Glossary/Reference Table Maintenance

Lookup tables customize CAMS to the unique character of your institution. There are two types of tables which hold specific values that offer data options (values) to the CAMS user.  They include a few predefined values required by CAMS, but are mainly populated with unique terms defined by your institution.  Typically, the CAMS Manager will populate these tables using data gathered from the various departments in your institution. CAMS uses Server-side Include (SSI) files to hold these Glossary and Reference table values.

• Glossary tables  consist of a single table in which all items share a two-column design ("Category" and "Description").
• Glossary Diagnostics  a new feature to correct glossary lookup data in your database.
• Reference tables  by contrast, have more than two columns as well as the possibility of a more complicated, dependent structure; each reference name corresponds to a separate database table.