Technical Information

Oscar data can be supplied in formats suitable for all known database uses, including Excel/Access, dBase and SQL variants; it is available either by e-mail or on disk.

Information can also be provided in printed format, or on self-adhesive labels as required.

The following technical breakdown of the Oscar database gives details of all the available fields of information (availability depends on licensing options - please click here).

Field Types / Field Names and Descriptions.

Contact Data

TITLE

 

INITIALS

 

FIRST NAME

 

LAST NAME

 

FOA

Form of Address - Mr Smith, Sir John, etc

JOB_TITLE

Job Title of the contact

ORG

Name of Organisation

DEPARTMENT

 

AD1

Address line 1

AD2

Address line 2

AD3

Address Line 3

TOWN

Postal Town

POSTCODE

 

REGION

Economic Planning Region

TELEPHONE

In the format 01544-340323

FAX

In the format 01544-340000

EMAIL

 

WEBSITE

 

SENIORITY

Level of Management of the contact within the organisation

Functional Data

ALL_CATS

Functional Field - Combination of 15 individual specific category fields - not used for Schools/GP Surgeries

ALL_SECTS

Functional Field - Combination of 15 more general functional fields - not used for Schools/GP Surgeries

Organisation Data

DATA_TYPE

General Area of the Government - Local/Regional/Central Government/NHS etc

ORG_TYPE

Specific Type of Organisation - NHS Trust/PCT/London Borough etc

LEGAL STATUS

Used for Further Categorisation of Organisation Types - Especially for Central Government and NHS Trusts

EMPLOYEES

Number of Employees employed across the organisation

Local Government Only

POP_SERVED

The number of people served by the organisation

Housing Associations Only

NAME OF GROUP

Many Housing Associations are managed in Groups - this field covers the Group Name

NUMBER OF UNITS

This relates to the number of Houses/Units owned/managed by each Housing Association.

Schools Only

PUPIL ROLL

The number of Pupils attending the School

PARENT ORGANISATION

LEA Organisation Code - Schools are currently the only organisations with this link up

FUNDING STATUS

Splitting Schools by State/Private

URN

Contact Unique Record Number

ORGURN

Organisational Unique Record Number