Fields in our variables documentation system

  1. Primary language: Mandatory, one possible value from (Norwegian (bokmål), Norwegian (nynorsk)).
  2. Available languages: Mandatory, several possible values from (Norwegian (bokmål), Norwegian (nynorsk), English).
  3. Identifier: Machine generated number
  4. Name: Mandatory. Free text.
  5. Short name: Optional. Free text.
  6. Definition: Mandatory. Free text.
  7. Owner division: Machine generated from login information
  8. Confidentiality: Mandatory. One value from a list of values.
  9. Contact person: Mandatory. Default the person creating the entry.
  10. Valid from: Optional.
  11. Valid to: Optional.
  12. Statistical unit type: Mandatory. One value from a list of values.
  13. Internal publication reference: Optional. Search in archives and on Intranet function available.
  14. External publication reference: Optional. Search on Internet function available.
  15. Calculation: Optional. Free text.
  16. Comment for SSB users: Optional. Free text.
  17. Comment for external users: Optional. Free text.
  18. Classification?: Yes/No radio button. Default No.
  19. Classification: If yes, the user can browse and choose a classification, a classification version or a classification level from our classification database.
  20. Subject area: Mandatory. One value from a list of values in a three level hierarchy used for navigation on our Internet.
  21. Statistic: Optional. One value from a list of values restricted by the choice of subject area above.
  22. SSB source: Optional. One value from a list of values.
  23. External source: Optional. One value from a list of values.
  24. Definition approved for Internet: Tick box. Default no tick = cannot be seen on Internet.
  25. Definition approved for entire SSB : Tick box. Default no tick = cannot be seen by anyone not in the owner division.
  26. Linked to other definitions in variable documentation system: Tick box. Default no tick. If ticked, the user can browse and see the other definitions.
  27. Linked to file descriptions in our archive: Tick box. Default no tick. If ticked, the user can browse and see the file descriptions and the contextual variables in the archive that this definition is linked to.
  28. Linked to tables in our dissemination database: Tick box. Default no tick. If ticked, the user can browse and see the table definitions and the statistical and categorical variables in the dissemination database that this is linked to.
  29. Used in our event history metadatabase: Tick box. Default no tick. If ticked, the user can browse and see the contextual variables in the event history metadatabase that this definition is linked to.
  30. Created: Date, machine generated.
  31. Created by: Initials, machine generated from login information.
  32. Last changed: Date, machine generated.
  33. Last changed by: Initials, machine generated from login information.
  34. Copied from identifier: Automatically filled out if this variable has been copied from another one.