Field Aliases

Field Aliases is where you can find information about each student record field in PowerFAIDS Cloud, including predefined data fields delivered with the system and the custom data fields that you create specific to your institution. This information can be useful when you need a full list of code lookup values during systems integration, or simply to understand the information a student record field represents.

To make it easy to find the field you're looking for, all field aliases use the same naming convention: BusinessArea.FieldName. For example, SAT score has a field alias of AcademicRecord.SATScore because Academic Record is the area of the student record in which the field is located and SAT Score is the name of the field, as highlighted in the image below:

Academic Record page with the SAT Score field highlighted

Once you've found the field you're looking for, you can then see the full details of the data point including the name, type, description, and, when applicable, the maximum length and valid values for the field. For fields with code lookup values such as ISIR Housing Status, you can also see the code corresponding with each value, as shown in the image below:

ISIRStudent.FederalSchoolCode1Housing field details

Searching for a Student Record Field

To search for a student record field, complete the following steps:

  1. Navigate to System Administration > Student Record Fields > Field Aliases.
  2. Begin typing the name of the field you're searching for in the search bar.

    The system will automatically narrow the list of field aliases shown as you type.

    SAT search in Field Aliases

    Tip: When searching for a field alias, you can search by any term or characters in the field alias name and the system will search the entire field alias when returning results.

    For example, in the image above, you can search for "SAT" to return any field aliases containing those characters, or you could type "AcademicRecord.SAT" to return a more narrowed search. This allows for easier searching when you're not entirely sure of the exact name of a field alias or want to see all field aliases from a particular section of the student record.

  3. Scan the list for the field you're looking for and select the corresponding field alias to see the full details of the student record field.