UNCG Banner XE Experience Part 2

1. Banner XE Trivia
A quick and somewhat random tour of things I’ve learned

2. Topics
Database changes
Git Repositories
Building from Source
Admin vs. SSB
Config Files and Security

3. DBEU Adds columns for Grails
USER_ID
ACTIVITY_DATE
SURROGATE_ID
VERSION
DATA_ORIGIN
VPDI_CODE

4. When an App is Installed
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Sequence for Surrogate ID
Population of Surrogate ID and Version
Not nullable Surrogate ID and Version
Trigger for Surrogate ID and Version
Index on Surrogate ID
Unique Constraint on Surrogate ID

5. Git Repositories
● Available now for all apps...
○ except Catalog & Schedule
● Must request access via Support Center
○ ssh public key (search RSA Key for doc)
● See article in Banner Commons
● See video in Banner Commons
(Download screencast)

6. ssh git@banner-src.ellucian.com info
Repos
Notice apps
versus plugins

7. Git Repositories
Set up your working repositories
1. Clone bare to a workstation
2. Set origin URL
3. Push to origin

8. Fixing Git Repos - Apps Only
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Clone to workstation from your origin
Checkout “rel” branch
Create your own branch (fix-urls)
Update the .gitmodules urls
Commit changes
Merge to master
Push back to your origin

9. Source Code
App versus Plugin (git submodules)
Plugin = Reusable code
git clone pathToAppGitRepoOrigin
git submodule init

10. Building from Source Code
...You do not have to go this route...
1. grails package
2. grails war AppName.war
3. grails package-release
Yields “release-AppName-x.y.zip

11. XE Architecture
In addition to Groovy and Grails…
1. Admin uses ZK (http://www.zkoss.org/)
zul pages
2. SSB uses Javascript / AJAX
gsp and JavaScript and Libraries

12. Banner Admin Page commentsForFunction (GEAFCOM)
commentsForFunction.zul
CommentsForFunctionPageComposer.groovy
apply="com.sungardhe.banner.general.events.CommentsForFunctionPageComposer"
commentsForFunctionKeyBlock.zul
CommentsForFunctionKeyBlock.groovy
BannerGlobals.groovy
Block Group
Key Block is a
Custom ZK
Component !!!
Block
id = functionCommentBlock
FunctionCommentComposer.groovy
apply="com.sungardhe.banner.general.events.FunctionCommentComposer"
Child Block
id = functionSubjectCommentBlock
FunctionSubjectCommentComposer.groovy
apply="com.sungardhe.banner.general.events.FunctionSubjectCommentComposer"

13. Self Service Apps
Controllers
standard Grails plus AJAX actions
Views - gsp pages
“sub”Views - included gsp
JavaScript

14. Take a look at
Client side MVC Framework
2 way data binding
Relatively short learning curve

16. Config Files and Security
Admin
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INB
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formControllerMap

17. Config Files and Security
SSB
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WebTailor
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interceptUrlMap

18. Thank You!
Jim Kane
UNCG - MIS
jim.kane@uncg.edu