Here is a list of the more common restricted words:<\/p>\n
| \n Amount<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Numeric dollar (or other currency) amounts or other numeric measurement amounts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A monetary (or numeric) value that represents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Gift Amount, Tax Deductible Amount, Server Storage Amount, Pledge Payment Amount<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Code<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Used to represent something in an abbreviated form. A Code is an encoded representation of a value. Must be capable of having two or more values.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A value that represents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Purchase Status Code, Education Degree Code, State Code<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Count<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Associated with quantity to store number of occurrences.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A value that represents the number of<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Customer Count, Product Count, Key Market Count<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Associated with the designation of a particular day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n General Notes<\/strong> – Standard Date Format is YYYYMMDD (or whatever you choose, but this one solves EU vs US confusions)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: The date that<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Birth Date, Employment Start Date, Revenue Date, Purchase Date<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Word or phrase used to briefly explain something.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n General Notes<\/strong> – For long free-form textual entries, use the Text restricted word.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A string or statement that describes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples <\/strong>\u2013 Education Degree Description, Fund Description, Product Description, Industry Description<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Identifier (ID)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n A sequence of alpha or numeric characters that identifies an object.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A value that provides unique identification of<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Examples <\/strong>– Account Identifier, Physical Object Identifier, Email Identifier, Customer Identifier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Indicator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Has the capability of being a Boolean Value, i.e., one of two possible values.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Values – Y\/N, 1\/0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A value that identifies whether or not<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> \u2013 Anonymous Status Indicator, Deceased Indicator, Shipment Indicator<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Represents the name of something such as a person, place, or thing. A name is a word or words by which something is commonly known and is distinguished from others. It is what you would call something.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A word or phrase that designates<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Examples <\/strong>– Product Name, Employee Name, Donor Name, Customer Name, Degree Name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Number<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Numeric or alphanumeric values which have the primary purpose of identification.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n General Notes \u2013 This restricted word should not be used for elements involving arithmetic operations, e.g. Amounts, Percents, Factors, etc. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A value that provides unique identification of<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Social Insurance Number, Policy Number, Employee Number<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Percent<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Any value that is a ratio between other data values expressed as a percentage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n General Notes<\/strong> \u2013 Percents are stored as percentage values, e.g. 10.25% stored as 10.25, 12% stored as 12, etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A measure that represents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Commission Percent, Gross Margin Percent, Tax Rate Percent<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Text<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Used to define data of unpredictable structure and having relatively undefined format.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n General Notes<\/strong> – This is the appropriate restricted word for columns of XML data type and more suitable for a Data Dictionary entry. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A free-form string that represents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Comments Text, Notes Text<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n A recognized unit of time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n General Notes – Standard Time Format is HH:MM:SS (or whatever your choice is)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Usage Notes<\/strong> – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A value that represents time to the microsecond<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples – Cloud Based Time, Payment Time<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Timestamp<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Associated with a specific date\/time within a day. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Usage Notes – When used as a restricted word, the business glossary term definition should begin with the phrase: A combination of date and time, to the microsecond that represents<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Examples<\/strong> – Meeting Start Timestamp, Record Added Timestamp<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1544","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-business-glossary","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\n |