SCT Banner Human Resources / Release Guide / 7.0

IntroductionIntroductionThis Release Guide documents Release 7.0 of the Banner Human Resources/Position Control Product.Release 7.0 is a mandatory, cumulative release that includes enhancements, regulatoryinformation, problem resolutions, and RPEs in Human Resources Releases 6.1 and7.0, and Position Control releases 6.1 and 7.0.The following table provides a quick reference guide to the releases included in thisRelease Guide, in addition to the 7.0 enhancements.Release Contents Release DateHR/Posn.Ctrl. 6.1 2003 Year-End US Regulatory Enhancements April 2004Brief descriptions of the enhancements included in this release guide are givenbelow:New Banner Online HelpRelease 7.0 features a new online help system that contains information about formsand fields, as well as tasks you can perform with Banner. This help system runs in aweb browser, and is available by choosing the Online Help button on the tool bar orthe Online Help option from the Help pull-down menu. For more information referto Section 1, “New Banner Online Help” in this release guide.New User Interface of BannerRelease 7.0 features a new user interface that provides a new display format on formsfor Banner. Refer to Section 2, “New User Interface” in this release guide for adescription of the components of the Banner user interface.Employee APICA-MIS Reporting Enhancements for 2003 April 2004OSHA Reporting Enhancements for 2003 April 2004IPEDS Reporting Enhancements for 2003 April 2004VETS-100 Reporting Enhancements for 2003 April 2004Section 3, “Employee API”, provides an overview of the Employee API, and a briefdescription of its usage and change in functionality in specific forms of HumanResources.January 2005 Human Resources/Position Control Release 7.0Confidential Release Guide 13