Banner FAQ

1. What is Banner?

   Banner is an integrated Internet native suite of administrative applications developed specifically for higher education. The product is based on the Oracle platform built for medium-to-large student enrollments. SCT currently has more than 1300 higher education clients. We currently run the following modules: Student, Finance (FIS), Position Control and Payroll, Financial Aid, Web for Student, Web for Finance and Web for Employee.

2. What is the data warehouse?

   Allowing ad-hoc queries and reports against Banner creates significant risk of performance problems that would affect all Banner users and jobs. To prevent this, the data warehouse was created as a place where Banner data could be made available (and periodically refreshed) to users for their own querying and reporting of Banner data. Access is via the Hummingbird BI Query tool.

3. What do I need to access Banner?

   Banner now runs from your Internet browser. To get started with Internet Native Banner (INB), go to https://inb.uoregon.edu

4. How do I get Banner training and access?

   For more information, got to http://bg.uoregon.edu

5. What is the Banner Coordinating Group (BCG)?

   The BCG is made up of representatives from the offices of Admissions, Registrar, Financial Aid, Business Affairs, Resource Management, Human Resources and Affirmative Action, Resource and Sponsored Programs, and the Computing Center. It oversees the implementation and support of banner, including:

   • Defining policies as they affect Banner and the data within Banner, including the data warehouses
   • Defining standards for Banner data (i.e., names, addresses)
   • Setting up processes to resolve problems (i.e., duplicate IDs and SSNs; access/terminiation of access)
   • Setting dates for scheduled maintenance and upgrades
   • Coordinating upgrades across modules
   • Identifying modifications to Banner necessary to meet the business needs of the UO
   • Integrating modifications across modules