Introduction to Banner/Budget & Finance Brian deZeeuw

Banner Banner is the database used by the University of Alaska for its Student, Human Resources, and Financial operations. Banner is used by over 800 institutions world-wide UA has been on the Banner system (currently version 8.0) since December, The entire statewide university system uses the same database.

Banner BANNER Student (SI) Student Records Grades Registration Degree Audit Scheduling Faculty Load Recruitment Admissions Financial Aid Housing Catalogs BANNER Finance (BFIN) General Accounting  Procurement  Accounts Payable  Accounts Receivable  Cost Accounting  Budget  Fixed Assets  Grants & Contracts  Proposals BANNER Human Resources (HR) Position Control/Tracking  Applicant Tracking  Employment and Compensation  Benefits and Deductions  Payroll  Labor Relations  Health & Safety  Employee Information

Accessing Banner (and University resources) off-campus Access the VPN client from IT’s website Access the VPN client from IT’s website Banner website: Banner website: Banner training website: Banner training website:

Banner classes available Finance/HR Finance/HR Basic Financial Queries Basic Financial Queries Banner HR Queries Banner HR Queries Purchasing through Banner (two parts) Purchasing through Banner (two parts) Qmenu/Vista Plus Qmenu/Vista Plus Toad Toad Schedules at: Student Student Basic Student information Basic Student information Admissions and transfer credit queries Admissions and transfer credit queries Catalog, schedule, and room queries Catalog, schedule, and room queries Population selection Population selection Using an FTP program with Banner Using an FTP program with Banner Full list at: Other training available by contacting the Budget, HR or Enrollment Serv. Depts.

Online Banner Finance Classes

UA Accounting Structure FGIBAVL (Budget Availability) FGIENCD (Detail Encumbrance Activity) FOIDOCH (Document History) FGIDOCR (Journal Voucher Inquiry) FGIBDSR (Executive Summary) FGITBAL (General Ledger Trail Balance) FRIGITD (Grant Inception-To-Date) FGIBDST ( Org Budget Status) FGIOENC (Org General Encumbrance List) FGAENCB (Travel) FPA2PUR (Call Number Processing) FPARCVD (Receiving) FPAREQN (Requisitions) FOM2PRF (User Profile Edit) How to identify incomplete documents

UA’s Budget Banner Banner The Database UA uses to store and retrieve finance, student and HR data. The Database UA uses to store and retrieve finance, student and HR data. Qmenu/Vista Plus (websites) Qmenu/Vista Plus (websites) Soft Ledgers Soft Ledgers Spreadsheets or databases as a check and balance against Banner data. Spreadsheets or databases as a check and balance against Banner data. Management reports Management reports Reports turned in monthly to the budget office. Reports turned in monthly to the budget office. Tools to help you balance your budget

Journal Vouchers Journal Voucher: An internal-only (UA) document used to transfer funds from one fund/org/account to another. Also used to correct errors.

Journal Vouchers JVs MUST have printed backup (preferably a screen-print of the fund/org/acct from Banner) Debits and Credits must equal each other Dollar amount at the top is the TOTAL of debits and credits; for instance, if you have a credit of $200 and a matching debit of $200, the total at the top is $400. Include the document number in the description. JVs are intercampus-ed to the Budget office at UC108 where they are entered. JVs are NOT used for personnel costs (Account code 1xxx). Labor Redistributions are used there.

Banner (PROD) User Input RPTP Vista Plus Pop Selects (Student) Qmenu/ Qadhoc TOAD Nightly Copy

Websites that contain Banner information

Finance/Grant Reports Qmenu/Qadhoc: A web-based report tool with ready-made reports Websites that contain Banner information

Qmenu/Qadhoc: A web-based report tool with ready-made reports Finance/Grant Reports

Qmenu Student Reports Websites that contain Banner information

Qmenu Human Resource Reports Websites that contain Banner information

Vista Plus: A web-based report tool with Finance and HR reports. Other tools to help you balance your budget/mine information from Banner

TOAD: An SQL based report generator that allows you to write your own reports based on data in Banner. reports based on data in Banner. Other tools to help you balance your budget/mine information from Banner

UAA Administrative Services Manual

Wolfcard Copy/Departmental Cards Copy/Departmental Cards Located at the University Center. Located at the University Center. Application form is at: Application form is at: Card printing Card printing University Center (Wolfcard Office) University Center (Wolfcard Office) Consortium Library (Behind ref. desk) Consortium Library (Behind ref. desk) Door Locks Door Locks Student/staff/faculty ID, debit card

UA Concurrent-Use Software Adobe Acrobat Professional Adobe Acrobat Professional Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Dreamweaver Dreamweaver Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign Adobe Premiere Adobe Premiere

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