Banner Page Naming Conventions
Each Banner page has both a page title and a page name. A page title is a
longer description of what the page does. You can type either the page
title or the page name in the Search field on the main menu. Page names
consist of seven characters. Each character and its position tells you
information about the page.
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Character Position
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Tells You…
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Codes
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1
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The Banner sub-system or other primary module that owns the
page
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F
= Finance
G
= General (used by all sub-systems)
N
= Human Resources – Position Control
P
= Human Resources – Payroll/Personnel
S
= Student
T
= Accounts Receivable (module used by both Finance and
Student sub-systems)
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2
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Which module the page belongs to
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In the Finance (F) Sub-system
A
= Accounts Payable
B
= Budget Development
F
= Fixed Assets
G
= General Ledger
O
= Operations
P
= Purchasing/Procurement
R
= Grants and Contracts (called Research Accounting in
Banner menu)
T
= Validation Page/Table
U
= Utility
Z
= Page was specially modified for use at the University of
Illinois System
In the General (G) Sub-system
E
= Event Management
J
= Job Submission
L
= Letter Generation
O
= Overall
P
= Purge
S
= Security
T
= Validation
U
= Utility
X
= Cross Product
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2
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Which module the page belongs to
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In the HR/Payroll/Personnel (P) and Position Control
(N) Sub-systems
A
= Application
B
= Budget
C
= COBRA
D
= Benefit/Deductions
E
= Employee
H
= Time Reporting/History
O
= Overall
G
= General Person
R
= Electronic Approvals
S
= Security
T
= Validation/Rule Table
U
= Utility
X
= Tax Administration
In the Accounts Receivable (T) Sub-system
F
= Finance Accounts Receivable
G
= General Accounts Receivable
O
= Overall
S
= Student Accounts Receivable
T
= Validation Page/Table
U
= Utility
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3
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What type of page it is
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A
= Application Page
B
= Base Table
I
= Inquiry Page
M
= Maintenance Page
P
= Process
Q
= Query Page
R
= Rule Table/Repeating Table/Report
V
= Validation Page/Table/View
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4 - 7
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An abbreviation of the page’s function
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Examples:
DOCR
= Document Retrieval
JVCM
= Journal Voucher Mass Entry
MAST
= Master Query Page
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Last Updated: November 2, 2018