DEGREE WORKS DATA: WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? Lynn Miller, GeorgiaBEST

Information Technology Services

September 19, 2013

SESSION ETIQUETTE

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THE GEORGIABEST TEAM

Lynn Miller

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

Crossing the Banner Bridge RAD11 – Bridge Batch Processor Degree Works Data Behind the Banner form The Matching Game Why this, why that?

REFERENCES

DegreeWorks Bridge Interface Format Technical Handbook, Release 4.1.0, December 2011, Ellucian.

DegreeWorks Banner Data Mapping for BIF Technical Guide, Release 4.1.0, December 2011, Ellucian.

CROSSING THE BANNER BRIDGE

Banner bannerextract Data

files RAD11M01

Data files

RAD11 Bridge

Program Extract program with custom SQL

for students, advisors, etc.

RAD08 Bridge

Listener

RAD, SHP Tables

RAD11 – BRIDGE BATCH PROCESSOR

Provides Degree Works bridging services Operates in batch mode Updates Degree Works data repository periodically Bridge can be made available for on-demand refresh when

an audit executes via CFG020-REFRESH Caution! Dynamic refresh impacts network traffic

RAD11 – BRIDGE BATCH PROCESSOR

Uses the list file RAD11M01 Each record in RAD11M01 contains the name of a data file ready

for processing Each data file contains records from Banner, and may contain

multiple students courses, course equivalencies, etc.

CROSSING THE BANNER BRIDGE

Data is Extracted from Banner Formatted based on Degree Works data storage rules Loaded into records in the Bridge Interface Format (BIF) Passed to the “radbridge” (RAD11) subroutine Loaded into the RAD and DAP databases Each BIF record has an 8-byte identifier Identifier is code key to the Degree Works Bridge

documentation

DEGREE WORKS DATA

rad_primary_mst

DEGREE WORKS DATA

DEGREE WORKS DATA rad_primary_mst

Sample data

DEGREE WORKS DATA Sample data from Banner tables

SPRIDEN and GOREMAL

DEGREE WORKS DATA

Student Data Report

BEHIND THE BANNER FORM

Dynamic Help

Query

THE MATCHING GAME

Master the student data report Navigate the DegreeWorks BIF Technical

Handbook Utilize the Banner Data Mapping for BIF Technical

Guide Understand where data begins and ends

WHY THIS, WHY THAT?

bannerextract.config determines what data is extracted Based on institutional business practices Extracts information needed to prepare audit Institution essentially tells Degree Works what data to

extract and subsequently display on the audit

REFERENCES

DegreeWorks Bridge Interface Format Technical Handbook, Release 4.1.0, December 2011, Ellucian.

DegreeWorks Banner Data Mapping for BIF Technical Guide, Release 4.1.0, December 2011, Ellucian.

QUESTIONS?

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Authoritative Sources

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