Forms Naming Convention in Banner

Issue / Question
Banner Form Name convention and configuration in Banner.
  • How are Banner form names configured? 
  • What does a Banner form name mean?
Environment
Platform
  • Banner
Audience Affected
  • Staff
Resolution
Banner Form Name Configuration
 
Character 1 = System
Character 2 = Module
Character 3 = Type of Form
Characters 4 - 7 = Description of Form  Example:  PPAIDEN = Personnel, General Person, Application Form, Identification
 
Character 1 = System
 
Character 2 = Module
 
 
Character 1 = System
 
Character 2 = Module
R
Financial Aid
B
Budgeting
 
S
Student
A
Admissions
 
 
C 
Record Creation
 
 
 
C 
Catalog
 
 
E
Electronic Data Exchange
 
 
 
E
Support Services
 
 
F
Funds Management
 
 
 
F
Registration / Fee Assessment
 
 
H
History and Transcripts
 
 
 
G
General Student
 
 
J
Student Employment
 
 
 
H
Grades/Academic History
 
 
L
Logging
 
 
 
I
Faculty Load
 
 
N
Need Analysis
 
 
 
K
Reserved - Intnl  UK
 
 
O
Common Functions
 
 
 
L
Location Management
 
 
P
Packing & Disbursements
 
 
 
M
CAPP
 
 
R
Requirements Tracking
 
 
 
O
Overall
 
 
S
Student System Shared Data
 
 
 
P
Person
 
 
T
Validation Form/Table
 
 
 
R
Recruiting
 
 
U
Utility
 
 
 
S
Schedule
 
 
V
Reserved - Can. Solution Ctr.
 
 
 
T
Validation Form/Table
P
HR/Payroll/Personnel
A
Application
 
 
 
U
Utility
N
Position Control
B
Budget 
 
 
 
V
Reserved - Can. Solution Ctr.
 
 
C
COBRA
 
G
General
E
Event Management
 
 
D
Benefit Deductions
 
 
 
J
Job Submission
 
 
E
Employee
 
 
 
L
Letter Generation
 
 
H
Time Reporting/History
 
 
 
O
Overall
 
 
O
Overall
 
 
 
P
Purge
 
 
P
General Person
 
 
 
S
Security
 
 
R
Electronic Approvals
 
 
 
T
Validation Form/Table
 
 
S
Security
 
 
 
U
Utility
 
 
T
Validation Rule/Table
 
 
 
V
Reserved - Can. Solution Ctr.
 
 
U
Utility
 
 
 
X
Cross Product
 
 
V
Reserved - Can. Solution Ctr.
 
T
Accounts Receivable
F
Finance AR
 
 
X
Tax Administration
 
 
 
G
General AR
F
Finance
A
Accounts Payable
 
 
 
O
Overall
 
 
B
Budget Development
 
 
 
R
Research Accounting
 
 
C
Cost Accounting
 
 
 
S
Students AR
 
 
E
Electronic Data Interchange
 
 
 
T
Validation Form/Table
 
 
F
Fixed Assets
 
 
 
U
Utility
 
 
G
General Ledger
 
 
 
V
Reserved - Can. Solution Ctr.
 
 
I
Investment Management
 
E
XtenderSolutions
T
Validation Form/Table
 
 
N
Endowment Management
 
 
 
X
XtenderSolutions
 
 
O
Operations
 
I
Information Access/Kiosk
R
Financial Aid
 
 
P
Purchasing / Procurement
 
 
 
S
Student 
 
 
R
Research Accounting
 
All Products
W
Reserved for client forms or modules used within a Banner Application
 
 
S
Stores Inventory
 
 
 
 
 
 
T
Validation Rule/Table
 
 
 
 
 
 
U
Utility
 
 
 
 
 
 
V
Reserved - Can. Solution Ctr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
Archive/Purge
 
 
 
 
 
Character 3:  Type of Form
A
Application Form
I
Inquiry Form
 
R
Rule/Table/Form (Report, Repeating Rules Table)
B
Base Table
P
Process Report
 
T
Temporary Table (General Maintenance)
C
Called/List Form
Q
Query Form
 
V
Validation Form (View)
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