Banner Student Release Guide. Release 9.3 September 2016

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1 Banner Student Release Guide Release 9.3 September 2016

2 Notices Notices Without limitation: Ellucian, Banner, Colleague, and Luminis are trademarks of the Ellucian group of companies that are registered in the U.S. and certain other countries; and Ellucian Advance, Ellucian Course Signals, Ellucian Degree Works, Ellucian PowerCampus, Ellucian Recruiter, Ellucian SmartCall, are also trademarks of the Ellucian group of companies. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners Ellucian. Contains confidential and proprietary information of Ellucian and its subsidiaries. Use of these materials is limited to Ellucian licensees, and is subject to the terms and conditions of one or more written license agreements between Ellucian and the licensee in question. In preparing and providing this publication, Ellucian is not rendering legal, accounting, or other similar professional services. Ellucian makes no claims that an institution's use of this publication or the software for which it is provided will guarantee compliance with applicable federal or state laws, rules, or regulations. Each organization should seek legal, accounting, and other similar professional services from competent providers of the organization's own choosing. Ellucian 4375 Fair Lakes Court Fairfax, VA United States of America 2016 Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 2

3 Contents Contents Introduction... 4 System Requirements...7 Language deliveries... 7 Supporting resources... 8 Functional...9 Extensibility...9 Custom modifications...9 Technical Reports transformation...12 Known issues Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 3

4 Introduction Introduction Introduction This release guide provides an overview of the Banner Student 9.3 release. The Student 9.3 release is part of the Banner Administrative Pages 9.3 release, which delivers transformed Banner Administrative pages as a Java web application. These pages were previously delivered as individual forms built on Oracle Forms and were referred to as Internet Native Banner(INB). The change in the delivery mechanism of Banner pages applies to products such as Banner General, Banner Accounts Receivable, Banner Finance, Banner Human Resources, Banner Position Control, Banner Student, Banner Document Management, Banner Document Retention, and localization products built on the baseline products. The release is delivered as a group of Banner upgrade release packages, one package for each baseline product and one for each localization product. All release packages can be downloaded, installed, and deployed with Ellucian Solution Manager (ESM). Banner Administrative Pages is deployed with ESM as a single web application, to either a Weblogic or Tomcat web application server. The web application is assembled from the components delivered and installed for each product at the time of deployment. This deployment approach allows you to download and install only the products that you have licensed and installed, yet still deploy as a single web application. This structure also facilitates Ellucian with providing updates to each product independently in the future. As updates are provided for a product, the updates can be independently installed and the Administrative Pages can be deployed with the latest installed versions of each product. For more information about the installation and deployment of Banner Administrative Pages 9.3, see the Banner Administrative Pages 9.3 Installation Guide included in the Student 9.3 release package and the Installation Reference document included in each product s release package. Warning! The new Administrative Pages application replaces the previously released XE (ZK) administrative applications. The Banner XE pages that used ZK technology have been transformed to Java pages. The new functionality that the Banner XE pages introduced will continue to be provided in the transformed Administrative Pages 9.3 version of the pages. Table 1: List of Banner XE Student pages and their associated modules Page name Page description Associated module SFABLCK Block Registration Control Registration SFABLPA Student Block Pre-Assignment Registration SFABRDF Block Rule Definition Registration SFAESTS Enrollment Status Control Registration SFAMHRS Registration Minimum Maximum Hours Registration SFIWLNT Waitlist Notification Query Registration SFAPABC Pre-assigned Block Configuration Registration SFARCTT Registration Priority Control Registration 2016 Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 4

