Help: The data dictionary

Data dictionary

Every field CEDARS takes in or calculates, under its canonical name, with the names it is also known by (CET's and the E3 calculators' among them, which uploads may still use). Each field has its definition, type, unit and where it is used.

Download the whole catalog as CSV, or the upload templates for each kind of filing.

How to

• Search by any name a field is known by, or by words in its definition.
• Download the catalog (CSV) or the name crosswalk (CSV), or open the value lists or the change log.
• Retired fields are not shown at first; choose State, Retired (or All) to see them.

A tour of the page

On the page, the (?) beside the heading opens this help, and Take a tour of this page shows these steps one at a time beside the part of the page each describes. Some steps are only for parts that some people see, or that only some pages of this kind have.

1. Downloads and value lists

   The catalog and the name crosswalk as CSV, the value lists the rules check codes against, and every version's changes.

2. Upload templates

   The templates for each filing's tables, with every column in order.

3. Search

   Search names and definitions, and narrow to inputs or outputs, or to retired fields.

4. Fields

   Each field by kind and group. Select a name for its full entry.

5. Help on every page

   The question mark beside a page's heading opens this page's guide and its tour. All of Help, with the user guides and how to get support, is in the header.