Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference

Messiah College & Imaging

The saga continues . . .

General Announcements:

Please turn off all cell phones/pagers If you must leave the session early, please

do so as discreetly as possible Please avoid side conversations during the

session Questions will be answered …..

Thank you for your cooperation

Introduction

Our History General overview with a few tech tidbits

thrown in Tips, tricks and a few “bloopers” Questions

Our History

Went live with imaging system 1998 OTG 4.3 SQL Database 1 application

Banner client since 2005 Oracle 10g All 5 modules

Windows/Novell Network site

How did it happen?

Go – Live

SQL + Oracle = “Oh my”

Consultant??

Training – In about an hour (scanning, indexing, retrieval)

What does it look like?

2 data sources 38 applications

35 in Oracle 18 Baseline Applications

What does it look like?

Components & Versions BDMS 7.2 License Server 5.4 Application Xtender 5.2 & 5.4 (Document

Manager) Scan Xtender 5.2 & 5.4 (Image Capture) Reports Manager 5.4 Disk Xtender 2000 DX License Server 6.2 Web Xtender 5.4 XS Admin 5.4

What does it look like?

Storage – Extended drive on the SAN 200GB SCSI drive currently ¾ full Server and SAN are connected via a 1 GB

Ethernet network using the iSCSI protocol

What does it look like?

User Workstation

(AX, SX, App Gen)

SCSI

SQLDBOracle

DB

WebXReports Manager

XSAdmin

Disk Xtender

License Server

Application Generator

Banner

XSAdmin – The Motor

XSAdmin – The Motor

2 data sources 38 applications

35 in Oracle 18 Baseline Applications

XSAdmin – The Motor

XSAdmin – The Motor

XSAdmin – The Motor

Database – The Fuel

AE_APPS – Main table AE_PATHS – Storage mapping AE_DEFS – field definitions for each

application AE_DT### - Index data AE_DL### - Page pointers AE_RF### - Key reference file data UL#_# - User defined lists

Database – The Fuel

AE_CFG – System configuration AE_LOGIN – Usernames & passwords AE_PERMS – User permissions H#_# - Document level security

Extended Drive – The Battery

Extended Drive – The Battery

License Server – The Wiring

Disk Xtender – The Doors

Scan Xtender – The Windows

Application Generator – The Mechanic

Application Generator – The Mechanic

Application Generator – The Mechanic

Application Generator – The Mechanic

Application Generator – The Mechanic

ErmX (Reports Manager) - Auto Pilot

Show me Banner – The Exterior

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Imaging Access Points Banner Xtender Solutions – Will pull

document or query based on rules defined in EXABCXT

BXS Add Document – Will populate indexes based upon the record you are viewing

Tools Menu – Banner XtenderSolutions

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So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings

http://scooter.messiah.edu/WX/isubmitquery.aspx?DSN=BANR&AppName=B-H-ID&SavedQuery=B-G-ID%2C%20B-H-APPL%2C%20B-H-EMPL%20%26%20B-H-ID&QueryType=1&UpdateAvlFieldsOnly=true&ID=00433351&Credentials=28:DC8B09C43D11F543495D3F34463A60A580E866756DA24C731A5663978E78484B43BE6EC8372A826DC8BDAF6B9EA2BA1E095D75E2A7B57692EF49BEE971AEE03E6154EB7D9038A5E79A273811CAADF31980B2B5D326573B74Info Item 3

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So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings

http://scooter.messiah.edu/WX/isubmitquery.aspx?DSN=BANR&AppName=B-H-ID&SavedQuery=B-G-ID%2C%20B-H-APPL%2C%20B-H-EMPL%20%26%20B-H-ID&QueryType=1&UpdateAvlFieldsOnly=true&ID=00433351&Credentials=28:DC8B09C43D11F543495D3F34463A60A580E866756DA24C731A5663978E78484B43BE6EC8372A826DC8BDAF6B9EA2BA1E095D75E2A7B57692EF49BEE971AEE03E6154EB7D9038A5E79A273811CAADF31980B2B5D326573B74Info Item 3

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So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings

http://scooter.messiah.edu/WX/isubmitquery.aspx?DSN=BANR&AppName=B-H-ID&SavedQuery=B-G-ID%2C%20B-H-APPL%2C%20B-H-EMPL%20%26%20B-H-ID&QueryType=1&UpdateAvlFieldsOnly=true&ID=00433351&Credentials=28:DC8B09C43D11F543495D3F34463A60A580E866756DA24C731A5663978E78484B43BE6EC8372A826DC8BDAF6B9EA2BA1E095D75E2A7B57692EF49BEE971AEE03E6154EB7D9038A5E79A273811CAADF31980B2B5D326573B74Info Item 3

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So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings

http://scooter.messiah.edu/WX/isubmitquery.aspx?DSN=BANR&AppName=B-H-ID&SavedQuery=B-G-ID%2C%20B-H-APPL%2C%20B-H-EMPL%20%26%20B-H-ID&QueryType=1&UpdateAvlFieldsOnly=true&ID=00433351&Credentials=28:DC8B09C43D11F543495D3F34463A60A580E866756DA24C731A5663978E78484B43BE6EC8372A826DC8BDAF6B9EA2BA1E095D75E2A7B57692EF49BEE971AEE03E6154EB7D9038A5E79A273811CAADF31980B2B5D326573B74Info Item 3

SavedQuery=B-G-ID, B-H-APPL, B-H-EMPL & B-H-ID

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So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings

http://scooter.messiah.edu/WX/isubmitquery.aspx?DSN=BANR&AppName=B-H-ID&SavedQuery=B-G-ID%2C%20B-H-APPL%2C%20B-H-EMPL%20%26%20B-H-ID&QueryType=1&UpdateAvlFieldsOnly=true&ID=00433351&Credentials=28:DC8B09C43D11F543495D3F34463A60A580E866756DA24C731A5663978E78484B43BE6EC8372A826DC8BDAF6B9EA2BA1E095D75E2A7B57692EF49BEE971AEE03E6154EB7D9038A5E79A273811CAADF31980B2B5D326573B74Info Item 3

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So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings

http://scooter.messiah.edu/WX/isubmitquery.aspx?DSN=BANR&AppName=B-H-ID&SavedQuery=B-G-ID%2C%20B-H-APPL%2C%20B-H-EMPL%20%26%20B-H-ID&QueryType=1&UpdateAvlFieldsOnly=true&ID=00433351&Credentials=28:DC8B09C43D11F543495D3F34463A60A580E866756DA24C731A5663978E78484B43BE6EC8372A826DC8BDAF6B9EA2BA1E095D75E2A7B57692EF49BEE971AEE03E6154EB7D9038A5E79A273811CAADF31980B2B5D326573B74Info Item 3

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Tips, Tricks, and “Bloopers”

Tip – When in doubt iisreset

Tips

Run re-baseline scripts Don’t update Adobe Have all the documentation at your finger

tips Have servers at your disposal Don’t be afraid Plan, Plan, Make the users think

Tricks

It works

Tricks

Changes to the baseline applications can be made

A / 1024 = X, X / 1024 = Y, X - (1024 * Y) = Z

EXRBCXT – Context Rules Report

Bloopers

Software Requirements Windows, Adobe, Java

Hardware Requirements Test Environment

Open to the Floor

Questions Comments

Dorie Minich

dminich@messiah.edu