5 Introduction Page name Page description Associated module SFAROVR Registration Permit-Overrides Control Registration SFARSTS Course Registration Status Registration SFARWLP Reserved Seats Waitlist Priority Management Registration SFASTCA Student Course Registration Audit Registration SFATMST Time Status Rules Registration SFAWLPR Waitlist Priority Management Registration SFAXWLP Cross List Waitlist Priority Management Registration SFIBSEL Student Block Selection Inquiry Registration SFQSECT Registration Course Query Registration SGACOOP Cooperative Education Academic History SHAEGBC Electronic Gradebook Control Student Overall SHAGCOM Gradable Component Definition Student Overall SHATCKN Student Course Maintenance Academic History SHAINST Student Term Course Maintenance Academic History SLAEVNT Event Events SLIAEVN Event Available Room Query Events SOAATMT Attendance Tracking Meeting Rule Setup Attendance Tracking SOAATRK Attendance Tracking Rule Setup Attendance Tracking SOAHOLD Hold Information Registration SOAIDEN Person Search Student Overall SOAIDNS Person Search Detail Student Overall SOAORUL Open Learning Section Default Rules Student Overall SOAPERS Persona Rule Control Student Overall SOAREST External API Connection Information Student Overall SOATERM Term Control Student Overall SOAWLTC Automated Waitlist Term Control Student Overall SOAWSCR Overall Page and Field Configuration Student Overall STVGCHG Grade Change Code Validation Student Overall STVPERS Persona Validation Student Overall STVREST External API Information Validation Student Overall 2016 Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 5

6 Introduction Page name Page description Associated module STVRSTS Course Registration Status Code Validation Registration STVWSFD Overall Configurable Page Field Validation Student Overall STVWSPG Overall Configurable Page Validation Student Overall 2016 Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 6

7 System Requirements System Requirements System Requirements The Banner Student 9.3 release supports the baseline and localized versions of the application. Please refer to the Banner Administrative Pages Installation Guide 9.3 and the Banner Student 9.3 Installation Reference for the minimum system requirements. Language deliveries In line with the Banner XE strategy, the language translations for UI labels and error messages ship and install as part of the Student Transformation 9.3 deliveries. Student 9.3 delivers translations for the following languages: Arabic English Australia English India English Ireland English UK or GB French (Canada) French (France) Spanish Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Mexican) Portuguese Portuguese (Brazil) You can change the UI language for Student 9.3 pages by changing your browser locale to one of the supported languages. To install a full Banner 9 language system, the Banner 8 language releases for a specific language need to be installed on top of the Banner 8 Baseline prerequisite releases specified below. For more information about configuring the application for language use other than English, see the Banner Administrative Pages Installation Guide 9.3 in the documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 7

8 Supporting resources Supporting resources Supporting resources You can reference additional resources for more information about Banner 9.x and the Student 9.3 release. Banner Administrative Pages Installation Guide 9.3 In addition to installation instructions, this installation guide provides information about how to configure the user interface. You can find this installation guide in the Banner Student documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. Installation References Each release package is accompanied by an installation reference, which is a companion to the Banner Administrative Pages Installation Guide 9.3 and provides a list of prerequisites. The installation references for the Banner Student base and localization release packages are available in Ellucian Solution Manager and in the Banner Student documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. Banner Student Release Guide 9.3 This release guide provides an overview of the Banner Student 9.3 release. You can find this release guide in the Banner Student documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. Banner XE Sizing and Configuration Guide This guide provides you with details about the hardware systems that are required for Banner 9.x applications and how to configure those systems. You can find this guide in the Banner XE Sizing and Configuration documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. Application Navigator Installation Guide This guide provides an overview of the purpose of Application Navigator and how it works. You can find this guide in the Banner Student documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. Banner Document Management Supplement for Banner 9.x Pages This guide provides information about the Banner Document Management (BDM) integration when accessing either ApplicationXtender Web Access or ApplicationXtender Document Manager from a Banner 9.x page. It also provides information regarding some of the known differences with the BDM integration in relationship to Banner 8 forms integration. You can find this supplement in the Banner Document Management documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. You can find the following guides in the Banner 9.x documentation library in the Ellucian Support Center. Banner Transformed: Getting Started with Your Administrative Application Banner Transformed: Branding Your Administrative Application Banner Transformed: Working with Eclipse and Your Administrative Application Banner Transformed: Extending Your Administrative Application 2016 Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 8

