SCT Banner Student / Release Guide / 7.0

IntroductionIntroductionThis document describes Release 7.0 of the Banner Student System. Thefollowing information is included in Release 7.0.Enhancements for 7.0The following enhancements are new for Release 7.0.New User InterfaceChanges were made to the user interface to enhance form usability. consistency, andaccessibility for layout, field tags, buttons, navigation, Lists of Values, tabbedwindows, and other items.New Banner Online HelpOnline help is being delivered for Banner form, field, and procedural/taskdocumentation. This help system runs in a Web browser.Concurrent Curricula - Phase 1Phase 1 of the Concurrent Curricula enhancement allows an institution to recordand use multiple curricula for a person as they move through the student cycle. Thisphase delivers the table and API structure used by concurrent curricula to store themultiple curricula.New Value-Based Security and Personally Identifiable Information Security Using Fine-Grained Access ControlThe new Value-Based Security (VBS) using Fine-Grained Access Control (FGAC)provides functionality that replaces existing Value-Based Security processing. NewValue-Based Security and Personally Identifiable Information Security (PII) areused with Student product domains to secure data and restrict access toinformation.Common MatchingThe Common Matching enhancement is used to prevent the creation of multiplePIDMs in Banner. Basic person APIs are used to provide common logic for PIDMcreation. Common Matching checks for possible database matches before newrecords are inserted, whether new records are created by data loaded in batch orentered online.January 2005 Student Release 7.0Confidential Release Guide 17