Hints Related to Semester Schedule (Banner 7)
Banner 7 Hints Related to Semester Schedule
Division Secretaries’ Meeting
March 7, 2006
Basic Navigation
- F5 for direct access to forms
- Arrow up/arrow down for previous forms
- Right-click mouse to access Options menu
- Bookmarking URLs as favorites with alias (e.g. Banner ADMIN)
- Changing screen resolution
- Logout: Banner first (“Oracle Developer Forms Runtime”), then “Oracle Application Forms Services”
- Check for java cup icon in lower right-hand corner of screen
Semester Schedule
- Adding/adjusting seats
- SSASECT main page, enter term and CRN
- Next Block
- Options menu, select Section Enrollment Info
- Enter desired enrollment number and Save (system jumps back to SSASECT main page)
- Adding an instructor
- Next Block through SSASECT to instructor form
- If you know the Banner ID, enter it and Save
- If you don’t know the Banner ID, click on the down arrow to access SIAIQRY, then Next Block and tab to the last name column. Enter the last name and F8. Double click on the name you wish to select. The system will take you back to the SSASECT Instructor form. Tab, then Save.
- Inactivating a semester class, prior to registration or after all students have dropped
- Change enrollment maximum (seats) to zero and save;
- Delete instructor and save (see workaround information below*)
- Delete meeting times information and save
- Previous Block back to the main page of SSASECT and change the status to I (Inactive) and save.
*Workaround to delete instructor:
- If more than one instructor, delete all the non-primary ones and ‘Save’
- Do ‘Record Remove’ on the Primary instructor
- Get the auto-hint message “Error: Primary Instructor must exist for section”
- Click on ‘Rollback’ iconic button
- Get pop-up “Do you want to save the changes you have made”
- Click on ‘Yes’
- Takes you back to the CRN key block
- next block to verify
- Changing Part of Term before registration has occurred
- Delete instructor and save (see workaround information below*)
- Delete meeting times information and save
- Previous Block back to the main page of SSASECT and change the Part of Term code and save (check for correct dates).
- Re-enter meeting times information and save (check for correct dates)
- Re-enter instructor information and save
*Workaround to delete instructor:
- If more than one instructor, delete all the non-primary ones and ‘Save’
- Do ‘Record Remove’ on the Primary instructor
- Get the auto-hint message “Error: Primary Instructor must exist for section”
- Click on ‘Rollback’ iconic button
- Get pop-up “Do you want to save the changes you have made”
- Click on ‘Yes’
- Takes you back to the CRN key block
- next block to verify
- Checking Room Use/Availability on SSAMATX
- Go or Direct Access, go to SSAMATX
- Enter the Building and Room Codes in the appropriate fields
- Use the scroll bar near the bottom of the form to reveal the Term column
- Enter the desired term
- F8 or select Execute Query icon to view results
- Scheduled classes for the term in the specified building and room will appear, if applicable