GEORGIA ENHANCEMENTS: TECHNICAL. Miguel Morales, GeorgiaBEST Information Technology Services April 29, 2015

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1 GEORGIA ENHANCEMENTS: TECHNICAL Miguel Morales, GeorgiaBEST Information Technology Services April 29, 2015

2 THE GEORGIABEST TEAM

3 TOPICS OF DISCUSSION Banner Infrastructure Database Objects Code Tree Job Submission Database Extension Utility GeorgiaBEST SDLC

4 BANNER RESOURCES Banner features a documentation set in PDF format Install Guides Release Guides Upgrade Guides Supporting documents A set of User Reference Manuals A set of Technical Reference Manuals

5 BANNER RESOURCES General Technical Reference Guide cument/988

6 BANNER INFRASTRUCTURE Web Client Web Server Application Server Oracle Database

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8 PRODUCT AND VERSION REQUIREMENTS Oracle WebLogic OFM PFRD /OFM FR OFM WebTier Utilities

9 INTERNET NATIVE BANNER Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Forms Oracle Reports Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) Apache 2.x based mod_plsql Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Oracle Forms and Reports Support

10 SELF-SERVICE BANNER Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Tier Oracle HTTPD Server (OHS) Apache 2.x based mod_plsql Oracle WebLogic Server Cascade UI

11 SELF-SERVICE BANNER Self-Service BANNER pages are generated by the execution of Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures in the BANNER database. Look and Feel controlled by CSS files. BANNER Web Tailor also manages navigation and access controls.

12 ORACLE MIDDLE TIER TECHNOLOGY Oracle Web Logic Server Java EE Application Server Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Web Tier Oracle Forms Oracle Reports

13 BANNER DATABASE OBJECTS Product owners (schemas) Tables Views Packages, Procedures and Functions Triggers

14 BANNER DATABASE OBJECTS MODULE SCHEMA PRODUCT CODE General GENERAL G Student SATURN S AR TAISMGR T Financial Aid FAISMGR R Self Service WTAILOR TW Georgia Enhancements GASIS Z

15 BANNER DATABASE OBJECTS Database objects (Tables and views) Example: G L R V R B L Primary Module (S- Student, G- General, F- Finance) 2 - Sub-module (L- Letter generation, G- General Person) 3 - Type of object (R- Report, A- Form, R- Repeating table) Meaningful name IF Position 2 is a T and Position 3 is a V, then the object is a validation table

16 IMPORTANT BANNER SCHEMAS BANINST1 Owns all the functions, packages, procedures, and views WTAILOR Owns the packages for Self Service Banner BANSECR Owns the Banner security tables and objects No other user should have access to BANSECR s objects

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36 BANNER CODE TREE

37 BANNER CODE TREE Authoritative source for everything BANNER related in a BANNER environment Contains baseline objects, Georgia Enhancement objects as well as local objects

38 BANNER CODE TREE MODULE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE GENERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID SELF SERVICE GEORGIA ENHANCEMENTS FOLDER arsys general student finaid wtlweb gamod

39 BANNER CODE TREE arsys c cob dbprocs forms install misc sql views finaid c cob dbprocs forms install misc sql views gamod c cob dbprocs forms install misc sql views general c cob dbprocs forms install misc sql views student c cob dbprocs forms install misc sql views wtlweb c cob dbprocs forms install misc sql views

40 WHAT KIND OF FILE IS THIS??? Pro*C *.pc - Pro*C source file *.h - C header file *.c - C source file Pro*COBOL *.pco - Pro*COBOL source file *.cob - Pro*COBOL copylibs

41 WHAT KIND OF FILE IS THIS??? Forms *.fmb - *.mmb - *.pll - *.rdf - Forms binary source file Menu binary source file Procedure Library Reports binary source file

42 WHAT ABOUT SQL FILES??? dbprocs xxkxxxx.sql - package source code xxpxxxx.sql - procedure source code xxfxxxx.sql - function source code xxtxxxx0.sql - trigger source code views xxvxxxx0.sql - view creation Plus xxxxxxx.sql

43 BANNER CODE TREE Self Service products start with TW or BW dbprocs TWGKxxxx.sql - Web Tailor Global package source code BWAKxxxx.sql - Advancement Self Service package source code BWCKxxxx.sql - Common Self Service package BWFKxxxx.sql - Finance Self Service package source code BWGKxxxx.sql - General Self Service package source code BWLKxxxx.sql - Faculty Self Service package BWPKxxxx.sql - Employee Self Service package source code BWRKxxxx.sql - Financial Aid Self Service package source code BWSKxxxx.sql - Student Self Service package source code

44 BANNER UPDATES AND PATCHES Oracle/BANNER Schema object changes Oracle Data Dictionary Changes (DDL) BANNER Data changes Insert/Update/Delete of Data (DML) BANNER Software changes Changes to BANNER software May need to compile May need to migrate to other servers

