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Definition

Data source details

Path name Data Element Definition Data Type Format
SESSIONID Data Exchange: Session identifier, X(19)

A number that represents a system-generated identifier for a unique session record in the Data Exchange.

 


Specific Information:

Organisation’s Session Id. This is unique for an instance of service delivery within the organisation.

SessionId and CaseId compound must be unique within the upload file.

A client’s name, part of a client’s name, or other identifiable information should not be used as a Session Id under any circumstances.

CHARACTERSTRING X(18)
CASEID Person: Case Identifier, X(10)

A system-generated identifier for a case associated with a person in receipt of services.


Specific Information:

Cases are used by Outlets to group sessions for particular families/clients together. Cases link client and session data to location and program activity data.

CHARACTERSTRING X(14)
CASEENDDATE Person: Case Identifier End Date, YYYYMMDD

The date represented as year, month, day associated with the end of a person's case identifier.

DATE YYYYMMDD
ATTENDANCEPROFILECODE Session: Attendance profile, Code A(11)

A code that represents the type of instance of services someone has been present for.


Specific Information:

Attendance profile is reported to better understand the relationship between clients within a case. This should be based on the relationships self-reported by the client and other attendees.

ALPHASTRING A(11)
UNIDENTIFIEDCLIENTATTENDANCE Session: Attendance count, Number NNN

The total (count) of attendees at a session.


Specific Information:

The total (count) of unidentified attendees at a session.

INTEGERNUMBER NNN
UNIDENTIFIEDCLIENTCASEMAX Session: Attendance Capacity, Number NNN

The number that indicates an event is as full as it can be or has reached capacity for an instance of service delivery within a reporting period.

INTEGERNUMBER NNN
TOPICCODE Session: Topic, code A(18)

A code that represents the main focus of service delivery at a given session.

ALPHASTRING A(18)
MONEYWORKSHOPCODE Session: Money management course, code X(5)

A code that represents the type of money workshop delivered at a given session.


Specific Information:

Required for the Commonwealth Financial Counselling and Financial Capability, and Money Support Hubs program activities where it is part of the case creation process. When the service type 'Education and Skills Training' is selected the field becomes mandatory

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(5)
SERVICESETTINGCODE Session: Service setting, code X(15)

A code that represents the category of physical location or delivery method for a given session.

ALPHASTRING X(15)
PARENTINGAGREEMENTCODE Session: Parenting agreement, Code A(10)

A code that represents a parenting agreement for a given session.

ALPHASTRING A(10)
PARENTINGAGREEMENTDATE Session: Parenting Agreement, Date YYYYMMDD

Parenting agreement date, represented as year, month, day for a given session.

DATE YYYYMMDD
PARENTINGAGREEMENTLEGALHELP Session: Parenting agreement legal help, Text XXX

Parenting agreement legal help indicator - legacy system

ALPHANUMERICSTRING XXX
PROPERTYAGREEMENTCODE Session: Property Agreement, Code A(10)

A code that represents a property agreement for a given session.

ALPHASTRING A(10)
PROPERTYAGREEMENTDATE Session: Property Agreement, Date YYYYMMDD

Property agreement date, represented as year, month, day for a given session.

DATE YYYYMMDD
PROPERTYAGREEMENTLEGALHELP Session: Property agreement legal help, Text XXX

Property agreement legal help indicator - legacy system

ALPHANUMERICSTRING XXX
CERTIFICATETYPECODE Session: Certificate, type code A(12)

A code that represents the type of certificate for a given session.

ALPHASTRING A(12)
CERTIFICATEISSUEDDATE Session: Certificate, Date YYYYMMDD

The issue date represented as year, month, day of certificate for a given session.

DATE YYYYMMDD
INTERPRETERPRESENT Session: Interpreter Present, code N

A code that represents whether an Interpreter was present during a session.

NUMBERSTRING N
FEECHARGEDAMOUNT Session: Fee Charged, Total Australian currency N(8)

Fee Charged for a Session (TEI - legacy system)


Specific Information:

Allows organisations to report whether the participants of the session were charged a fee to attend the service and reflects the program activity policy regarding fee collection. Only populated for applicable (Commonwealth Home Support Programme & Family Law) activities, and Only reported for the following service types: Brokerage

INTEGERNUMBER N(8)
ASSISTANCECOSTAMOUNT Session: Assistance Cost, Total Australian currency N(8)

Assistance Cost for a Session (TEI - legacy system)

INTEGERNUMBER N(8)
ASSISTANCEMINUTES Session: Assistance Minutes, Text X(180)

Assistance Minutes for a Session (TEI - legacy system)

CHARACTERSTRING X(180)
ASSISTANCEQUANTITY Session: Assistance Quantity, Text X(50)

Assistance Quantity for a Session (TEI - legacy system)


Specific Information:

Recorded if the service is delivering something countable for example number of meals, number of trips provided., or total time spent in session, including administrative and travel time.
Only reported for the following service types:

  • Intake/assessment
  • Information/advice/referral
  • Family group conferencing (Family led decision making)
  • Family capacity building
  • Brokerage
ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(50)
CREATEDDATETIME Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD

A sequence of characters or encoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, on what day, and optionally including what particular time of day.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
AgBusinessTypeCode Person: Business type, Text X(50)

The type of business which is the primary source of income for an individual, as represented by a label.


Specific Information:

This item is only required for the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) program activities where it is part of the case and session creation process.

Agriculture Business Type: allows organisations to record the business type indicated by the client, which has generated more than 50% of the client’s income over the last three years.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(50)
HardshipTypeCode Person: Hardship type, Text X(50)

The cause of difficulty or concern affecting an individual or their business, as represented by a label.


Specific Information:

This item is only required for the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) program activities where it is part of the case and session creation process.

Hardship is a mandatory field which must be recorded for all sessions where an intake service type (when either Case managed – Intake, Transactional – Intake, or Service Transition) is selected.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(50)
ExternalReferralDestinationCode Person: External referral, Text X(50)

A referral from one service to an external provider, for an individual, as represented by a label.


Specific Information:

This item is only required for the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) program activities where it is part of the case and session creation process.

External Referral Destination: is used to describe a client’s referral to another service from the Rural Financial Counselling Service.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(50)
INGESTTIME Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD

A sequence of characters or encoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, on what day, and optionally including what particular time of day.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
INGESTYPE Record: Ingest Type, Label A(6)

File (data) ingestion process type, represented by a label.

ALPHASTRING A(6)
FILENAME Record: Filename, Text X(200)

File name (data) ingested into BigQuery, represented by text.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(200)
BATCHID Record: Batch Id, Text X(200)

System generated identification generated when (data) ingested into BigQuery, represented by text.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(200)