upgrade to banner 8

Or

Banner MARCHMADNESS!

What’s an upgrade?◦ A process to replace all or part of a current system with

improved functionality and performance.

What is it NOT?◦ Not a full implementation like we completed in FY 2009.

Why upgrade?◦ Support for Banner 7 will discontinue at the end of FY

2010. This is a normal process for a vendor◦ We also want to take advantage of new functionality in

the Banner 8 version.

Banner System will come down March 10th 5:00 p.m. (ct)

The system will come back up March 16th 8:00 a.m. (ct)

System is down Thursday (3/11), Friday 3/12), and Monday 3/15).

HR/Payroll related◦ Epaf’s◦ Web Time Entry◦ Web Leave Reports◦ View Leave Balances online◦ View Earnings Statements online

Finance related◦ TechBuy◦ Travel System◦ Traffic & Parking system◦ Property Inventory system◦ Interdepartmental Billing through Gateway◦ Direct Pays◦ Contract Database◦ Contract Accounts Receivable◦ Vendor Queries◦ PARs

Finance related cont.◦ Cash Receipts◦ Accounts Payable Checks◦ Accounts Payable Invoices◦ MPIP Patient Refunds

View Cognos reports◦ Data will be from close of business on 3/10/2010.

◦ Refreshed data will be available on 3/17/2010 for close of business 3/16/2010

Processes that are still a form (paper, excel, adobe forms)◦ These will be held by the Finance and Admin

offices until Banner comes up

Call and email us◦ We are still available and can answer your

questions.

EPAF’s◦ March 4th

Deadline for SM 6 (3/1 – 3/15) Please do not submit epafs after March 4th for future

payrolls Please wait until after the system comes back up

March 16th

Multi-Purpose One Time Payment forms◦ March 4th

For payment on SM 6 (3/1 – 3/15)

Manual Check Requests◦ March 4th payable on 3/10/2010◦ Next deadline will be 3/18/2010 payable on

3/26/2010

Web Leave Reports (WLR)◦ March 10th - this is 5 days early◦ For Exempt employees to record February leave

Finance related deadlines◦ Several deadlines on March 9th and 10th

Normal Deadlines will resume when the system comes back up on March 16th.

WTE for SM 6 (3/1 – 3/15) is still March 17th

Email◦ To this group◦ To all employees

Announcement Page

These will take place starting mid-February

You will be notified when the system is back up.