates) • No orphan records allowed (e.g. when a Person Designation record does not match a Person record) www.saqa.org.za/nlrdpbinfo.asp
General Comments (continued) • Submit as much data per record as possible • Ensure that records are not duplicated • Keep a record of errors encountered and solutions to these • Edu.Dex data validation utility www.saqa.org.za/nlrdpbinfo.asp