RDLA Field Definitions - Fund Source

Field-by-field reference for the RDLA Fund Source object (Fund_Source__c): labels, API names, data types, how each field is populated, and picklist values.

Field-by-field reference for the RDLA Fund Source object (Fund_Source__c). The type of fund used to pay for the database. These are standalone records that can be reused across databases (or other objects in the future).

Part of the RDLA field definitions. For the step-by-step user guides, see Research Database Lifecycle - RDLA.

• Relationships: No lookups - this is an independent object that represents outbound funds (funds we pay for a reason tracked within Salesforce).

Fields

Field / API Name	Type	Entry	Description	Picklist Values
Additional Information Additional_Information__c	Long Text Area(32768)	User	Additional information regarding the fund source. Optional information about the fund source.
Cornell Department Cornell_Department__c	Text(255)	User	The department at Cornell that owns the fund source. The department that owns the fund source
Faculty Funder Faculty_Funder__c	Lookup(Contact)	User
Fund Source Name Name	Text(80)	User	Text name of the fund source to identify
Fund Status Fund_Status__c	Picklist	User	The status of the Fund Source, to indicate and filter if it is available for use or is not longer available for use but was used in the past. The current status of the fund source, to indicate if it can be used to fund an invoice/database.	Active Inactive Expired Other
Fund Subtype Fund_Subtype__c	Picklist	User		Account Donated Purchase Card Seed Account Other RPF account Dean’s discretionary account Area discretionary account Donor gift account General operating account (could be College, School, or Department/Area level) Teaching database account Faculty
Fund Type Fund_Type__c	Picklist	User	The type of fund this fund source is. This drives the database fund calculator, so this field is required. The type of the fund source for reporting	College Fund Dean Discretionary Fund Area Fund Faculty RPF Account Library Center and Institute Donated Other
Fund Type Number Fund_Type_Number__c	Text(255)	User	The PO/Account Number for the fund source. Account number for the fund source.
Fund Type Other Fund_Type_Other__c	Text Area(255)	User	Other description of the fund type. Define other for fund type.

Reading the field table

• Entry – User: typed or picked by a person. Automatic: set by Salesforce (a formula, a flow, or the system) and not editable. Automatic, editable: set automatically but can be changed by hand. Not editable: cannot be changed once the record exists.
• Notes in italics describe how the field is used in the RDLA process.
• Picklist values are the ones available on the RDLA record type.
• The standard Salesforce fields Record ID (Id), Created By, Created Date, Last Modified By, Last Modified Date and Owner are on every object and are not listed.