SWIMS Terms

competitionCategory:

Stated as male or female for the purpose of athlete swimming eligibility, competition, selection and records. An athlete's stated competition category shall be referred to as "gender."

contactRelationship:

Denotes the relationship between the member and their primary contact.

emailAddress:

Denotes a valid email address.

isUsCitizen:

Denotes whether or not the member is a US Citizen.

memberships:

Denotes which offering instances (e.g. Coach, Official, Premium Athlete, etc.) are included in a registration.

phoneType:

Denotes which type of phone has been entered (cell, home, or work).

athleteOfferingsOptIn:

Denotes a club’s decision to use the Club Bulk Renewal tool for athlete renewals. When true, clubs handle all athlete renewals. When false, athletes handle their own renewals.

nonAthleteOfferingsOptIn:

Denotes a club’s decision to use the Club Bulk Renewal tool for non-athlete renewals. When true, clubs handle all non-athlete renewals. When false, non-athletes handle their own renewals.

memberId:

New randomly-generated 14 alphanumeric ID that will be a member’s unique identifier

oldUsasId :

Old USA Swimming 14 character ID using first name, middle initial, last name, and birthdate

firstName:

The first name of a Member as listed in SWIMS

preferredName:

The name of a Member that the member would prefer to be called as listed in SWIMS

middleName:

The middle name of a Member as listed in SWIMS

lastName:

The last name of a Member as listed in SWIMS

suffix:

The suffix will follow the member’s full name and provide additional information about the member. This information includes generational designations, such as Sr. or Jr., but will also denote education or honors, such as Esq. or Ph.D.

maidenName:

The maiden name of a Member as listed in SWIMS

birthDate:

The date of birth of a Member as listed in SWIMS

competitionCategory:

New terminology used for Gender

contactInformation / primaryContactInfo:

A Member’s primary contact (Guardian/Emergency Contact depending on age) listed in SWIMS

contactFirstName:

The first name of a Member’s primary contact (Guardian/Emergency Contact depending on age) listed in SWIMS

contactLastName:

The last name of a Member’s primary contact (Guardian/Emergency Contact depending on age) listed in SWIMS

contactEmail:

The email address of a Member’s primary contact (Guardian/Emergency Contact depending on age) listed in SWIMS

contactPhone:

The phone number of a Member’s primary contact (Guardian/Emergency Contact depending on age) listed in SWIMS

registrationDate:

The date of a member registration

expirationDate:

The date that a member’s registration expires. This date is inclusive, meaning that the member’s registration is in good standing through that date.

offeringId:

The ID of the registration type

registrationId:

This is an internal Primary Key (PK) reference to the registration

registrationType:

Descriptor for the registration type

registrationTypeId:

This is a reference to the type of registration that occurred (Coach, Premium Athlete, Flex, etc.)

transactionType:

Registration, Upgrade, or Cancel

usasFee:

USA Swimming’s membership fee. For Upgrades, this field will show the delta between original USAS Fee and the upgraded membership USAS Fee.

lscFee:

The member’s Local Swimming Committee membership fee. For Upgrades, this field will show the delta between original LSC Fee and the upgraded membership LSC Fee.

lscCode:

The alphabetic code that identifies the LSC (eg. CO, AZ, AD, etc.).

isRenewal:

Is the registration for an existing member or a new member

isAttached:

Refers to if the member is attached to a club at that moment in time, there are x days between when a member is a member of a club and when they transfer clubs.

attachedDate:

The date they attach to a club and officially become a member

memberGoodStandingExpirationDate:

The date that a member is no longer “In Good Standing”. This date is inclusive, meaning that the member is in good standing through that date.

In Good Standing:

Used to describe all member requirements by registration type are met. For example, an 18+ year old athlete must complete Athlete Protection Training to be a “Member in Good Standing”

clubId:

Alphanumeric ID that is a club’s unique identifier

clubCode:

A Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) that represents the club

clubName:

The name of the club.

vendorId:

Alphanumeric ID that is a vendor’s unique identifier

vendorRecordId:

A value that the vendors send to USAS so they can better track members registrations

Upgrade:

When a member upgrades their membership, their initial membership will expire (expiration date is set to yesterday). There will be a new registration record with a registration date of today and an expiration date of the end of the season.

Event Terms

eventSequence:

A calculated value that is distinct by vendor to define the sequence in which events occur

eventTypeId:

This is an internal Primary Key (PK) reference to the event Type

eventType:

The name of the event that occurred (ie, Member Updated, etc.)

eventData:

A stringified JSON object that contains different data depending on the event