pennsylvania banner users group 2008 fall conference e-billing 1
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Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference
E-Billing
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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 …..
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Lehigh Carbon Community College
Located in Schnecksville, PA Current Fall 2008 Credit Student Enrollment
– Approx. 7400 students Bursar – Diane Trainer Banner/Application Support – David Slater
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Why E-bill??? Potential Cost Savings Time savings Save the environment! No more Paper –
almost… Faster access to bill for students Update bills with current data Electronic connection to TouchNet payments
via BannerWeb Automated billing process (mostly automated) –
Eventually (Implemented second term)4
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E-bill Project Timeline
Jan. 2008 – Began discussions investigating alternatives Evisions TouchNet
February 2008 - Began testing with Evisions ‘FormFusion’
April 2008 - chose Evisions Product and began official E-Bill project
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E-bill Project Timeline – Cont.
April 2008 – Marketing Meeting Initial kick-off letter Emails Postcards Brochure Video Marquee Educate Staff
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E-bill Project Timeline – Cont.
May 2008 – Banner Web Development May and June 2008 – Student Orientation June 2008 – Created Cron scripts in Unix to
automate E-Bill generation July 2008 – Ran mass E-Bill manually (NOT
repeated for next term)
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E-bill Project Timeline – Cont.
September 2008 – Post Mortem Meeting What we discovered
No more mass E-Bill Update E-Bill more frequently Included more events that generated E-Bill
Financial Aid awarded Payments Dropped courses
Re-Educated Staff One Statement per term (Optional Mod to
BannerWeb)8
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E-bill Project Timeline – Cont.
November 2008 – Spring and Summer 2009 registration begins; E-Bills generated hourly (previously once a day).
December 2008 – Email reminders
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LCCC E-bill Example
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View Bill in BannerWeb
Link OpensE-bill in PDF
Bill Date in Drop-down Box;LCCC Modified to display Term Description
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View Bill in Banner - TGISTMT
Click ‘View Statement’; E-bill open as PDF
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Used Evisions Formfusion to Develop E-bill
Newest version of FormFusion REQUIRED.Newest Version of FormFusion Required.
Three separate Forms for each of our semesters.
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Primary Evisions Component - FormDirector
We chose to generate E-bills in PDF format.
SQL to generate E-bill in TBBSTMT and GORBLOB tables.
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E-bill notification emailed to students when bill generated
Variable studentEmail; matches toEntry in TBBSTMT-Displays onTGISTMT screen.
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Primary Components in Banner- TGACTRL
Controls the # of months to displayE-bills in BannerWeb.
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Primary Components in Banner- TSADETC - Optional
Check if you want Payment History to display in the BannerWeb section of the E-bill.
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Primary Components in Banner- TSASBRL
Rules affect the Banner data that will print on the E-bill.
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Primary Components in Banner- TSASBRL - Continued
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Primary Components in Banner- TSASBRL - Continued
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Primary Components in Banner - GLRSLCT - Optional
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Primary Components in Banner - TSRCBIL
Evisions Form Name
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Primary Components in Banner - TSRCBIL - Continued
Use SCHEDSTMTto generate VERYImportant Statement Number On TBBSTMT table
Matches TSASBRL
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Primary Components in Banner - TSRCBIL - Continued
Bill and Due Dates Display on BannerWeb and Print on the E-Bill
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Hourly E-bill processing – Unix CRON script (Partial)
Ebill cron and UNIX script:
cron entry: 00 06 * * 0-6 su - oracle -c "/u01/app/sghe/scripts/create_ebill.shl" >/u01/app/sghe/scripts/logs/create_ebill.log 2>&1
create_ebill.shl script: #! /bin/sh Clear echo ======================================= echo Starting EBILL tsrcbil ${BANNER_HOME} echo ======================================= 200840 $TODAY 1MA EBILL STUDENT DSLATER SATURN N EBILL % Y SCHEDSTMT $TODAY 11-AUG-08 Y Y N
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Unix CRON script (Continued)
E-bill generated by the following events (Credit Students Only): Registration Course Drop Payments Financial Aid – Memo or Award
One set of scripts/E-Bill for each term Spring, Summer, Fall
Only one E-Bill exists per term (New bills replace existing)
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E-Bill Related Banner Tables
TBBSTMT – Primary table; stores unique data about each E-bill; Statement Number created from TSRCBIL.
GORBLOB – Stores the actual Bill (eg, the PDF that represents the E-bill)
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Open to the Floor
Questions Comments
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