SCT Banner Financial Aid / Release Guide / 7.0

Section 3 New User Interface - Functional
Enhanced User Preferences
The My Institution section is designed to reflect your institution’s web site and
picture. Your DBA or site administrator can log in as the baseline user and set up the
default web site link on GUAUPRF. Any user can change his/her link by accessing
GUAUPRF and changing the value in the User Value field for the My Institution
record.
Note: The default image can be changed by replacing the appropriate image in
the banicons.jar file delivered with Banner. The image must be 163 x
141 pixels, or Banner will distort it to fit.
Broadcast messages
The Broadcast Message button on the toolbar becomes enabled whenever you
receive a broadcast message. You can view your message(s) in the Broadcast
Messages section at the bottom of the screen.
Users with a security class of Broadcast can send broadcast messages to all users. To
send a broadcast message, create it on GUAMESG as usual, and choose BASELINE
as the recipient.
Enhanced User Preferences
Although Banner now features the colors and style of Luminis, you have the option
of customizing the colors via the General User Preferences Maintenance Form
(GUAUPRF). Custom colors can be specified at the site level, by logging in as the
baseline user and changing the values in the Default Value fields, and also at the
individual user level, by changing the values in the User Value fields.
Note: Most of the changes you make on this form appear immediately on all
Banner forms; however, the General Menu Form (GUAGMNU) will not
display changed title bar preferences for form name, release number, or
database instance until you log out and log back in.
General User Preferences Maintenance Form (GUAUPRF)
Many changes have been made to this form for Release 7.0. Baseline users now have
the option to cancel out of a change prior to saving it. Additionally, all changes made
while logged in as the baseline user are saved in the GURTPRF table. Lastly, new
users who are added to the database initially have the same user preferences as the
baseline ID.
Note: Existing users’ records will no longer be removed from the GURTPRF
table when the baseline user’s preferences are updated.
Financial Aid Release 7.0 January 2005
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