Banner 9 / Guide: Tips and tricks

Purpose

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

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

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: %

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

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