Banner: Naming Conventions for Banner Objects
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)
- Oject type code (one character)
- Unique identifier (four characters)
Here is an example of Banner object names.
| Item Name | System | Module | Object Type | Unique Identifier |
| SPAIDEN | S Student | P Person | A Application | IDEN Identification |
| GJRRPTS | G General | J Job Submission | R Report | RPTS Report & Parameter Information |
| GTVZIPC | 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.
| 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 Applications that coexist with Banner 2000 |
| I Information Access | S Student | |
| K Work Management | T Accounts Receivable |
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 | |
| 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) |
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 |
All products: W,Y,Z: Reserved for client forms or modules used when a Banner 2000 application (character in position 1 does not equate)
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 |
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 | |
| V Validation Form/Table View |
Information Access: R Report
Position 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 |
| SCA History | SHA Student Acad. History | |
| SSA Individual CRN Info | SIA Faculty Info | |
| SAA Admission | ||
| SGA General Student Info | ||
| SFA Registration Info |
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