45 BANNER JOB SUBMISSION

46 SETTING UP PROCESS FOR JOB SUBMISSION GUAOBJS Object Maintenance GJAJOBS Process Maintenance GJAPDEF Parameter Definitions GJAPVAL Parameter Value Validations GJAPDFT Default Parameter Value Validations

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52 BANNER JOB SUBMISSION Job submission input Input files File Manager Secure FTP for File Transfer Job submission output Print File access

53 BANNER JOB SUBMISSION Start GJAPCTL Job Submission Form GUQINTF Form used when another Form is calling a process Process Output GURJOBS.PC Receives the request from the PIPE GJAJOBS.SHL Interacts with the OS and calls the process GURINSO.PC Handles the I/O for the process GUBOUTP table Header information for each run GUROUTP table Detail content information for each run

54 PURGING JOB SUBMISSIONS GDELOUTP.SQL Prompts for date and attempts to purge all before that date.

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56 SO WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW???

57 SO WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW??? SQL Possibly PL/SQL SQL Possibly C/Pro C SQL Possibly Oracle Forms SQL Possibly COBOL Let s not forget to mention SQL

58 SO WHAT TOOLS DO I NEED??? Processes Text Editor Forms Oracle Forms Builder Self Service Objects Text Editor

59 ORACLE FORMS BUILDER Ellucian is now delivering Oracle Forms source code in 11g. This means we will need to have Oracle Forms Builder 11g to modify baseline forms. Georgia Enhancements are also done using Oracle Forms 11g starting with the September 2014 release.

60 DATABASE EXTENSION UTILITY

61 DBEU WHAT IS IT? It is a script Adds up to 6 columns Required for Banner XE Two Phase Implementation

62 Column Name Data Type Purpose _SURROGATE_ID NUMBER(19) New XE architecture _VERSION NUMBER(19) New XE architecture _USER_ID VARCHAR2(30) Support API effort _ACTIVITY_DATE DATE Support API effort _DATA_ORIGIN VARCHAR2(30) Support API effort _VPDI_CODE VARCHAR2(6) Support Multi-Entity Processing

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65 DBEU COMPLIANCE Works in Non-Extended Database Works in Extended Database

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69 HOW TO IDENTIFY OBJECTS Perl Script (fii.pl) List files with implicit inserts Loop through sub-directories

70 WHAT ABOUT FORMS?

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75 I HAVE TONS TO UPDATE, HELP??? Perl Script (dbeu.pl) Requires some manual adjustments

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79 BANNER XE

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84 BANNER XE APPLICATION SERVERS Oracle Web Logic Server Apache Tomcat

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86 GeorgiaBEST Software Development Life Cycle

87 SCHEDULE FOR RELEASE Change Requests, Defects Corrections and Enhancements Resource Allocation Beta Testing

88 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS Documentation Documentation Documentation Lis and Log Files Screenshots Test plan

89 SPECIFICATION TURNOVER Developer & Analyst Communication Development Input Agreement on Deliverables

90 DEVELOPMENT Specifications are the blueprint Scope Creep Unit Testing

91 CODING STANDARDS Naming Conventions Code Formatting Comments Audit History

92 CODING STANDARDS folder/521

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97 SOURCE VERSION CONTROL File Recovery Branching Merging

98 CODE REVIEW Coding Standards Conform to Best Practices Knowledge Share Not just for Developers

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100 INTERNAL TESTING Follow the Test Plan Test, Test, Test Get creative New and Old Functionality Release Checkpoint

101 BETA TESTING Beta Test Plan Collect Results Beta Remediation Run the Test Plan again

102 CERTIFICATION Oracle Linux 5

103 PRODUCTION RELEASE Package All Objects Install Order Verify Dependencies and Pre-Requisites User Documentation

104 WHERE CAN I FIND HELP? All USG GeorgiaBEST customers have access to Ellucian s On-Demand Subscription Library. Access baseline training on your own schedule Contact the ITS helpdesk (helpdesk@usg.edu) for access information Additional training is available on the GeorgiaBEST website:

105 ON-DEMAND SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY? All USG institutions have access to Ellucian s On- Demand Subscription Library. Access training on your own schedule Contact the ITS helpdesk (helpdesk@usg.edu) for access information

106 GEORGIABEST TRAINING RESOURCES General Training/Events Page: Need one-on-one training/support? Sign up for a UPICKIT session! GeorgiaBEST Boot Camp and conference presentations are available on our website here: _etraining

107 ADDITIONAL ITS RESOURCES & SUPPORT MORE INFORMATION and SUPPORT: For an URGENT BUSINESS IMPACT issue, contact the ITS Helpdesk immediately at or (toll free within Georgia). For a NON-URGENT issue, contact the ITS Helpdesk via (1) the Self- Service Support website at (User ID and password required. Contact ITS Helpdesk to obtain login credentials.) or (2) helpdesk@usg.edu. For ITS product and service status updates, go to: Additional information is available at the ITS Service Level Guidelines and Maintenance Schedule: - See more at:

108 Authoritative Sources WHERE CAN I FIND HELP? Community Sources

109 QUESTIONS?