Derived field specifications - Revisions
The table below contains the revisions for all specifications of derived fields created by HESA. They are provided to aid in understanding the onwards usage of data. They may be subject to updating during the collection year, until the database for the collection closes.
For the full list of specifications, please see the Derived field specifications - Contents page.
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| Field name | Version | Date | Revision notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| XACTMEAN | 2.1.1 | 2023-07-12 | Derivation simplification from using ALLACT01-11 to just the MIMPACT field as a result of survey changes |
| XACTONTRACK | 2.1.1 | 2023-07-12 | Derivation simplification from using ALLACT01-11 to just the MIMPACT field as a result of survey changes |
| XACTSKILLS | 2.1.1 | 2023-07-12 | Derivation simplification from using ALLACT01-11 to just the MIMPACT field as a result of survey changes |
| XBUS2020SOC | 1.1.3 | 2023-06-29 | Valid entry labels updated for 1137, 2472, 3554 and 5315 inline with the latest release of the SOC2020 framework by ONS (v8 |
| XEMP2020SOC | 1.1.3 | 2023-06-29 | Valid entry labels updated for 1137, 2472, 3554 and 5315 inline with the latest release of the SOC2020 framework by ONS (v8 |
| XWRK2020SOC | 1.1.3 | 2023-06-29 | Valid entry labels updated for 1137, 2472, 3554 and 5315 inline with the latest release of the SOC2020 framework by ONS (v8 |
| XBUSCOMPFUND | 1.2.1 | 2023-03-14 | References to BUSCOMPFUND1-6 (depreciated from 20072 onwards) removed from specification |
| XBUS2020SOC | 1.1.2 | 2023-01-10 | Valid entry labels updated for 1224, 2161, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2316, 2472, 2491, 2492 and 3554 inline with the latest release of the SOC2020 framework by ONS |
| XEMP2020SOC | 1.1.2 | 2023-01-10 | Valid entry labels updated for 1224, 2161, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2316, 2472, 2491, 2492 and 3554 inline with the latest release of the SOC2020 framework by ONS |
| XWRK2020SOC | 1.1.2 | 2023-01-10 | Valid entry labels updated for 1224, 2161, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2316, 2472, 2491, 2492 and 3554 inline with the latest release of the SOC2020 framework by ONS |
| ZBUSAREA | 1.1.4 | 2022-11-03 | Technical specification updated to reflect changes to the data populated to BUSEMPCITY, which is now returned as a value from a drop down list presented to the survey respondant |
| ZEMPAREA | 1.1.4 | 2022-11-03 | Technical specification updated to reflect changes to the data populated to EMPCITY, which is now returned as a value from a drop down list presented to the survey respondant |
| XACTIVITY | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | CONSTART (and corresponding codes 10 and 11) removed from specification as CONSTART data is no longer collected |
| XBUSLOCGR | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon fields updated from ZBUSCOUNTRY to BUSEMPCOUNTRY and derivation based on BUSEMPPLOC 06 added |
| XBUSLOCUC | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon fields updated from ZBUSCOUNTRY to BUSEMPCOUNTRY and derivation based on BUSEMPPLOC 06 added |
| XEMPLOCGR | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon fields updated from ZEMPCOUNTRY to EMPCOUNTRY and derivation based on EMPPLOC 06 added |
| XEMPLOCUC | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon fields updated from ZEMPCOUNTRY to EMPCOUNTRY and derivation based on EMPPLOC 06 added |
| XHOMELOCGR | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon field updated from ZHOMECOUNTRY to HOMECOUNTRY |
| XHOMELOCUC | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon field updated from ZHOMECOUNTRY to HOMECOUNTRY |
| XSTULOCGR | 3.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon fields updated from ZSTUCOUNTRY to STUCOUNTRY and from ZSTUPROV to UCNAME, specification updated accordingly |
| XSTULOCUC | 3.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | Depend upon fields updated from ZSTUCOUNTRY to STUCOUNTRY and from ZSTUPROV to UCNAME, specification updated accordingly |
| XWRKJOBRSN | 2.1.1 | 2022-07-01 | References to JOBRSNALL and BUSJOBRSNALL removed from specification. JOBRSNALL and BUSJOBRSNALL data is no longer collected |
| XBUS2020SOC | 1.1.1 | 2022-03-11 | Valid entry label updated to match SOC2020 revision 5 for code 2252 ('Ophthalmic opticians' updated to 'Optometrists') and code 3557 ('Conference and exhibition managers and organisers' updated to 'Events managers and organisers' |
| XEMP2020SOC | 1.1.1 | 2022-03-11 | Valid entry label updated to match SOC2020 revision 5 for code 2252 ('Ophthalmic opticians' updated to 'Optometrists') and code 3557 ('Conference and exhibition managers and organisers' updated to 'Events managers and organisers' |
| XWRK2020SOC | 1.1.1 | 2022-03-11 | Valid entry label updated to match SOC2020 revision 5 for code 2252 ('Ophthalmic opticians' updated to 'Optometrists') and code 3557 ('Conference and exhibition managers and organisers' updated to 'Events managers and organisers' |
| XHOMELOCN | 1.1.1 | 2022-03-10 | Reference to English regions removed from technical specification, included in error from 17072 collection |
| XSTULOCGR | 2.0.0 | 2021-11-01 | Additional fields (D_Country.CountryCode, D_Country.GeographicGroupCode and Reference.T000_INSTHQPC.F_XSTULOCGR) upon which the updated specification for XSTULOCGR depends added to list of 'depends upon' fields. Technical specification updated. Valid entries updated to match new specification. XMLOCGR removed as a dependent field |
| XSTULOCUC | 2.0.0 | 2021-11-01 | Additional fields (D_Country.CountryCode, D_Country.GeographicGroupCode, Reference.T000_INSTHQPC.F_XDOMUC01) upon which the updated specification for XSTULOCUC depends added to list of 'depends upon' fields. Technical specification updated. Valid entries updated to match new specification. XMLOCUC removed as a dependent field |
| XBUSLOCGR | 1.1.3 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCGR removed as a dependent field |
| XBUSLOCUC | 1.1.3 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCUC removed as a dependent field |
| XEMPLOCGR | 1.1.3 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCGR removed as a dependent field |
| XEMPLOCUC | 1.1.3 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCUC removed as a dependent field |
| XHOMELOCGR | 1.1.1 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCGR removed as a dependent field |