9 Functional Functional Functional The Java pages included in the Administrative Pages 9.3 release provide the same functionality as the Banner Student 8.x Oracle forms and include functionality that was previously released in the Banner XE administrative applications. The new functionality that the Banner XE pages introduced will continue to be provided in the transformed Administrative Pages. Transforming Oracle forms to Java pages uses a more modern technology, facilitates user experience improvements, and continues to leverage your specific business rules. Java pages power a better Banner experience for all types of users. It brings a modern, yet familiar, web user interface with standard controls. It enables consistent navigation and provides enhanced tools for use. The application has a new user interface, which provides you with a new way to perform the Banner 8x application processes. To preserve the user experience in the Transformed application, pages that are called from Student that are not part of the Student application are presented using the transformed user interface. However, these pages are only accessible when they are called from a page in the Transformed Student application. If the user attempts to open these pages directly, they open in the Oracle form user interface. This is to preserve the Oracle form user experience until the respective applications are transformed. While Ellucian is in the transition period of transforming all of Banner, you will need to access applications that have different user interfaces to complete your regular business process. Ellucian Application Navigator makes it possible for you to seamlessly move from one user interface to another. Application Navigator is an application that is transparent to users, but allows you to continue to access any form or page in Banner 8.x and 9.x. For more information about Application Navigator, see the Application Navigator Handbook. Extensibility With Banner Student 9.3 you have an extensibility tool set available that allows you to easily make modifications to your system. Banner extensibility tools enable you to make changes to the Banner 9.x application without having to change the Ellucian source code. Custom modifications Your institution may have made custom modifications to your Student system. Ellucian provides an automated assessment process that will determine the level of transformation effort for your Oracle Forms modifications and customizations. The automated analysis determines the complexity and level of effort to retain the modifications as extensions to the transformed pages. In addition, it provides an assessment of the level of effort to transform your custom forms. The assessment process is at no cost, and it will be accessible through your Ellucian Hub login. You will get an output of the assessment to determine next steps Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 9

10 Functional Note: The following processes are not automated and are the responsibility of your institution: Translation of customizations Customization of Banner Self-Service 2016 Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 10

11 Technical Technical Technical This release is being delivered to transform Banner Student from Oracle Forms to Java pages. This software utilizes open source resources like Java, SOAP, XML, Spring Security, HTML/CSS, and Frames Framework. The functionality of the application remains the same, however, the user interface has changed to be consistent with the appearance of Banner applications built using the XE technology. The underlying technology for Transformation applications is not the same as the technology used for XE applications, but the user interface is consistent. With the Banner Student 9.3 release, there are no changes to your data. The underlying platform features, such as Oracle security, Banner security features, and Value Based Security (VBS) for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) remain Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 11

12 Reports transformation Reports transformation Reports transformation In Banner Student 9.3, all Oracle reports have been transformed to Java-based Jasper Reports Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 12

13 Known issues Known issues Known issues Using a filter on the Change Request tab in the Ellucian Support Center, you can produce a list of the current known issues in Banner Student 9.3 release. Procedure 1. In the Ellucian Support Center, click the Change Requests tab. 2. Select All Change Requests Defects from the drop-down list. 3. Click Filter Change Requests. 4. Select the arrow next to the Product Line column heading and select Is equal to. 5. Enter Banner and click Filter. 6. Click the arrow next to the Product column heading and select Is equal to. 7. Enter Student and click Filter. 8. Click the arrow next to the Found in Version column heading, enter 9.3, and click Filter. 9. Click the arrow next to the Created Date column heading, select the After check box, select May 1, 2016, and click Filter. Results The resulting Change Requests displayed are the current known issues for the Student 9.3 release Ellucian. Confidential & Proprietary 13