New Second Half Semester Freezes
To support historical and trend reporting, data in key Operational Data Store (ODS) daily views is “frozen” into corresponding Census Views at important dates on the academic calendar. In prior academic years, semester-based data has had two of Freezes per term:
- Stat Date Freezes (just after the last day students can drop a class without a W grade)
- End of Term Freezes (about two weeks after the last day of the semester)
Beginning in the Fall of 2025 a new Second Half Semester Freeze will occur for the first time on November 4th. This Freeze will become standard in all future semesters as it captures information for classes that run only during the second half of the semester, such as many undergraduate courses in the College of Professional Studies (CPS). Similar “Second Half” freezes have existed in the Census Views for CPS Quarter programs.
College of Professional Students graduate program freezes and calendar
CPS graduate programs will remain on a quarter-based academic calendar through the summer of 2025 and then will transition to semesters in Fall 2026. There will be a Quarter Second Half Freeze this November 12th. CPS has further information on their Graduate Semester Conversion online.
Keep Aware of Upcoming Freezes!
You can stay informed about all upcoming Freeze dates in the ODS with these options:
- Argos SharePoint Page: See all Freezes scheduled in the ODS for the next 180 days.
- Email Updates: Request to be added to our weekly Upcoming ODS Freeze Events email distribution list, which is sent every Friday morning.
- ODS Query: All active ODS users can query past and planned Freeze dates by querying the view ERDBADM.Z_NEU_ODS_FREEZE_SCHEDULE_VW