Search

METEOR’s search works in a similar way to other search engines. You can use keywords or terms to pull up related content. The below tips are specific to METEOR and will help you to find what you need.

Try searching using either a keyword, specific term or METEOR ID number.

METEOR ID search

If you’re a returning user and know an item’s METEOR ID, you can enter it in the search box. Clicking the search icon will take you straight to the item’s page.

Autocomplete

METEOR will automatically display suggestions for search terms as you’re typing. This predictive text will show you METEOR entries that exist for the topic you’re searching on. You don’t have to use any of these suggestions, but they may make your searching process faster and easier.

Pressing ‘tab’ will select the top suggestion. Otherwise, selecting from the list of suggestions will put the suggested search term into the search box. You can then click the search icon to find related content. Clicking anywhere on the search results will take you to the item’s page.

Spelling correction

METEOR will show search results with spelling correction. Misspelled terms can still be selected for search where relevant.

Dropdown options

The drop-down menus directly below the search text box allow you to limit the search results to any of the 18 content types in METEOR (see Learn about metadata to view the list), by item creation dates, and item revision dates.

Content types

Content types allow you to limit your search to various metadata building blocks and other topic or help content found in METEOR. See Learn about metadata to view a list of metadata item types that you can search in METEOR. Searching on Topic pages will give results from METEOR’s ‘non-metadata’ pages which explain metadata, how it is managed, how to use METEOR, and how to develop metadata.

Searching on Help will give results from all the pop-up information boxes that are linked to each metadata item. The Help search looks through all text from the METEOR Business Rules, which is accessed through the small ‘i’ icon used throughout the site.

Created date and Revision date

The Created and Revision date dropdown options limit your search to when an item was created or last revised. METEOR will search any time by default, or you can select or specify a custom period.

Custom search syntax

METEOR uses Lucene search syntax. This functionality can be useful to fine-tune your search results even more. Some of the commands include:

  1. Restrict search to the titles of items by using Name: Searchterm. Note that it has to be written exactly as Name, with the capital N. Using name will not work. It doesn’t matter if there’s a space around the colon or not.
  2. Force a second term to be included by using AND.
  3. Widen your search to include another option using the term OR.

For example, if you’re looking for something with the word ‘baby’ in the title you would use Name: baby. METEOR will also give you results for the plural of the search term, so if you search on ‘baby’ you will also get results for ‘babies’. If looking for something with two terms (‘baby’ and ‘admission’) you would use Name: baby AND admission.

Sort by

You can also display your search results with a range of options in the Sort by drop-down menu on the right. You can sort on Relevance, Most/Least Recently Created, Most/Least Recently Updated, and Alphabetically (A–Z and Z–A).

Clear

The Clear button resets the Search page.

Filtering search results

You can fine-tune your search results using the filters that appear in the left-hand menu after searching any term. These filters are dynamic and will only display options specific to your search term, for example, only registration authorities relating to your search term will be displayed. You can use multiple filters at once.

Some of the filters change depending on your role within METEOR. If you are using METEOR without an account, you can search on metadata item type, public registration statuses, METEOR ID, and registration authority. You are also able to compare two items.

If you are using METEOR without an account, you will not be able to save bookmarks for items you’re interested in. There are also some non-public registration statuses that you won’t be able to see.

If you wish to save bookmarks, you can sign up for a free METEOR account easily, just follow the Sign up now prompts after clicking on the Sign In button. If you have an account, you will also be able to subscribe to notifications about changes to specific items in METEOR.

If you are logged in to METEOR as a metadata developer, or any other official role, there are some additional search options. You will be able to restrict your search to the full range of registration status options, including non-public statuses. You will also be able to save bookmarks and subscribe to notifications about changes to items.

Each search result has a small ‘hamburger’ icon on the right . This gives you download links for the metadata item as a PDF or a Word document.


