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Financial Aid

Banner Web Text Presented by Susanne Schwarck

Owens Community College

May 14, 2015

BANNER WEB TEXT

Allows customized information to be presented to the student in Banner Self-Service

Available on all financial aid self-service pages

STEP 1: RTVWTXT

NAME RULE

Use RTVWTXT to give your rule a name (Text Rule Code) and Description

STEP 2: RORWTXT PAGE 1

CREATE RULE

Enter an SQL Statement

Save and Validate

Test Rule

Make sure the “Validated” checkbox is checked

STEP 3: RORWTXT PAGE 2

DEFINE TEXT TO DISPLAY

Self-Service Tab: Select the Self-Service page/tab on which information should be displayed

Select Value: Enter the result of your SQL which is associated with the text to display.

Heading: Enter text to display as a heading if desired. Can include plain text and HTML.

Text: Enter text to display. Can include plain text and HTML.

STEP 4: RORWTAB

ORDER THE TEXT TO DISPLAY

Self-Service Tab: Select the Self-Service page/tab on which information should be displayed

Text Rule Code: Enter the RORWTXT rule which will have results to display on this page

Display Sequence Number: Enter a number to represent the order in which to display the results of the rules

PERSONALIZE TEXT ON RORWTXT

The text on RORWTXT can include variables which retrieve data specific to the student.

PERSONALIZE TEXT ON RORWTXT

STEP 1: NAME VARIABLE ON RTVWVAR

PERSONALIZE TEXT ON RORWTXT

STEP 2: BUILD SQL ON RORWVAR

Add SQL Statement

Save and Validate

Test Rule

Make sure the “Validated” checkbox is checked.

PERSONALIZE TEXT ON RORWTXT

STEP 3: ADD VARIABLE TO RORWTXT

On RORWTXT, page 2, include the variable in the appropriate location of your heading or text.

The format is:

<**NAME_OF_VARIABLE**>

BASIC HTML FOR RORWTXT

Bold

<b>text</b>

Strong

<strong>text</strong>

Italic

<i>text</i>

Emphasis

<em>text</em>

Underline

<u>text</u>

BASIC HTML FOR RORWTXT

Unordered (bulleted) lists <ul> <li>text for first bullet</li> <li>text for second bullet</li> </ul>

Ordered (numbered) lists* <ol> <li>text for item number one</li> <li>text for item number two</li> </ol>

* To specify a specific ordered list style, indicate a type such as 1, A, a, I, i

<ol type=“1”>

BASIC HTML FOR RORWTXT

Line break

<br>

Links

<a href=“url”>Text to be linked</a>

Example:

<a href=“https://studentloans.gov”>Click here</a> for entrance counseling.

Click here for entrance counseling.

CURRENT WEB TEXT USAGE

SAP status messages

Explain deadline to accept for FWS

Instructions on how to accept offered aid, including loan indebtedness information and summer aid

Provide Pell grant amounts by enrollment level on award page

Messages to all students

IN DEVELOPMENT – PELL LEU

Proof of concept only

RORWTXT DRAFT EXCERPT PELL LEU

select '0.5' from rcrlds4 where rcrlds4_curr_rec_ind = 'Y' and rcrlds4_aidy_code = :aidy and rcrlds4_pidm = :pidm and rcrlds4_pell_leu <= 0.5 union select '1.0' from rcrlds4 where rcrlds4_curr_rec_ind = 'Y' and rcrlds4_aidy_code = :aidy and rcrlds4_pidm = :pidm and rcrlds4_pell_leu > 0.5 and rcrlds4_pell_leu <= 1.0

THANK YOU!

Questions?