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Thesis Data (Tables Summary)
The Tables Summary was done before any other mapping could take place. This table lists all known Thesis dBase tables (.dbf) and the columns within those tables. The worksheet also notes if a specific Thesis table has any information relevant to migration. Each individual table and column that was mapped (translated) to UADMS is noted in the Comments Field of this worksheet. A sample of this worksheet (Table 1) is shown below.

(Table 1)
Thesis tableName column name data type width   Comments
MANHOLE Manhole Details( Holds the core data relating to Manholes.)
MANHOLE ACCESSTYPE VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE CHAM_SIZE1 VARCHAR2 4   Mapped
MANHOLE CHAM_SIZE2 VARCHAR2 4   Mapped
MANHOLE COVERLEVE L VARCHAR2 7   Mapped
MANHOLE COVERSHAPE VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE COVER_DUTY VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE ENTRY_TYPE VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE GEN_NUMBER VARCHAR2 10   link to graphics and connected pipes
MANHOLE MANHOLENO_ VARCHAR2 10   Mapped
MANHOLE MANHOLEUSE VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE MANSTATUS_ VARCHAR2 2   Mapped
MANHOLE MATERIAL__ VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE OPEN_SIZE1 VARCHAR2 4   Mapped
MANHOLE OTHER_TYPE VARCHAR2 4   Mapped
MANHOLE OTHER_TYPE VARCHAR2 7   not used
MANHOLE QUALITY___ VARCHAR2 1   not used
MANHOLE SHAF_SIZE2 VARCHAR2 4   Mapped
MANHOLE SLAB_TYPE_ VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE STATUS____ VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHOLE TYPE______ VARCHAR2 2   used to determine feature type---mapped
MANHOLE YEAR_BUILT VARCHAR2 4   Mapped
MANHSURV Manhole Survey Details( Holds manhole condition details)
MANHSURV BENCHING__ VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHSURV CHAMB_COND VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHSURV COVER_COND VARCHAR2 1   Mapped
MANHSURV DEPTHSILT VARCHAR2 3   Mapped
MANHSURV DIST1_____ VARCHAR2 10   not used
MANHSURV DIST2_____ VARCHAR2 10   not used
MANHSURV DIST3_____ VARCHAR2 10   not used
MANHSURV GEN_NUMBER VARCHAR2 10   link to graphics
and connected pipes

Attribute Data Mapping
As stated in the PDM discussion, the target data model was built with Thesis in mind and most Thesis features have a one-to-one correspondence with UADMS tables. Where UADMS has separate tables for each feature, Thesis does not. As stated, Thesis is a manhole-based system and, as such, stores all node features as manholes. Manholes in Thesis hold attributes defining what type of node feature they really are. Within the data mapping effort, this meant that one Thesis table "manhole" could be mapped to several UADMS tables.

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