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Child—fees charged in the census week, total Australian currency N[N(8)]

401478 | Data Element
The actual tuition fees charged per week for the child to attend preschool at this service, measured in Australian dollars.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Child—preschool program hours attended per week, total hours N[N]

390310 | Data Element | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
The number of hours of a preschool program that a child has attended in the census week, in total hours from 0 to 60.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Child—preschool program hours enrolled per week, total hours N[N]

390305 | Data Element | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
The number of hours of a preschool program that a child is enrolled to receive, in the reference week, in total hours.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Child—preschool service enrolment indicator, code N

387977 | Data Element | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
Whether the child was enrolled in a preschool program, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Child—preschool service received indicator, code N

357010 | Data Element
Whether a child received a preschool service, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Client—group type, SAAP code N

336756 | Data Element | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Information Sub-Committee (SAAP-ISC).
The type of client group based on the structure and relationships amongst persons receiving SAAP assistance, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Household—number of parents of child, children's services code N

315006 | Data Element
The number of parents living within a household related to a child, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Person (employed)—status in employment, children's services code N

325917 | Data Element | AIHW
The paid contact worker/caregiver’s position in relation to their employment, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Person—Australian state/territory identifier, Health care client code N

270041 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Health Data Standards Committee, National Community Services Data Committee
Retired: Health, Community Services (retired)

Person—contact method, SAAP code N

336114 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The means by which a person makes contact with an agency, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Person—identifier, children's service worker identifier code N[NN]

355884 | Data Element
A unique number that uniquely identifies each worker/caregiver in a specific child care or preschool service.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Person—one-off assistance type offered, SAAP code N[NN]

333909 | Data Element | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Information Sub-Committee (SAAP-ISC).
The type of one-off assistance that an agency offered to a person, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Person—reason accommodation offer not accepted, SAAP code N[NN]

331768 | Data Element | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Information Sub-Committee (SAAP-ISC).
The reason why a person has not accepted an offer of accommodation from an agency, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Person—reason for earlier unsuccessful accommodation attempt, SAAP code N[NN]

329708 | Data Element | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Information Sub-Committee (SAAP-ISC).
The reason for an earlier unsuccessful accommodation attempt by the person, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation (service type)—session end time, hhmm

326560 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The finish time for a session that a service is available for service users in hours and minutes.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation (service type)—session start time, hhmm

315152 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The start time of a session that a service is available for service users in hours and minutes.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service centre-based long day care code N

326621 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard fee schedule type reported by a children's service whose main service activity type is centre-based long day care, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Standard: Early Childhood

Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service family day/in-home care code N

326672 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard fee schedule type reported by a children's service whose main service activity type is family day/in-home care, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service occasional care code N

326629 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard fee schedule type reported by a children's service whose main service activity type is occasional care, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service outside school hours care code N

326646 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard fee schedule type reported by a children's service whose main service activity type is outside school hours care, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service preschool service code N

326675 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard fee schedule type reported by a children's service whose main service activity type is preschool service, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Standard: Early Childhood

Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service vacation care code N

326649 | Data Element | NCSIMG Children’s Services Data Working GroupAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard fee schedule type reported by a children's service whose main service activity type is vacation care, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)

Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children attending preschool, total N[NNNN]

401435 | Data Element
The total number of Indigenous children who attended preschool at the service.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood, Indigenous

Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children enrolled in preschool, total N[NNNN]

401419 | Data Element
The total number of individual preschool enrolments of Indigenous students recorded at the service provider level.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood, Indigenous

Service provider organisation—preschool attendance hours, total hours N[NNNN]

397219 | Data Element | Early Childhood Education and Care Data Group (ECECDG)
The total number of hours that children attend a preschool program delivered by a service provider organisation, in a given week.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Service provider organisation—service activity type, children's service code N

354632 | Data Element
The type of service available or provided by a children's service agency, as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

Service provider organisation—service delivery setting, children's services code N

315173 | Data Element
The type of setting in which children's service activities are provided or could be provided by a service provider as represented by a code.
Retired: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Early Childhood

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