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