Understanding Banner pages naming conventions

Owned by Denise Kidd
Last updated: Sept 17, 2024
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Overview

Banner screens are called “objects” by Ellucian.

The unique seven or eight character names of Banner object forms, reports, jobs and tables are assigned according to a set of conventions. Each name is built from the same four components:

  • System identifier (one or two characters)

  • Module identifier (one character)

  • Object type code (one character)

  • Unique identifier (four characters)

Examples

Item Name

System

Module

Object Type

Unique Identifier

Item Name

System

Module

Object Type

Unique Identifier

S P A IDEN

S Student

P Person

A Application

IDEN Identification

G J R RPTS

G General

J Job Submission

R Report

RPTS Report & Parameter Information

G T V ZIPC

G General

T Validation Form/Table

V Validation Form/Table

ZIPC Zip/Postal Code
 

Position 1: Identifies the primary system owning the form, report, job, or table

(Most used are identified in bold)

A Alumni/Development

L Occupational Tax/Lic.

U Utilities

B Property Tax

N Position Control

V Voice Response

C Courts

O Customer Contact

X Records Indexing

D Cash Drawer

P HR/ Payroll/ Personnel

W Reserved for Client

F Finance

Q Electronics Work Queue

Y

G General

R Financial Aid

Z

I Information Access

S Student

 

K

T Accounts Receivable

 

Position 2: Identifies the module owning the form, report, job or table

General (G)

Student (S)

Finance (F)

Accounts Receivable (T)

General (G)

Student (S)

Finance (F)

Accounts Receivable (T)

E Event Management

A Admissions

A Accounts Payable

F Finance Accounts Receivable

J Job Submission

C Catalog

B Budget Development

G General Accounts Receivable

L Letter Generation

E Support Services 

C Cost Accounting

O Overall 

O Overall

F Registration/ Fee Assessment

E Electronic Data Interchange

S Student Accounts Receivable

P Purge

G General Student

F Fixed Assets

T Validation form/table

S Security

H Grades/Academic History

G General Ledger

U Utility

T Validation form/table

I Faculty Load

I Investment Management

 

U Utility

K Intl.-UK

O Operations 

 

X Cross Product

L Location Management

P Purchasing/Procurement

 

 

M CAPP

R Research Accounting

 

 

O Overall

S Stores Inventory

 

 

P Person

T Validation form/table

 

 

R Recruiting

U Utility

 

 

S Schedule

X Archive/Purge

 

 

T Validation form/table

 

 

 

U Utility

 

 

Financial Aid(R)

HR/Payroll/Personnel(P)
Position Control (N)

Alumni/Development(A)

Information Access(I)

Financial Aid(R)

HR/Payroll/Personnel(P)
Position Control (N)

Alumni/Development(A)

Information Access(I)

B Budgeting

A Application

A Membership

S Student

C Record Creation

B Budget

D Designation

R Financial Aid

F Funds Management

D Benefit/Deductions

E Event Management

 

H History and Transcripts

E Employee

F Campaign

 

J Student Employment

H Time Reporting/History

G Pledge and Gift/Pledge Pymt

 

L Logging

O Overall

M Prospect Management

 

N Need Analysis

P General Person

O Organization

 

O Common Functions

R Electronic Approvals

P Constituent/Person

 

P Packaging & Disbursements

S Security

S Solicitor Organization

 

R Requirements Tracking

T Validation/Rule Table

T Validation Form/Table

 

S Student System Shared Data

U Utility

U Utility

 

T Validation Form/Table

X Tax Administration

X Expected Matching Gift

 

U Utility

 

 

 

Position 3: Identifies the type of form, report, job or table

General (G)

Student (S)

Finance (F)

General (G)

Student (S)

Finance (F)

A Application Form

A Application Form

A Application Form

B Base Table Batch COBOL Process

B Base Table

B Base Table

I Inquiry Form

I Inquiry Form

I Inquiry Form

O Process

P Process

M Maintenance Form

Q Query Form

Q Query Form

Q Query Form

R Rule Table Repeating Table Report/Process

R Rule Table Repeating Table/Process

R Rule Table Repeating Table Report/Process

T Temporary Table

V Validation Form/Table View

V Validation Form/ Table View

V Table View

 

 

Accounts Receivable (T)

A Application Form

P Process

R Report

I Inquiry Form

Q Query Form

V Validation Form/Table

Financial Aid (R)

HR/Payroll/Personnel (P)
Position Control (N)

Alumni/Development (A)

Financial Aid (R)

HR/Payroll/Personnel (P)
Position Control (N)

Alumni/Development (A)

A Application Form

A Application Form

A Application Form

B Base Table

B Base Table Batch COBOL Process

B Base Table

I Inquiry Form

I Inquiry Form

C Called/List Form

P Process

P Process

I Inquiry Form

R Rule Table Repeating Rules Table Report

R Rule Table Repeating Report/Process

P Process/Report

T Temporary Table

V Validation Form/Table

R Repeating Rules Table

V Table View

 

T Temporary Table

 

 

V Validation Form/Table View

Positions 4,5,6,7: Uniquely identify the forms, report, job, or table

SPAIDEN

SHRROLL

STVSTAT

SPAIDEN

SHRROLL

STVSTAT

S Student

S Student

S Student

P Person

H Grades/Acad.Hist

T Validation Form/Table

A Application

R Report

V Validation Form/Table

IDEN Identification

ROLL Grade Roll

STAT State/Prov. Code

Descriptions of common usages of Positions 1-3

Descriptions of common usages of Positions 1-3

SCA History 

 

 

SSA Individual CRN Info

 

 

SAA Admission

 

 

SGA General Student Info

 

 

SFA Registration Info

 

 

SHA Student Acad. History

 

 

SIA Faculty Info