Naming Conventions
Are you wondering where everything in Banner gets its name? Each "object" (form, job, or table in Banner) has a unique, 7-character name (for example, GUAUPRF). The first 3 letters in each name give you basic information about the object. The last four positions provide a unique identifier for the form, job, or table. Let's look at what the first 3 positions mean.
Position 1
The letter in Position 1 tells you which Banner system "owns" the form, job, or table. For example, forms, jobs, and tables that start with the letter S are part of the Banner Student system. Forms, jobs, and tables that start with the letter G are part of the Banner General system.
Position 2
The letter in Position 2 tells you which module in a particular Banner system "owns" the form, job, or table. For example, forms, jobs, and tables that start with the letters SA are part of the Admissions module in the Banner Student system. Forms, jobs, and tables that start with the letters GL are part of Letter Generation module in the Banner General system.
Position 3
The letter in Position 3 tells you information about the type of form, job, or table. For example, inquiry forms that belong to the Admissions module in the Banner Student system start with the letters SAI. Reports, processes, rule tables, or repeating tables that belong to the Letter Generation module in the Banner General system start with the letters GLR.

Here are some handy tables that show you the meanings of the first three letters in each Banner form, job, or table.
The first table displays the letters that can occupy Position 1 and the Banner systems they represent. It also tells you whether the Banner system has naming conventions for Positions 2 and 3. (Some Banner systems do not have naming conventions for all three positions.) If you want to see the naming conventions for Positions 2 and 3, click the name of the Banner system.
Note: You may not have access to all of the Banner systems at your institution.

Position 1 Banner System Naming Convention

A Alumni/Development Yes

B Property Tax No

C Courts No

D Cash Drawer No

F Finance Yes

G General Yes

I Information Access Yes

K Work Management No

L Occupational Tax/License No

N Position Control Yes

O Customer Contact No

P HR/Payroll/Personnel Yes

Q Electronic Work Queue No

R Financial Aid Yes

S Student Yes

T Accounts Receivable Yes

U Utilities No

V Voice Response No

X Records Index No

W, Y, Z Other Client Applications that co-exist with Banner No

The following tables show you the meanings of the first three letters in each Banner system. The title of each table displays the letter in Position 1, followed by the name of the Banner system. Click the link at the bottom of each table to return to the top of the technical section.
Note: This section does not contain tables for Banner systems that do not have naming conventions for Positions 2 and 3.
AAlumni/Development

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

A Membership A Application From

D Designation B Base Table

E Event Management C Called/List Form

F Campaign I Inquiry Form

G Pledge and Gift/Pledge Payment P Process/Report

M Prospect Management R Repeating Rules Table

O Organization T Temporary Table

P Constituent/Person V Validation Form/Table/View

S Solicitor

T Validation Form/Table

U Utility

W Reserved for client forms or modules

X Expected Matching Gift

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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FFinance

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

A Accounts Payable A Application Form

B Budget Development B Base Table

C Cost Accounting I Inquiry Form

E Electronic Data Interchange M Maintenance Form

F Fixed Assets Q Query Form

G General Ledger R Rule Table/Repeating Table/Report/Process

I Investment Management V Validation Form/Table/View

N Endowment Management

O Operations

P Purchasing/Procurement

R Research Accounting

S Stores Inventory

T Validation Form/Table

U Utility

W Reserved for client forms or modules

X Archive/Purge

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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GGeneral

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

E Event Management A Application Form

J Job Submission B Base Table/Batch COBOL Process

L Letter Generation I Inquiry Form

O Overall O Online COBAL Process

P Purge Q Query Form

S Security R Rule Table/Repeating Table/Report/Process

T Validation Form/Table T General Maintenance/Temporary Table

U Utility V Validation Form/Table/View

W Reserved for client forms or modules

X Cross Product

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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IInformation Access

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

S Student R Report

R Financial Aid

W Reserved for client forms or modules

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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NPosition Control

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

A Application A Application Form

B Budget B Base Table/Batch COBOL Process

C COBRA I Inquiry Form

D Benefits/Deductions P Process

E Employee R Rule Table/Repeating Table/ Report/Process

H Time Reporting/History V Validation Form/Table

O Overall

P General Person

R Electronic Approvals

S Security

T Validation/Rule Table

U Utility

W Reserved for client forms or modules

X Tax Administration

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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PHR/Payroll/Personnel

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

A Application A Application Form
B Budget B Base Table/Batch COBOL Process
C COBRA I Inquiry Form
D Benefits/Deductions P Process
E Employee R Rule Table/Repeating Table/ Report/Process
H Time Reporting/History V Validation Form/Table
O Overall
P General Person
R Electronic Approvals
S Security
T Validation/Rule Table
U Utility
W Reserved for client forms or modules
X Tax Administration
Y Reserved for client forms or modules
Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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RFinancial Aid

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

B Budgeting A Application Form
C Record Creation B Base Table
E Electronic Data Exchange I Inquiry Form
F Funds Management P Process/Report
H History and Transcripts R Rule table/Repeating Rules Table/Report

J Student Employment T Temporary table

L Logging V Validation Form/Table/View

N Need Analysis

O Common Functions

P Packaging and Disbursements

R Requirements Tracking

S Student System Shared Data

T Validation Form/Table

U Utility

W Reserved for client forms or modules

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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SStudent

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

A Admissions A Application Form
C Catalog B Base Table
E Support Services I Inquiry Form
F Registration/Fee Assessment P Process
G General Student Q Query Form
H Grades/Academic History R Rule Table/Repeating Table/Report/Process
I Faculty Load V Validation Form/Table/View
K Reserved for SCT International (UK)

L Location Management

M CAPP

O Overall

P Person

R Recruiting

S Schedule

T Validation Form/Table

U Utility

W Reserved for client forms or modules

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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TAccounts Receivable

Position 2 Module Position 3 Type

F Finance Accounts Receivable A Application Form

G General Accounts Receivable I Inquiry Form

O Overall P Process

S Student Accounts Receivable Q Query Form

T Validation Form/Table R Report

U Utility V Validation Form/Table

W Reserved for client forms or modules

Y Reserved for client forms or modules

Z Reserved for client forms or modules

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For more information about Banner naming conventions, see Chapter 2, Using Banner, in any of the user manuals.