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

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)

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

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

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ErmX (Reports Manager) - Auto Pilot

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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

Show me Banner 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

Show me Banner 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 35

Show me Banner 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 36

Show me Banner 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 37

Show me Banner 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 38

Show me Banner 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 39

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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 Hardware Requirements Test Environment Windows, Adobe, Java Hardware Requirements Test Environment

Open to the Floor Questions Comments Dorie Minich dminich@messiah.edu