2024 Data Standards

01/08/2021 - Release Notes

The following changes will be implemented in the data analysis tool, effective 1/8/2021.

  • ID, Service Attendance Date - Added dimension
  • Aftercare Project (Y/N), Services - Added dimension
  • Version, Release of Information - Added dimension
  • Days from Project Start to Move-in - Description has been updated to provide a simpler and more accurate description
  • Average Days from Project Start to Move-In - Description has been updated to provide a simpler and more accurate description
  • Move-in Dates - The performance of these measures has been improved
    • Looker content will continue to run and is not affected by the code updates, except for a speed improvement 
  • Income from Any Source - Updated label
    • Any saved Looks filtering for "Unknown" will need to be updated to "NULL"
  • User Created and Updated - Performance improvements were made to User Created and User Updated fields

Client Model

  • Agency ID, Client Last Interaction - Added dimension
  • Agency Name, Client Last Interaction - Added dimension
  • Agency CoC, Client Last Interaction - Added dimension
  • Client Last Interaction - Dimension was fixed to no longer show invalid row data
    • Client Last Interaction now shows data with the Client's last interaction
  • Is Latest Service Based on Enrollment Filter - Fixed an issue that was not letting the user filter out by the latest service linked to the enrollment
  • User Name - the performance of this dimension has been improved to increase speed

Data Quality Model

  • Updated the following with the current list of Funding Sources from the HMIS Data Dictionary:
    • Grant Start Date Error
    • Grant End Date Error
    • Funding Source Error
  • Overlapping Residential Enrollments Count, DQ Sys Admin - Corrected measure so it now aggregates the count correctly
  • Overlapping Agency, DQ Sys Admin - Added dimension
  • Overlapping Move-In Date, DQ Sys Admin - Added dimension
  • Overlapping Tracking Method, DQ Sys Admin - Added dimension

HMIS Performance Model

  • Is Latest Enrollment by Date/Project Type - Dimension has been modified to use latest start date and date comparisons have been reworked to look for active enrollments during the enrollment reporting period filter date range
  • Agencies ROI - Join relationship updated to "many to one"

Population Over Time

  • ID, Enrollments - Enrollment ID variable issue fixed by adding it to the necessary field array

Project Descriptor Model

  • CoC ROI Settings - New section added to show the ROI information created from the site settings for a CoC
  • Agency ROI Setting - New section added to show the ROI information created for some specific agencies
  • Program CoC ROI Settings - New section added which is similar to CoC ROI Settings, but allows showing the CoC ROI together with program details in the same row
  • Status, Screens - Dimension has been updated to reflect "Active" and "Inactive" rather than True/False
    • Action Needed - Filters on existing saved Looks should be updated with new label
  • Services - Agency Services and Project Services are now combined under a Services group
    • Program Usage dimension will be needed to differentiate between Agency, Project or Agency & Project Services