A number of tables and views have been created for calculating retention rates and graduation rates.

Here is the list of tables:

Table NameBrief SummaryLoad process
UM_RETENTIONFSBList of student with demographic information by term, institution, and career
Includes undergraduate fall cohort students only.
AppEngine UM_STURETENT

UM_RETENTION_FS

List of student with demographic information by term, institution, and career (more fields than UM_RETENTIONFSB).

Includes undergraduate fall cohort students only. (same population as in UM_RETENTIONFSB)

it is done via a copy of PS_UM_RETENTIONFSB in the AppEngine UM_STURETENT. 
UM_RETENT_AETThis table is empty.


Here is the list of views. The source table for these views is  UM_STUD_CENS_VW.

View NameBrief Summary
um_retent_allAll terms attended (including summer) by career, terms not necessarily continuous
um_retent_fallAll fall terms attended (excluding summer and spring) by career, terms not necessarily continuous
um_retent_fallcAll continuous fall terms attended (excluding summer and spring) by career

UM_RETENT_FS_IN

All fall and spring terms attended (excluding summer) by institution and career, not necessarily continuous.
Includes all students in UM_STUD_CENS_VW.
um_retent_f_inAll fall terms attended by institution and career, terms not necessarily continuous
um_retent_instAll terms attended (including summer) by institution and career, terms not necessarily continuous
Um_Retntc_Fl_InAll continuous fall terms attended (excluding summer and spring) by institution and career
Um_Retntc_Fs_InAll continuous fall terms attended (excluding summer and spring) by institution and career

 * The views with a C are based on continuous enrollment by term. Those without a C are based on enrollment by term not necessarily continuous.