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Geoportal Database Tables

The Geoportal Server database scripts create a set of tables that define database users, permissions, indexes, tables, and initial values for the database.The tables are described below.

  1. Tables created by the Geoportal SQL database creation scripts Seven tables are created by the Geoportal SQL database creation scripts. Read about each table's columns and the meaning of that column's information in the chart below.

    Table Name Column Name Meaning

    GPT_COLLECTION

    COLUUID

    Unique string associated with each collection

    SHORTNAME

    Name of the collection

    GPT_COLLECTION_MEMBER

    DOCUUID

    Document UUID of the record in the collection

    COLUUID

    Collection ID of the collection containing the document

    GPT_HARVESTING_HISTORY

    UUID

    Unique string associated with each harvesting history record

    HARVEST_ID

    ID of the repository that was harvested

    HARVEST_DATE

    Date of the harvest

    HARVESTED_COUNT

    Number of documents harvested (duplicated from harvest_report column for better performance and sorting)

    VALIDATED_COUNT

    Number of harvested documents that were valid (duplicated from harvest_report column for better performance and sorting)

    PUBLISHED_COUNT

    Number of harvested documents that were published to the portal (duplicated from harvest_report column for better performance and sorting)

    HARVEST_REPORT

    Information that will be displayed for the harvesting report text

    GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_COMPLETED

    UUID

    Unique string associated with each completed harvesting job

    HARVEST_ID

    ID of the repository that was harvested in that job

    INPUT_DATE

    Date and timestamp marking when the harvesting job was created. This is the same INPUT_DATE that is in the GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_PENDING table

    HARVEST_DATE

    Date and timestamp for when the harvesting job was completed. This is the same HARVEST_DATE that is in the GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_PENDING table

    JOB_TYPE

    Harvesting job type (e.g., "full"=Full Harvest or "now"= Harvest Records that have been updated since last harvest. Same JOB_TYPE that is in the GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_PENDING table

    SERVICE_ID

    The Harvesting Service ID of the Harvesting Service that took over the job. Its ID is defined through the Harvesting Service install wizard (e.g., GPT_Harvesting_Service)

    GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_PENDING

    UUID

    Unique string associated with each pending harvesting job

    HARVEST_ID

    ID of the repository that will be harvested in this job

    INPUT_DATE

    Date and timestamp marking when the harvesting job was created. This is the same INPUT_DATE that is in the GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_COMPLETED table

    HARVEST_DATE

    Date and timestamp for when the harvesting job was completed. This is the same HARVEST_DATE that is in the GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_COMPLETED table

    JOB_STATUS

    Status of the harvesting job (e.g., "submitted" or "running")

    JOB_TYPE

    Harvesting job type (e.g., "full"=Full Harvest or "now"= Harvest Records that have been updated since last harvest. Same JOB_TYPE that is in the GPT_HARVESTING_JOBS_COMPLETED table

    CRITERIA

    SERVICE_ID

    The Harvesting Service ID of the Harvesting Service that will take over the job. Its ID is defined through the Harvesting Service install wizard (e.g., GPT_Harvesting_Service).

    GPT_RESOURCE

    DOCUUID

    Unique string associated with each resource

    TITLE

    Title of the resource

    OWNER

    UserID of the user who has ownership of the document. Corresponds to USERID in the GPT_USER table

    INPUTDATE

    Date resource was registered

    UPDATEDATE

    Date resource was last updated

    ID

    Number assigned to registered resources to provide backward compatibility with the Geoportal 9.3.x harvesting mechanisms

    Note:

    DOCUUID vs. ID: DOCUUID is used to uniquely identify resources. ID, being a numerical value, is also used because certain database operations are faster on numerical values. If you are migrating a Geoportal 9.3.x database to Geoportal 10, migration will extract the metadata xml out of the 9.3.x GPT_METADATA table to the version 10 GPT_RESOURCE_DATA table. Both GPT_RESOURCE and GPT_RESOURCE_DATA are linked together using the ID for performance on UPDATE requests. For searching, and reading/downloading raw metadata, the DOCUUID is better to use. Maintaining both the ID and the DOCUUID for resources is a balance that maintains backward compatibility, usability, and increases performance.

    APPROVALSTATUS

    Indicates if resource is approved ("approved"=approved, "NULL"= not approved, record has any other status)

    PUBMETHOD

    How the resource was published to the portal (e.g. "upload", "registration", "harvester" (synchronization), "batch", "editor")

    SITEUUID

    If the resource is synchronized, this is the site identifier string of the registered resource from which it came.

    SOURCEURI

    User id and originating filename/location of the resource

    FILEIDENTIFIER

    Value that may be stored in the resource's metadata xml to distinguish it from other resources. Because not every record may have a FileIdentifier in its XML, the geoportal assigns the DOCUUID to uniquely identify each record

    ACL

    Indicates the restriction policy (if any) on the record

    HOST_URL

    If the resource is a registered network resource, this is its URL

    PROTOCOL_TYPE

    If the resource is a registered network resource, this is the protocol it uses (e.g., "arcims", "res", "csw", "oai", "waf")

    PROTOCOL

    Xml encoding of the resource's parameters, as defined when the resource is registered. An example with WAF:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><protocol type="WAF"><username/><password/></protocol>

    FREQUENCY

    How often the resource should be synchronized (e.g., "Monthly", "BiWeekly", "Weekly", "Daily", "Hourly", "Once", "Skip")

    SEND_NOTIFICATION

    True/false: send user an email when resource is synchronized

    FINDABLE

    String associated with each metadata record, indicating whether it can be found when searching for metadata. The value can either be null for metadata that is not describing a searchable endpoint or true or false for metadata records that are describing a searchable endpoint.

    SEARCHABLE

    String associated with each metadata record indicating whether to include the resource in the distributed search list. The value can either be null for metadata that is not describing a searchable endpoint or true or false for metadata records that are describing a searchable endpoint.

    SYNCHRONIZABLE

    String associated with each metadata record indicating whether the content can be synchronized. The value can either be null for metadata that is not describing a searchable endpoint or true or false for metadata records that are describing a searchable endpoint.

    LASTSYNCDATE

    Date resource was last synchronized

    GPT_RESOURCE_DATA

    DOCUUID

    Unique string associated with each metadata record, connecting this table to the GPT_RESOURCE table

    ID

    Number assigned to registered resources to provide backward compatibility with the Geoportal 9.3.x harvesting mechanisms

    XML

    complete xml of the metadata record

    THUMBNAIL

    stored image associated with the thumbnail graphic for records containing binary image information in the metadata xml

    GPT_SEARCH

    UUID

    Unique string associated with each saved search

    NAME

    Name of the saved search

    USERID

    UserID of the user who saved the search

    CRITERIA

    XML string that defines the saved search

    GPT_USER

    USERID

    Unique number assigned to each user

    DN

    Full LDAP distinguished name (e.g., cn=gptadmin,ou=users,ou=system)

    USERNAME

    Username (e.g., gptadmin)