Navigating Banner 9 Thor Johnsen Banner Student Consultant
Navigating Banner 9 Thor Johnsen Banner Student Consultant Thor. Johnsen@ellucian. com © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 1
Application Navigator and the Main Menu © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 2
Application Navigator The Welcome Screen: 4 ways to navigate • Search Box: • • Searches page names and descriptions Also search menus and jobs/processes • Menu Icon: • Essentially the Main Menu © 2017 ELLUCIAN. • Search Icon: • • Like the “Go To box” Like a Search Box that’s accessible on any page • Recently Opened Icon: • • Previously found under ‘File’ Now includes all objects previously opened 3
Banner 9 Terminology © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 4
Terminology • Forms = Pages • ‘Blocks’ are now ‘Sections’ • From Key Block; Next Block (Section) = ‘Go’ • Rollback = ‘Start Over’ © 2017 ELLUCIAN. • Query = Filter – Execute = Go 5
Parts of a Page, Notification Center, and Filters © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 6
Parts of a Page – Page Header • Page Close • Page Title (Controlled on GUAUPRF) • BDM Add/Retrieve • Related Menu • Like the Options Menu in INB for pages • Tools Menu • Like the Options Menu in INB for actions © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 7
Parts of a Page – Page Footer • Previous/Next Section • Save (Or Cancel/Select) • Record Count • Table/Field Name © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 8
Parts of a Page • Key Block • Enterable only when in Key Block • Sections • • Multiple/Single Record* Can be collapsed/expanded • Online Help • Can be your best friend! • ‘Look Up’ Button • Displays List of Values from corresponding Validation table © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 9
Notification Center • Different Information is displayed with these • Compare it to traffic signals • Green: Saved Successfully • Yellow: Warning • Red: Error – Multiple errors are displayed together • Blue: Informational © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 10
Filters • % and _ (underscore) are wildcards • % represents any amount of characters • • Ex. : %G% = any page/record with a ‘G’ in it _ only represents one wildcard character • New filter options © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 11
Keyboard Shortcuts © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 12
#1 Best Feature • • How to make Banner BIGGER • Ctrl = increase zoom (essentially ctrl with +) • Ctrl – decrease zoom • Ctrl 0 reset zoom to 100% These are all web shortcuts (not new Banner shortcuts) but because XE is not on Oracle forms, these shortcuts actually work now. © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 13
Keyboard Shortcuts Buttons display shortcut with mouse-over Command Save Rollback/Start Over Quit/Close List of Values/Lookup Log Out of Banner 8 F 10 Shift+F 7 Ctrl+Q F 9 Ctrl+Q Banner 9 F 10 F 5 Ctrl+Q F 9 Ctrl+Shift+F Next Block/Next Section; Go Previous Block/Section Clear Block/Section Ctrl+Pg. Dwn Ctrl+Pg. Up Shift+F 5 Alt+Pg. Dwn Alt+Pg. Up Shift+F 5 Next Field Previous Field Checkbox toggle Radio Group toggle Tab Shift+Tab Spacebar Left/Right Arrow Go To: Search Go To: Recently Opened Forms with Tabs direct to Tab F 5+Up/Down F 2 © 2017 ELLUCIAN. Ctrl+Shift+Y Ctrl+Y+Up/Down Ctrl+Shift+1, 2, 3, 4 14
Keyboard Shortcuts Command Enter Query/Filter Execute Query/Go (on Filter) Quit/Exit/Cancel Query Banner 8 F 7 F 8 Ctrl+Q Banner 9 F 7 F 8 Ctrl+Q Insert Record Delete Record Copy Record/Section Clear Record Next Record Previous Record F 6 Shift+F 6 F 4 Shift+F 4 Down Arrow Up Arrow Cut Copy Paste Open Related Menu Open Tools Menu Help Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Alt+O Alt+H+H Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Alt+Shift+R Alt+Shift+T Ctrl+Shift+L © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 15
Keyboard Shortcuts Command SDE: Print: Data Extract/Export Change MEP Context BDM: Add Document BDM: Retrieve Document Workflow: Submit Workflow: Release © 2017 ELLUCIAN. Banner 8 Ctrl+D Shift+F 8 Alt+H+X Alt+Shift+C Alt+A Alt+R Alt+W Alt+Q Banner 9 Ctrl+Shift+U Ctrl+P Shift+F 1 16
Supplemental Documentation • Banner Transformed: Getting Started With Your Administrative Applications • • Also includes Banner keyboard shortcuts Also available on Client Documentation Library © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 17
Demonstration Thor Johnsen Email: Thor. Johnsen@ellucian. com Phone: 407 -670 -4529 © 2017 ELLUCIAN. 18
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