Legacy data are fields we collected in our former system and have either removed or expanded on in our new database. This would be data you entered before March 2021 when the new database was launched.
For example, the former database used to have 3 Transfer In fields:
Transfer In, Adult
Transfer In, Youth
Transfer In, Age Unknown
and the new database has expanded to 9 transfer in fields to expand on transfer locations:
Transfer In – In state, Adult
Transfer In – Out of state, Adult
Transfer In – International, Adult
Transfer In – In state, Up to 5 months
Transfer In – Out of state, Up to 5 months
Transfer In – International, Up to 5 months
Transfer In – In state, Age unknown
Transfer In – Out of state, Age unknown
Transfer In – International, Age unknown
Previously you might have just had “20” “transfers in”, for example. Now you would have 10 in-state transfers, 5 out of state transfers and 5 international transfers. So for a couple of categories we’ve expanded the data to be more detailed.
Having Legacy columns for data means we can still keep old data. We won’t erase the data for transfers that happened in the past–but still have room for new, expanded data–and a place for all of it in our new database.
