EDB Glossary
Acronyms and terms, kept short. Add a row the moment something trips you up.
| Term | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GMS | Grant Management System | Referred to as GMS1 / GMS2 for versions. Budget Source here maps to SourceOfFund in Elements. |
| Elements | Application handling form ingestion and upload | Parses Excel templates, validates fields, persists structured data. |
| IVP | (fill in) | Scheme/config lookup used during ingestion. |
| DTA / PostDTA | (fill in) | PostDTA path triggers the GMS2 + MQ downstream handoff. |
| GC template | Grant/GC Excel template (a.k.a. PostDTA subform) | Ingested when application family is TaxCredit. |
| SubForm | Standard subform uploaded against an application | Ingested or upload-only depending on scheme rules. |
| TaxCredit | An application family | Currently the family that enables GC template ingestion. |
| FormMaster | Template metadata by type/version/scheme | Decides whether an uploaded FormVersion is valid. |
| FormMasterFields | Ingestion mapping rules for a FormMaster | Defines where each value is read from Excel and how it's validated. |
| FormSubmissionData | Persisted structured key-value records from a template | Written during SaveIngestedForm. |
| Ingestion | Parse Excel → validate against FormMaster rules → save FormSubmissionData | — |
| Handoff (downstream) | PostDTA upload calling GMS2 process action + publishing MQ event | — |