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Section 10 APIs - TechnicalAPIs Used in Banner StudentFaculty and advisor information is effective term-based. Faculty information can bevalid over multiple terms. New effective terms are created to reflect changes infaculty status and status date, availability as a instructor (faculty) and/or advisor,category, staff type, and workload rule. Faculty and advisor processing logic willreturn the maximum effective term record that is less than or equal to theprocessing term if there is no exact match on term.A faculty member can be both an instructor and an advisor. The Faculty (Indicator)is set to Y to allow instructional and non-instructional assignments for the term. Ifno instructional assignments are permitted, the Faculty (Indicator) is blank (NULL).The Advisor (Indicator) is set to Y to allow assignment as an advisor for the term. Ifno advising assignments are permitted, the Advisor (Indicator) is blank (NULL).Instructors must have an active status to be given instructional and non-instructionalassignments for the term. Instructor status cannot be changed to inactive for theterm if instructional and/or non-instructional assignments exist. Active status isdetermined based on the setting of the Active (Indicator) for the Faculty StatusCode Validation Form (STVFCST).Two data items within the faculty table (SIBINST) are no longer in use. TheContract Type (SIBINST_FCNT_CODE) and Contract Rules (SIBINST_CNTR_CODE)information are recorded on a different table (SIRICNT). The SIRICNT table isused in contract processing.SIRASGN APIProduct Entity Filename Object TableStudent sb_facassignment sokb_fac_assign0.sqlsokb_fac_assign1.sqlsokb_fac_assign_r0.sqlsokb_fac_assign_r1.sqlsokb_fac_assign_strg0.sqlsokb_fac_assign_strg1.sqlsiaasgn.fmbssasect.fmbsipasgn.pcsspschd.pcssrroll.pcSIRASGNDescription: This package provides the common business interface for the FacultyAssignment API (sb_facassignment).Faculty assignments track instructional responsibilities for valid course sections.Only active faculty for the term specified may be assigned to sections. Themandatory fields are ID, Term, CRN, Category, Percent Responsibility, andPercentage of Session.• The CRN value must be a valid section for the term specified.• Percent Responsibility and Percentage of Session values must be between 0and 100.• Other control values for a faculty assignment exist.January 2005 Student Release 7.0Confidential Release Guide 271