| XHOMELOCN | 1.1.1 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCN removed as a dependent field |
| XHOMELOCUC | 1.1.1 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCUC removed as a dependent field |
| XSTULOCN | 1.1.1 | 2021-10-13 | XMLOCN removed as a dependent field |
| ZBUSSICSOCKEY | 1.1.1 | 2021-10-13 | ZMSICSOCKEY removed as a dependent field |
| ZEMPSICSOCKEY | 1.1.1 | 2021-10-10 | ZMSICSOCKEY removed as a dependent field |
| XBUSLOCGR | 1.1.3 | 2021-06-14 | Additional details for a second level of refinement of the derived data has been added to the technical specification |
| XBUSLOCUC | 1.1.3 | 2021-06-14 | Valid entries C837 "Bournemouth" and C836 "Poole" have been removed and replaced by C838 "Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch". Additional details for a second level of refinement of the derived data has been added to the technical specification |
| XEMPLOCGR | 1.1.3 | 2021-06-14 | Additional details for a second level of refinement of the derived data has been added to the technical specification |
| XEMPLOCUC | 1.1.3 | 2021-06-14 | Valid entries C837 "Bournemouth" and C836 "Poole" have been removed and replaced by C838 "Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch". Additional details for a second level of refinement of the derived data has been added to the technical specification |
| XWRKLOCUC | 1.1.2 | 2021-06-14 | Valid entries C837 - Bournemouth and C836 - Poole have been removed and replaced by C838 - Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch |
| XWRKHSKILL | 1.1.2 | 2021-04-07 | Specification updated to derive data using a simplified method |
| XBUS2007SIC1 | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-10 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XBUS2007SIC2 | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-10 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XEMP2007SIC1 | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-10 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XEMP2007SIC2 | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-10 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XWRK2007SIC1 | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-10 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XWRK2007SIC2 | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-10 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XBUS2007SIC | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-09 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XEMP2007SIC | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-09 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XWRK2007SIC | 1.1.2 | 2021-02-09 | Labels updated to match revisions by ONS |
| XACTMEAN | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XACTONTRACK | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XACTSKILLS | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XBUS2020SOC | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XBUS2020SOC1 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XBUS2020SOC3 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XBUSCOMPFUND | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XBUSMARKER | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XEMP2020SOC | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XEMP2020SOC1 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XEMP2020SOC3 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XINTSTUDY | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRK2007SIC | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRK2007SIC1 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRK2007SIC2 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRK2020SOC | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRK2020SOC1 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRK2020SOC3 | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRKHSKILL | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRKINTENSITY | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRKJOBRSN | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRKLOCGR | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRKLOCN | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| XWRKLOCUC | 1.1.1 | 2020-12-01 | Created |
| ZNOEMPBAND | 1.1.1 | 2020-06-11 | Created |
| XACTIVITY | 1.1.2 | 2020-04-30 | SURVEYSTATUS removed as depend upon field and ZRESPSTATUS added as dependent field |
| ZRESPSTATUS | 1.1.2 | 2020-04-30 | Code 01 removed and Depend upon fields changed from XACTIV03 to XACTIVITY |
| XBUSLOCGR | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| XBUSLOCN | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| XBUSLOCUC | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| XEMPLOCGR | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| XEMPLOCN | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| XEMPLOCUC | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| ZBUSAREA | 1.1.3 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| ZBUSPCODE | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| ZEMPAREA | 1.1.3 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| ZEMPPCODE | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-18 | Copyright information added |
| XACTIVITY | 1.1.1 | 2020-02-20 | Created |
| XANXYESTGRP | 1.1.1 | 2020-02-14 | Field Created |
| XHAPYESTGRP | 1.1.1 | 2020-02-14 | Field Created |
| XLIFEWORTHGRP | 1.1.1 | 2020-02-14 | Field Created |
| XSATLIFEGRP | 1.1.1 | 2020-02-14 | Field Created |
| XHOMELOCUC | 1.1.1 | 2020-01-30 | Field created |
| XSTULOCUC | 1.1.1 | 2020-01-30 | Field created |
| ZRESPSTATUS | 1.1.1 | 2020-01-30 | Field Created |
| XWEIGHT01 | 1.1.1 | 2020-01-21 | First creation of field |
| ZBUSSICSOCKEY | 1.1.1 | 2019-12-18 | Created |
| ZEMPSICSOCKEY | 1.1.1 | 2019-12-18 | Created |
| XSTULOCGR | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-27 | Created |
| XBUS2007SIC | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-23 | Created |
| XBUS2007SIC1 | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-23 | Created |
| XBUS2007SIC2 | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-23 | Created |
| XEMP2007SIC | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-23 | Created |
| XEMP2007SIC1 | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-23 | Created |
| XSTULOCN | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-23 | Created |
| XHOMELOCGR | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-15 | Created |
| XHOMELOCN | 1.1.1 | 2019-10-15 | Created |
| XEMP2007SIC2 | 1.1.1 | 2010-10-23 | Created |
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