Task Categories

Purpose:Provide description of Task categories.
Table Name:task_categories
Structure and Description:
ColumnTypeColumn Content
scale_idCharacter Varying(3)Scale ID (see Scales Reference)
categoryDecimal(3,0)Category value associated with Scale ID
category_descriptionCharacter Varying(1000)Detail description of category associated with Scale ID

This file contains the categories associated with the Task content area. Categories for the scale Frequency of Task (FT) are included.

The file is displayed in three tab delimited fields with the columns named Scale ID, Category, and Category Description. The three fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 7 rows of data in this file.

File Structure Changes:
Release NumberDescription of Change
13.0Added as a new file
14.0 - 24.2No structure changes

Data Example - task_categories:
scale_​idcategorycategory_​description
FT1Yearly or less
FT2More than yearly
FT3More than monthly
FT4More than weekly
FT5Daily
FT6Several times daily
FT7Hourly or more