Banner Page Naming Conventions

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Every page in Banner has an abbreviated 7-character page name.  Most of the time, pages are referred to by this 7-character page name.

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Naming Conventions

Banner object naming standards

• Position 1 
• Position 2
• Position 3
• Positions 4, 5, 6 and 7

Position 1 

Identifies the Banner product owning the page, report, process, or table.

Position 2

Identifies the application module owning the page, report, process or table.  It is also unique to the product identified in Position 1. 

Advancement (A)

Financial Aid  (R)

HR/Payroll (P) and Position Control (N)

Finance (F)

General (G)

Student (S)

Accounts Receivable (T)

Position 3

Identifies the type of report, process or table and codes are the same for all Products.

Positions 4, 5, 6 and 7

Identifies a unique four-character code for the page, report, process or table.