Below is a table detailing the required fields of the Offering: COS Offering and where in Compass the data is sourced from.
For further details on SCSA reports, please refer to the 'SCSA Reports' article from the Knowledge Base.
Column Reference | Field Name | Mandatory | Field Requirements | Compass Source |
A | Record type | Y | Hardcoded to: OFCOS | n/a |
B | Provider code | Y | Maximum field length = 10. Provider code of course provider | Campus Details > AGEID |
C | Academic year | Y | Maximum field length = 2. Must be in the range: 07 - 12 | Subject > YearLevel |
D | Calendar year | Y | Maximum field length = 4. Format: YYYY | Subject > Academic Year |
E | Course code | Y | Maximum field length = 12. Unique code of the course e.g. MPA or VBS | Third to fifth characters of Unit Code. |
F | Course type | Y | Maximum field length = 6. Either ‘VETCOS’ or ‘COS’. VETCOS identifies an offering in a VET industry specific course | Subject & Classes > Edit Subject > Unit Code (the last part of the entry). VET in the interface = VETCOS in the report |
G | Unit code | Y | Maximum field length = 12. Unique code for the course unit | Subject & Classes > Edit Subject > Unit Code (the first part of "") |
H | Qualification code | Y where the course type is VETCOS, Blank where course type is COS | Maximum field length = 12. Unique code for the qualification in the VET industry specific course | Subject & Classes > VET Type > Learning Tasks(where the component is 'WA VET Result') > WA Qualification Code |
I | Estimated number of students for the course unit/qualification for the entire school regardless of teacher/class | Y | Maximum field length = 9. Must be a whole number | Integer - number of students enrolled in all classes within this subject |
J | Contact/teacher family name | Y | Maximum field length = 30 | LastName |
K | Contact/teacher given name | Y | Maximum field length = 30 | FirstName |
L | Contact/teacher registration number | Y | Maximum field length = 15. Issued by TRBWA. Must be a whole number | Identifications > Teacher Registration Number (WA) |
M | Estimated number of students for the teacher | N | Maximum field length = 9. Must be a whole number | Total number , defaults to 0 |
N | Is this the main teacher/contact | Y | Valid values are "Y" or "N" | Subject & Classes > Class > LeadTeacher : Email |