1. Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference
Messiah College & Imaging
The saga continues . . .

2. 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

3. Introduction Our History
General overview with a few tech tidbits thrown in
Tips, tricks and a few “bloopers”
Questions

4. 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

5. How did it happen? Go – Live SQL + Oracle = “Oh my” Consultant??
Training – In about an hour
(scanning, indexing, retrieval)

6. What does it look like? 2 data sources 38 applications 35 in Oracle
18 Baseline Applications

7. 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

8. 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

9. Application Generator
What does it look like?
SQL DB
Banner
Oracle DB
Application Generator
Disk Xtender
XSAdmin
License Server
SCSI
WebX
Reports Manager
User Workstation
(AX, SX,
App Gen)

10. XSAdmin – The Motor

11. XSAdmin – The Motor 2 data sources 38 applications 35 in Oracle
18 Baseline Applications

12. XSAdmin – The Motor

13. XSAdmin – The Motor

14. XSAdmin – The Motor

15. XSAdmin - The Motor

16. 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

17. Database – The Fuel AE_CFG – System configuration
AE_LOGIN – Usernames & passwords
AE_PERMS – User permissions
H#_# - Document level security

18. Extended Drive – The Battery

19. Extended Drive – The Battery

20. License Server – The Wiring

21. Disk Xtender – The Doors

23. Scan Xtender – The Windows

24. Application Generator – The Mechanic

25. Application Generator – The Mechanic25

26. Application Generator – The Mechanic26

27. Application Generator – The Mechanic27

28. Application Generator – The Mechanic28

29. ErmX (Reports Manager) - Auto Pilot

30. Show me Banner – The Exterior

33. Show me Banner 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

34. Show me Banner So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings
Item 3

35. Show me Banner So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings
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36. Show me Banner So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings
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37. Show me Banner So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings
Item 3
SavedQuery=B-G-ID, B-H-APPL, B-H-EMPL & B-H-ID 37

38. Show me Banner So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings
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39. Show me Banner So how do the two systems “talk”? Query Strings
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40. Show me Banner

41. Tips, Tricks, and “Bloopers”
Tip – When in doubt iisreset

42. 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

43. Tricks
It works

44. Tricks Changes to the baseline applications can be made
A / 1024 = X, X / 1024 = Y, X - (1024 * Y) = Z
EXRBCXT – Context Rules Report

45. Bloopers Software Requirements Hardware Requirements Test Environment
Windows, Adobe, Java
Hardware Requirements
Test Environment

46. Open to the Floor
Questions
Comments
Dorie Minich