Banner 9 / Guide: Tips and tricks

Purpose

• To provide a guide for the various tips and tricks that are available to Banner 9 users

Environment

• Banner 9

Resolution 

Resizing browser size

• Control + Shift + + (plus) = zoom in
• Control + – (minus) = decrease zoom
• Control + 0 (zero) = reset to 100%

Searching

• Control + Home = search page names
• Control + Shift + Y = invokes the search icon
• Control + Y = list of forms used (unlimited)

Other common navigation

• Control + M = main menu
• Control + Shift + L = help
• Control + Shift + F = sign out
• Alt + page-down = replaces Control + page-down
• Alt + page-up = replaces Control + page-up
• F5 = rollback; replaces Shift + F7
• F7 = filter (was Query)
• Tools = Alt + Shift + T = help, item properties
• Related = like options menu; actions show up under Tools
• Data Extract = under Tools; controls are in GUAUPRF (Shift + F1)
• Next Tab = Control + Shift + 2
• F4 = insert and duplicate row; replaces F6, F4
• Alt + S = select from called page; replaces Shift + F3
• Ellipsis on Field = like F9 or drop-down; looks up field values by displaying the appropriate validation table

Queries/Searches

• Work more like Excel; can choose columns to include
  • Some pages have locked columns that can't be moved; select column, select operator, input data and press Go
• Started queries are not blank boxes; presented as drop-downs with null and not null choices included; get immediate record count
• Operators include: Contains, Like, Starts With, Ends With, Equals, and Not Equals
• Wildcard: %

Other tips

• Application Navigator is the landing page when logging in
• The main menu shows Banner; it will only show My Banner if built
• Forms are now pages
• Blocks are now sections
• From the Key Block section, next block is now GO
• The login picture can be changed by the Administrator
• Icons in the lower-left can be used for navigation
• In the Key Block section, fields start as columns, then shrink to one line
• Sections have action buttons, but several old keystrokes work
• The page header is controlled with GUAUPRF
• Notification Center gives more obvious information than the old auto-hint line
• Required fields are indicated by an * (asterisk), and if not completed will be highlighted
• User can switch from a single- to multi-record mode on some pages
• Mouse over button labels to see keystroke shortcuts
• Can control the page display name and this will be incorporated into SSB

No changes

• Control + Q = cancel page, close page, cancel query, exit
• Shift + F6 = delete record
• F7 = start filter/query
• F8 = execute filter/query
• F6 = insert record
• F9 = list of values
• F10 = save

Note

• See related articles