1. VTF Banner Training

2. VTF Banner Information
The Virginia Tech Foundation has a separate instance of Banner:
Use PID
Separate password
Shares orgs, entities, and vendor database with Virginia Tech
Departments have “Read-Only” permission on all available forms.
Works just like VT Banner
Wildcard character – “%”
Queries
Chart of Accounts – “F”

3. Available Banner Forms
Fund Maintenance Forms
FTVFUND
FZIGRNT
FTMFUND
Accounting Forms
FGITBSR
FGIGLAC
FGIBDST
FGITRND

4. Available Banner Forms (cont’d)
Vendor Maintenance Forms
FZIVEND
Miscellaneous Forms
FTVORGN
FTVACCT

5. FTVFUND
Fund Code Validation Form
Query for fund number or name

6. FZIGRNT Grant Search Form Search for Endowment and corresponding funds
Endowment Fund, Income Fund and Operating Fund are shown if applicable

7. FZIGRNT (cont’d)
Enter Endowment number in “Grant” field to see associated funds

8. FZIGRNT (cont’d)
Enter Income or operating number in “Fund” field to see associated funds

9. FTMFUND Fund Code Maintenance Form Shows Fund attributes
Endowment fund, assoc. income fund, status of fund, org number and/or program code

10. FTMFUND (cont’d) To Query information:
Endowment – enter in “grant” field
Income or Operating fund – enter in “Fund” field

11. FGITBSR Trial Balance Summary Form
View current balance in fund or by period

12. FGITBSR (cont’d) Endowment funds show no cash balance
To determine the book value of an Endowed Fund, add the following together:
Acct 6628 – Consolidated Endowment
Acct 6623 – Realized Endowment Appreciation
To determine the market value of an Endowed Fund, add the following together:
Acct 6628
Acct 6632
Acct 6633 (Unrealized Endowment Appreciation)
Values are updated quarterly, a month after quarter end

13. FGITBSR (cont’d) Viewing Income Funds
Cash Balance – Acct 6100 (Claim on Cash Interfund)
C* next to current balance means a negative amount
If Acct 7200 (Accounts Payable) has an amount listed, reduce cash in 6100 to get full balance

14. FGIGLAC General Ledger Activity Form
Shows activity within a fund for General Ledger account codes (ex. 6100)

15. FGIGLAC (cont’d)
Can navigate to form from main menu, or through FGITBSR
Can see endowment income posted in income funds, as well as other transactions that affect cash
Operating funds will not show endowment income
Does not display fund balance

16. FGIBDST Organization Budget Status Form
Shows different types of expenditures
Helpful in projecting budget for future years or summarize current spending

17. FGITRND Detail Transaction Activity Form Used to view activity in fund
Info is similar to “VTF Operating Ledger Balance and Transactions” web report

18. FZIVEND Vendor Inquiry Form
Used to see if a Vendor is setup in VTF Banner
Click on the “search” icon to the right of the Banner ID field

19. FTIIDEN The search navigates you to this screen
You can search by person or by company name

20. FTIIDEN (cont’d)
To display vendor information from search in FZIVEND, double click on the vendor name

21. FTVORGN Organization Code Validation Form Used to find Org numbers
Search using org number or wildcard in Title area

22. FTVACCT Account Code Validation Form
Used to find account code names and numbers

23. Questions? Contact: References: Michael Hall, A/P Supervisor 231-2860
References:
Common Banner Forms
9/20/2018