PIR Past Course Completions (PPS) Report

Objective

This article provides the reporting scope and file structure of PIR Past course completions Report. This will help users to find the elements by referring to Paradigm menu location.

Past Course Completion (PPS) file targets all students' course enrolments that their course enrolment end date is within the reporting date range.

 

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Assumptions

  • The User has understanding of HEPCAT / HEIMS reporting

  • The User has access to HEPCAT

  • The user has an understanding of the Australian Tertiary Education System.

Key terms and concepts

The Past Course Completion (PPS) file contains information about all courses completed by domestic and overseas students undertaking a course leading to an organisation's higher education award.

Each record in the PPS file must have a unique combination of values for:

These elements are the key identifiers for a student's course completions record. There can be up to three records for each Student identification code / Course code, as up to three specialisations may be reported for a student in a course.

All courses for which a completion record is reported must be on the Course of Study submission for the reporting year.

(Find more information available on HEIMShelp website: https://heimshelp.education.gov.au/pir/scope/pir-past-course-completions).

 

Reporting Scope and File Structure

Element Number

Element Name

Paradigm Entity

Default Paradigm field name

Default Paradigm field labels

Paradigm menu location

Field Type

Default Paradigm Value

Width

Derived Field

Comment

Element Number

Element Name

Paradigm Entity

Default Paradigm field name

Default Paradigm field labels

Paradigm menu location

Field Type

Default Paradigm Value

Width

Derived Field

Comment

313

Student identification code

Student

studentNumber

Student No

Student/Student Details/Edit Details

TEXT

-

10

-

Unique value entered by users for each studentUnique value entered by users for each student

307

Course code

Base Program

destCourseCode

HEIMS Course Code

Courses/Edit Details/HEIMS Fields

TEXT

-

10

-

Entered by the user on the Paradigm Edit Course HEIMS Fields

328

Course commencement date

Program Enrolment

startDate

Start Date

Student/Course Enrolment/Course

DATE

0

6

-

User enters a start date for each course enrolment of the student

329

Mode of attendance code

Program Enrolment

destModeOfAttendance

HEIMS Mode of Attendance

Student/Course Enrolment/Course/HEIMS information

SELECT

1

1

-

Selected by the user on the Student/Course Enrolment/Course page

330

Type of attendance code

Program Enrolment

destTypeOfAttendance

HEIMS Type of Attendance

Student/Course Enrolment/Course/HEIMS information

SELECT

1

1

-

Selected by the user on the Student/Course Enrolment/Course page

358

Citizen/resident indicator

Program Enrolment

destResidentIndicator

HEIMS Resident Indicator

Student/Course Enrolment/Course/HEIMS information

SELECT_LONG

1

1

-

Selected by the user on the Student/Course Enrolment/Course page

463

Specialisation code

Base Program

destSpecialisationCode

HEIMS Specialisation Code 

Courses/Edit Details/HEIMS Fields

SELECT

91703

6

-

Selected by the user on the edit course page

415

Reporting Year / Period

-

-



-

TEXT

0

5

-

Entered by the user on the Paradigm report form

 

Workflow

  1. Click on Reports, go to TEQSA, and click on it.

  2. Find PIR Past Course Completions Report, click on Get Report.

  3. Refer to below tables in how to fill out the fields.

  4. Click on Produce Report button.

  5. You will be redirecting to a Report details page, where you right click the image and Save link as… on you preferred local location.

Field Name

Value

Field Name

Value

Institution

Leave it not selected

HEIMS Report

Always choose the latest

Submission Year

2019 (the year you are reporting)

Period Number

One (by default)

Submission Number

One (by default)

Course Level

Only select one that applicable to your college (hold Ctrl for multiple select)

Course Enrolment Status

Completed (as reflected to this Report name)

HEIMS Revision Number

Leave it not selected unless you submit revision file

HEIMS Date Completed From

Course enrolment start date i.e. Jan 1, 2019 

HEIMS Date Completed End

Course enrolment end date i.e. Dec 31, 2019 

Report Mode

On Screen Full details Mode (Show all output per student)

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