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In order to use Banner, we use different forms for different types of transactions. Those forms have different combinations of letters that can be used to identify their purpose within the system.
The first two letters identify the system and the module within it.
Below are a few examples of common two letter combinations found at the beginning of the form names.
Finance
FA - Accounts Payable
FF - Fixed Assets
FG - General Ledger
FR - Sponsored Research
FO - Operations
FT - Validation Table
FZ - VT Specific Form (Created In-House)
Payroll, Jobs, Positions
PT - Validation Table
PW - VT Specific
PZ - VT Specific
NB - Position Budgeting
NO - Overall
NT - Validation Table
Accounts Receivable
TS -Student Accounts
TF - Non-Student Accounts
TZ - Tuition Remission
Student
SA - Admissions
SC - Catalog
SS - Schedule
SI - Faculty Load
SL - Location Management
SR - Recruiting
SZ - VT Specific
The third letter is the type of purpose of the form.
A - Application - You are entering or updating data
I - Inquiry - You are only looking at data
R - Rule Table - Or report for T**** Forms
M - Maintenance - You are maintaining data
The last four letters are a mnemonic.
For example the last four letters in FOIDOCH stand for document history.
FO - Operations
I - Inquiry
DOCH - Document History