Column Name Suffixes

Updated by Nick de Bie

The suffixes found at the end of some column names indicate the type of values found in the column.

For example, EMPLOYEE_FULL_NAME_TX indicates the data in that column is plain text.

Suffix

Name

Type

Description

_PK

Primary Key

Relation Key

Distinctive value for individual records

_ID

Identification

Identification

Reference number

_CD

Code

Number

Reference code

_FL

Flag

Number

Indicator for which row is the actual value

_DT

Date

Date

Date field

_XX_TX

Language & Text

Text

Text value with language indication (NL, FR, DE)

_NB

Number

Number

Number field

_KV

Key Value

Object

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) value for collecting various data in one cell

_AMT

Amount

Number

Amount value

_PCT

Percent

Number

Percentage value


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