Understanding Banner pages naming conventions
- Denise Kidd
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 |
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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 |
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K | T Accounts Receivable |
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Position 2: Identifies the module owning the form, report, job or table
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 |
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U Utility | K Intl.-UK | O Operations |
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X Cross Product | L Location Management | P Purchasing/Procurement |
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| M CAPP | R Research Accounting |
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| O Overall | S Stores Inventory |
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| P Person | T Validation form/table |
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| R Recruiting | U Utility |
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| S Schedule | X Archive/Purge |
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| T Validation form/table |
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| U Utility |
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Financial Aid(R) | HR/Payroll/Personnel(P) | 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 |
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H History and Transcripts | E Employee | F Campaign |
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J Student Employment | H Time Reporting/History | G Pledge and Gift/Pledge Pymt |
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L Logging | O Overall | M Prospect Management |
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N Need Analysis | P General Person | O Organization |
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O Common Functions | R Electronic Approvals | P Constituent/Person |
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P Packaging & Disbursements | S Security | S Solicitor Organization |
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R Requirements Tracking | T Validation/Rule Table | T Validation Form/Table |
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S Student System Shared Data | U Utility | U Utility |
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T Validation Form/Table | X Tax Administration | X Expected Matching Gift |
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U Utility |
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Position 3: Identifies the type of form, report, job or table
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 |
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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) | 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 |
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| V Validation Form/Table View |
Positions 4,5,6,7: Uniquely identify the forms, report, job, or table
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 | ||
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SCA History |
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SSA Individual CRN Info |
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SAA Admission |
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SGA General Student Info |
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SFA Registration Info |
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SHA Student Acad. History |
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SIA Faculty Info |
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- 1 Overview
- 1.1 Examples
- 2 Position 1: Identifies the primary system owning the form, report, job, or table
- 3 Position 2: Identifies the module owning the form, report, job or table
- 4 Position 3: Identifies the type of form, report, job or table
- 5 Positions 4,5,6,7: Uniquely identify the forms, report, job, or table
- 6 Descriptions of common usages of Positions 1-3