Period Data Definition

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1 The latest period that the dataset contains.

Purpose

2 The period denotes the most recent month of data included in the dataset. Please note that this is only relevant to WBL and ESF SR.

Relevant Collections

ILR (WBL)
ILR (ESF SR)
ILR (TtG)

Source Data

3 The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of Period.

Field Name	Label
Collection	Collection (FE, WBL, ESF SR, UFI, ACL)

Derived Variables and Datasets

4 The definitions produces the following derived variable(s)

Field Name	Label	Dataset
Period	DV – The latest period that the dataset contains	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files

Detailed definition

5 For WBL and ESF SR there are 12 collections per year, the Period field identifies the most recent month of data included in the dataset.

6 Note that this means previous period’s data are also included, for example, a dataset with a period value of 8 (PERIOD=8) would have data for periods 1 to 8 inclusive.

7 The month that each period relates to is summarised in the table below:

Collection Month	Period Number
August	1
September	2
October	3
November	4
December	5
January	6
February	7
March	8
April	9
May	10
June	11
July	12

Creator	Analysis and MI Team
Date issued	28 September 2006
Date created	14 November 2005
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