• Business Process Analysis (BPA): A review of existing processes and comparison to a new process.
  • DOGS: Acronym for Data Organization and Governance Standards team
  • Ellucian: The company that created Banner, the enterprises resource planning (ERP) system
  • Ellucian Experience: Experience will be the portal and main entry point into Banner for most users.
  • Ethos: Tool used to move data between Banner and other applications
  • FLAC: (Faculty Load And Compensation) merges faculty information from Student and HR systems and creates faculty assignments and pay
  • General Person: Banner treats everyone as a “person,” meaning employees, students, vendors, and retirees are all tracked in the same area. The term General Person is a key change from our current Workday/MySite way of operating, as they were two separate collections of people, but in Banner, are one
  • Insights: Data warehouse and reporting tool
  • Iteration: A Banner building process of gathering requirements, building/ configuring the system, conducting testing and remediation, then repeating that process
  • Position Control Data: Information associated with every job position; a code assigned to a job
  • Preview 50: A small subset of users--approximately 50--will be involved in targeted testing.
  • UAT:  User Acceptance Testing

Banner Forms Glossary

  • FOAPAL (Fund, Organization, Account, Program, Activity, Location): While not a form, this is a critical concept in Banner's finance system, representing the structure of financial accounts and budgets.
  • RPAINFO (Faculty/Advisor Information Form): This form is used to enter and query information about faculty and advisors, including schedules, advisees, and office hour
  • SFAREGS (Student Registration Form): This form is used to register students for classes. It includes information on course sections, registration status, credits, and levels.
  • SFASLST (Student Class List Form): This form provides a list of students enrolled in a particular course section, often used for attendance, grading, and communication purposes.
  • SOATEST (Test Score Form): This form is used to enter and query standardized test scores for individuals, such as SAT, ACT, GRE scores, which can be used for admissions, placement, or credit purposes.
  • SPRIDEN (General Person Identification Form): This form is used to enter or query person information in the system, including students, faculty, staff, and other individuals associated with the institution.
  • TSAAREV (Accounts Receivable Application Form): This form is used to manage student accounts, including charges, payments, and refunds.